Politics

Most Rev. Anthony Fisher OP, Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Chris Minns, Premier of New South Wales, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Rabbi Dr Benjamin Elton, Chief Minister of The Great Synagogue at a public memorial for the victims of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack.

Church and hate: Religious leaders urge PM to delay bill

Religious leaders have urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to delay his contentious hate speech laws out of concerns the draft legislation could have unintended consequences for people of faith.

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A widow who received support from King Charles but not the PM has delivered a stinging rebuke of Anthony Albanese’s response to terror.

Bondi terror widow’s brutal call on Albo

A widow who received support from King Charles but not the PM has delivered a stinging rebuke of Anthony Albanese’s response to terror.

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Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado says she ‘presented’ US President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal.

Machado says she gave Trump her Nobel Peace Prize

Venezuelan Opposition Leader María Corina Machado says she ‘presented’ US President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal.

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Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Donald Trump to delay a US attack on Iran.

Netanyahu asks Trump to postpone US attack on Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken with US President Donald Trump, asking him to postpone any attacks on Iran. Here’s why.

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Protests in Minnesota against federal immigration authorities have escalated into daily clashes. (AP PHOTO)

Trump threatens Minnesota anti-ICE protests with military

US President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to quell protests against Federal officers in Minneapolis.

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The Australia Israel and Jewish Affairs Council backs a delay to refine Labor's hate speech changes. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Jewish group urges changes, delay to hate speech reform

A prominent Jewish group is calling on the Albanese Government to go back to the drawing board on hate speech reforms after failing to secure crucial support.

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Denmark and several European allies are sending troops to Greenland to boost the island’s security after failed White House talks.

European nations send troops to Greenland as US talks fail

Military personnel from several European countries are heading to Greenland in what they say is a bid to boost the territory's security.

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Over 4 million accounts were deleted within days of Australia's social media ban being implemented.

Millions of accounts removed after social media ban

Communications Minister Anita Wells admitted there was “more work to do” but said it was still “early” after millions of accounts were removed in the first two days after the ban.

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US president Donald Trump announced he would “seek to negotiate” foreign agreements instead of slapping tariffs on Australia’s critical minerals.

Why US tariff backdown is ‘critical’ for Australia

US president Donald Trump announced he would ‘seek to negotiate’ foreign agreements instead of slapping tariffs on Australia’s critical minerals.

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US president Donald Trump announced he would “seek to negotiate” foreign agreements instead of slapping tariffs on Australia’s critical minerals.

US tariff backdown ‘critical’ for Australia

US president Donald Trump announced he would “seek to negotiate” foreign agreements instead of slapping tariffs on Australia’s critical minerals.

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Labor’s proposed hate speech reforms are copping major criticism.

‘Unsalvageable’: Proposed new hate speech laws under fire

With just days until Parliament returns, Labor’s hate speech reforms are facing an uncertain path following more explosive accusations of politicisation and factional deadlock.

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State government debt levels are set to soar even further thanks to rising public sector wages.

Soaring public sector pay rises spark government debt crisis

Big pay rises for brazen public sector unions are intensifying a debt crisis in Australia’s states.

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Why Ley's criticism of Albanese may come back to bite her

ANDREW GREENE: Liberal insiders give Sussan Ley credit for harnessing the anger of the Jewish community and deploying it against the PM, but they fear it has done little to lift the party’s electoral fortunes. 

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Peter Malinaskaus, Randa Abdel-Fattah and Louise Adler

He gives artists $10m a year. Why did they humiliate him?

AARON PATRICK: Even South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas wasn’t powerful enough to shut down anti-Israel academic Randa Abdel-Fattah, who has been reinvited to speak at the Adelaide Writers’ Festival.

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Nearly one year into his second term, US President Donald Trump declares he answers only to his own morality.

This is not how a normal president speaks

Nearly one year into his second term, US President Donald Trump declares he answers only to his own morality.

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