Politics

Donald Trump and former LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman.

Greg Norman playing ‘unofficial envoy’ role with Trump

Anthony Albanese says golfing great Greg Norman has been playing the role of an ‘unofficial envoy’ to brief him face-to-face with Donald Trump on his upcoming US trip. 

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is abandoning his office of more than 30 years due to ‘aggressive protesters’.

Pro-Palestine protestors force closure of PM Albanese’s office

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been forced to abandon his Grayndler electorate office after ‘repeated, aggressive’ pro-Palestine protests that blocked access and disrupted the community.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the Western Wall Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem.

Marco Rubio meets Benjamin Netanyahu amid Gaza siege

Israel is stepping up its Gaza City offensive, flattening homes as the us and arab leaders scramble to avert catastrophe.

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Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese are expected to discuss the future of AUKUS if they meet.

PM's big promise ahead of potential meeting with Trump

Anthony Albanese is expected to seek Donald Trump’s direct assurance on AUKUS as Australia unveils its largest peacetime defence spend.

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Charlie Kirk will be farewelled with a memorial service in his home state of Arizona.

Charlie Kirk’s murder leaves US divided over his legacy

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The nation is at another polarised moment after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist gunned down on a college campus in Utah.

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Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson.

Making a murderer: Inside secret life of alleged assassin

Alleged assassin Tyler Robinson bragged about his long-range shooting skills to a co-worker before Charlie Kirk was brutally shot dead at a Utah university.

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The Coalition has slumped to its worst-ever Newspoll primary vote.

Newspoll: Coalition slumps to worst-ever primary vote

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has capped off a miserable week — which included dumping Jacinta Price from the frontbench — by recording the Coalition’s worst primary vote in Newspoll history.

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Defence Minister Richard Marles hasn’t ruled out stationing Australian troops in the Pacific.

Aussie troops could be based in PNG as China threat looms

The Albanese Government hasn’t ruled out stationing Australian troops in the Pacific in an effort to boost security ties with our closest neighbours. 

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Zali Steggall MP

Teal MP ‘unlikes’ controversial Kirk social media post

Teal MP Zali Steggall says she has chosen to ‘unlike’ a post that proclaimed ‘violence is sometimes necessary’ in reference to the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. 

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Premier Roger Cook and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Austal Henderson shipyard.

‘AUKUS in national interest, nothing to do with Trump’: Albo

The Prime Minister has rejected suggestions that a multibillion-dollar commitment to establish a critical AUKUS defence precinct in WA is aimed at appeasing US President Donald Trump.

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Price’s exit gives key MP major promotion

The demotion of Jacinta Price to the backbench has sparked big change in the Coalition shadow ministry, including a significant win for Price-backer James Paterson.

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Defence Minister Richard Marles.

Marles rejects Trump link after $12b AUKUS move

Defence Minister Richard Marles has rejected speculation the announcement to pour $12 billion into upgrading a Perth shipyard crucial to AUKUS was linked to securing a multibillion-dollar submarine deal.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (inset, right) has revealed a $12 billion investment in WA's shipbuilding industry.

Albanese ready to sink $12b into ships and subs

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to announce $12 billion for a Defence precinct in Western Australia to bolster Australia’s naval shipbuilding and submarine capabilities.

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Tyler Robinson is accused of killing conservative campaigner Charlie Kirk.

Secret life of alleged Charlie Kirk killer revealed

‘I believed he was transitioning’: Alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, was seen with his partner weeks before he killed conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

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Charlie Kirk’s murder and the death of civility.

Charlie Kirk’s murder and the death of civility

AARON PATRICK: Celebration of the political activist’s death is an example of the hatred that infects American politics.

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