Politics

Anthony Albanese is promising a national response to fuel shortages will avoid repeating the mistakes of COVID lockdowns.

Anthony Albanese says he is doing his best to help soothe community anxiety about fuel shortages. Here’s why the PM’s approach is looking panicked.

A lawyer for more than 200 ADF members says soldiers were exposed to ‘sadistic’ abuse – recognised as torture – over decades of interrogation training, and no one asked why.

Australia’s largest bank has warned the Albanese Government against any big-spending surprises in the May Budget that could deliver even more pain for already stretched households.

The Prime Minister insists he’s doing everything practical to shield Australians from the worst impacts of the fuel crisis but rejected the Opposition’s call to cut the excise to ease the price pressure.

Talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and steering Iran away from its nuclear program will be bitterly difficult. 

For the third time in a fortnight, Donald Trump has called out Australia for what he sees as the Albanese Government’s failure to adequately support his war in Iran. 

US President Donald Trump has shocked the world, announcing a ‘pause’ to his plans to bring destruction to Iran, confirming the move in a statement requested by the Iranian Government.

Iran has dismissed a US ceasefire proposal as Donald Trump ramps up threats, warning the conflict could intensify.

As soaring oil prices rattle the globe, Trump has vowed to reopen the shipping route ‘one way or another’. But experts warn it will be hard to fully restore traffic in the strait. Here’s why.

Defence Minister Richard Marles has sidestepped questions about explosive allegations of abuse within the ADF’s interrogation training program as pressure mounts on the government to respond.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has confirmed 608 service stations across Australia are lacking either diesel or unleaded, despite a boost in deliveries from the nation’s two remaining oil refiners.

Germany’s visiting Defence Minister has blasted Donald Trump’s ‘catastrophic’ war in the Middle East while warning Australia not to place ‘all eggs in one basket’ with its US alliance.

A former SAS soldier says the ADF’s Resistance to Interrogation training pushed him into a psychotic breakdown months after his baby’s death.