Politics

Negotiations to overhaul Federal environmental laws are coming down to the wire, with the Government locked into hours of talks with the Coalition and the Greens in a bid to land a deal before Parliament rises.

A High Court challenge has been launched against Australia’s under-16 social media ban just a fortnight before it’s due to come into effect on December 10.

Shadow Treasurer Ted O’Brien has left open the possibility of reviewing the GST settings put in place by Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg when the Coalition was in power seven years ago.

A leaked transcript has exposed a conversation between Donald Trump’s lead envoy and one of Vladimir Putin’s closest advisors.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the earlier US plan, which Ukraine saw as too pro-Russian, should be the basis for talks and is unlikely to back down.

Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton says China is more likely to blockade Taiwan rather than invade it, and the Trump Administration could abandon the island as a result. 

Brazilians have gathered outside the country’s federal police headquarters after the former President Jair Bolsonaro finally started his oft-delayed sentence for leading a coup attempt.

For the first time in the nearly 40-year history of a major study of polling trends, voters have indicated they prefer Labor's approach to managing the budget.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: His initial response to the protest did little to quell that unease and was widely criticised by some Jewish leaders.

Anthony Albanese has told his Labor colleagues to work hard over summer talking about cost of living help, road safety, natural disasters, the social media ban and better funding for schools.

EDITORIAL: The constant chopping and changing of regulations must end and give way to a system that is workable for both conservationists and developers.

Spirits on-tap want in on the draught beer tax freeze, and their push is creating a fresh divide in the Coalition.

ROSA PRINCE: The case is overblown and Trump’s graceless, grasping threat is yet another White House assault on press freedom.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has looked to woo the former Nats leader with a sandwich-pressed steak dinner while she gets ready for her seven-day parliamentary suspension.