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Howard Lutnick is Donald Trump's nominee for United States commerce secretary.
Politics
Staff Writers

Trump tips Musk’s man to lead US commerce department

US president-elect Donald Trump has chosen cryptocurrency enthusiast Howard Lutnick as his nominee for commerce secretary.

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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the war's "decisive moments" will come in the next year.
Europe
Staff Writers

Ukraine pounds Russia with US missiles on 1000th war day

Ukraine has bombed Russia with US made missiles as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced a ‘resilience plan’ during an address to parliament on the war's 1000th day.

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Donald Trump has portrayed a hush money case as a politically motivated bid to scupper his campaign. (AP PHOTO)
US Politics
Staff Writers

Trump will become next president as convicted felon

New York prosecutors say they would accept a delay in Donald Trump's hush money case until after his inauguration on January 20, but want a judge to set a deadline for him to seek dismissal of the case.

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Anthony Albanese at the G20 summit in Rio.
Politics
Ellen Ransley in Rio de Janeiro

G20 waters down stance on Russia and climate

The G20 summit has ended not with a bang, but with a whimper, as world leaders watered down stances on Russia and the climate.

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A Hong Kong court handed out sentences to 45 defendants accused of subversion under the national security law.
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Australia
Latika M Bourke

‘It’s an outrage’: Hong Kong detainees plea to Penny Wong

Foreign Minister Penny Wong is being urged to secure the freedom of Australian democracy activist Gordon Ng in the same way the Government successfully lobbied for the release of journalist Cheng Lei. 

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a proposal to ban children under the age of 16 from social media.
Technology
Tess Ikonomou

Parents to lose final say in social media ban for kids

Australian parents won't be allowed to decide whether their children can use social media if they are under the age of 16.

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Kobi Shepherdson was killed by her father the same day a court allowed him access to her.
South Australia
Abe Maddison

Kobi’s violent dad was given access. She died the same day

Systemic failings allowed a violent, mentally ill man to gain access to his infant daughter and leap to their deaths from a dam wall, an inquest has been told.

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The spike in concern over immigration coincides with widespread financial stress, where 41 percent of Australians describe themselves as either ‘poor or struggling to pay bills’ or ‘just getting along’. Pictured: Opposition leader Peter Dutton.
Australia
Nicola Smith

Half of Aussies link high immigration to cost-of-living woes

Close to 50 per cent of Australians believe immigration is too high and making them poorer, suggesting similar anxieties about the cost of living that fed into Donald Trump’s US election victory

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Asked when his Government would announce a 2035 target, Albanese replied: “Sometime next year.” 
Opinion
Andrew Carswell

Voters won’t get a say on climate. But they’ll pay the price

ANDREW CARSWELL: Do Australians want to address climate change? Yes, of course. Duh! Do they want to pay for it? Pass the peanuts. Now they actually know they’re paying for it. They feel it. 

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Australian Opposition Leader Peter Dutton reacts during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, November 5, 2024.
Politics
Dan Jervis-Bardy

Dutton blasts ‘dog’s breakfast’ international student plan

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has blasted Labor’s international student caps plan as a ‘dog’s breakfast’ as he defended the Coalition’s decision to sink legislation aimed at slowing migration.

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Security around the Hong Kong court where democrats were found guilty in a landmark case back in May.
World
KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO (Associated Press)

45 Hong Kong democracy activists jailed in legal bombshell

Some of the prominent activists were handed 10-year jail terms under what has become the province’s biggest national security case under the sweeping laws imposed by Beijing.

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Australia's ’immigration policy desperately needs a reality check.
opinion
Opinion
Jeni O’Dowd

Close the borders, Australians have had enough

JENI O’DOWD: I am proud to be part of Australia’s rich cultural tapestry, and many of my friends are great examples of Australia’s diversity, but our immigration policy desperately needs a reality check.

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Starmer Xi The Nightly
analysis
World
Latika M Bourke  

Post-COVID, Starmer pledges to deepen ties with China

LATIKA M BOURKE: Immediately after Brexit, Sir Keir Starmer spent years campaigning for a second referendum wanting the UK to rejoin the European Union, now in a post-COVID world he plays a different hand.

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Former congressman and TV host Sean Duffy has been picked by president-elect Donald Trump.
Politics
Zeke Miller, Michelle L Price and Darlene Superville

Trump names Fox Business host as transport secretary

One of Donald Trump's most visible defenders on cable news has been picked by the president-elect as his nominee for transportation secretary.

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Donald Trump has confirmed he intends to declare a national emergency and rally the military to carry out his promised mass deportation efforts.
Politics
Georgina Noack

‘TRUE’: Trump confirms plan to use military for deportations

Donald Trump has confirmed he intends to declare a national emergency and rally the military to carry out his promised mass deportation efforts.

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