Politics

One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce, formerly of the Nationals, has revealed who he hears holds the numbers to lead the Liberal Party.

Donald Trump has accused China of taking over another country through ‘deals’, sparking one prime minister to speak out and walk away from a free trade agreement.

Politically charged rallies threaten to overshadow Australia Day celebrations across the country as leaders renew calls for national unity.

Andrew Hastie is gathering the support of disenchanted Liberals with the West Australian MP reportedly preparing to launch a challenge to party leader Sussan Ley. 

A Defence department overhaul, including the likely removal of dozens of high-ranking figures, will now be an Albanese government priority after Greg Moriarty was named Australia’s next ambassador to the US.

The devastated family of ICU nurse Alex Pretti have condemned the Trump administration’s ‘sickening lies’ about the circumstances that led up to his shooting at the hands of Federal agents. 

A Liberal MP has insisted Sussan Ley will survive an impending leadership challenge as the Nationals outline the ‘threshold’ for the two parties to reconcile.

Anthony Albanese has struck a defiant tone after it was revealed far-right associates of neo-nazis allegedly threatened to kidnap him.

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US President Donald Trump has retreated from ‘appalling’ comments that NATO allied troops stayed ‘a little off the front lines’ in Afghanistan.

The Prime Minister has announced a long-time senior public servant as Kevin Rudd’s replacement as Australia’s Ambassador to the US.

Tension is mounting in Minneapolis after a man was shot dead by a federal officer in the second such incident in the US city this month.

Disenchanted Liberals are hoping for a clean kill, hoping that Sussan Ley will resign as party leader as Andrew Hastie firms as her replacement.

Liberal leadership aspirant Andrew Hastie has slammed the US President for his ‘massive slur’ against Aussie soldiers and other coalition forces who ‘fought, bled and died alongside Americans’ in Afghanistan.

Comments from the US president that NATO forces kept ‘a little off the front lines’ in Afghanistan sparked dismay in the United Kingdom, which lost 457 troops.