Politics

Pope Leo has raised concerns about the Trump administration's crackdown on migrants.

Pope Leo doesn’t want to be the anti-Trump, but he is.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: American Catholics are true swing voters. A majority voted for Trump in 2024, but a majority disapprove of him now.

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Jess Wilson is tipped to take on Brad Battin for the Victorian Liberal Party leadership. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Liberal drama continues in Victoria, leader faces spill

Brad Battin is set to face a leadership challenge less than 12 months after rising to the top job as the party grapples with dire polling.

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Foreign Minister Penny Wong says China is threatening the Indo-Pacific.

Wong pleads for stable allyship to hold China threat at bay

To prevent further coercion and interference in the Indo-Pacific, Foreign Minister Penny Wong has urged the United States to remain committed to protecting the region.

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Housing  affordability has plummeted.

Can’t afford to rent or buy a house? Blame immigration

Australian houses have becoming prohibitively expensive for average-income earners. These figures prove immigration is playing a key role.

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Leader of the opposition Sussan Ley pictured on a visit to Emu Plains engineering business Marley Flow Control with shadow energy minister Dan Tehan.

Barnaby Joyce issues warning to anti-Ley plotters

Dismal public polling has reignited angst over Sussan Ley’s leadership while a key Coalition critic of the now-dumped net zero policy urges internal rivals to take their time before moving against her.

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The ACT’s newly elected Opposition Leader has had a back and forth exchange with David Sharaz on social media.

Liberal leader’s offer to Higgins’ ‘bankrupt’ husband

The ACT’s newly elected Opposition Leader has told the husband of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins that he would make a ‘great’ Chief of Staff in his Canberra office.

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Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is in a battle to unite members behind a cohesive energy policy. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Why the Liberals can’t decide whether to fire Sussan Ley

AARON PATRICK: As the party’s support crumbles on the left and right, conservatives Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie have emerged as the leading contenders for the next leader.

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Donald Trump has told Republicans to vote to release all the Epstein files.
Experts warn the $14 million ad blitz has so far been insufficient to prepare kids and parents for Australia’s under-16s social media ban in just three weeks’ time.

How kids will beat the social media ban

Experts warn the $14 million ad blitz has so far been insufficient to prepare kids and parents for Australia’s under-16s social media ban in just three weeks’ time.

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Pauline Hanson arrives at Federal Court, to appeal after Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi sued her under the Racial Discrimination Act. Photo: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

‘Vigorous’: Pauline’s big call on racist tweet

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has made a major claim in court about a racist tweet made during a clash on social media.

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Virignia Giuffre (centre), Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (left) and Ghislaine Maxwell (right) in 2001.

Royal Epstein ‘massage’ bombshell: ‘Andrew in my house’

A leaked email from convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to Jeffrey Epstein references a massage, with Andrew at a London home.

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Anthony Albanese has attempted the viral Taylor Swift dance trend.

Albo’s ‘embarrassing’ viral moment caught on video

Anthony Albanese has taken his Swiftie fandom to new heights, attempting a viral dance trend set to a popular Taylor Swift song.

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From left, US lawmakers Marjorie Taylor Greene, Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna have been pushing to compel the Justice Department to release all the files it has on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Despite Trump’s ire, House gains support on Epstein vote

Lawmakers pushing for the release of more files are planning a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday alongside victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has apologised to US President Donald Trump after being called a ‘traitor’ over the Epstein files

‘Traitor’ apologises, extends olive branch to Trump

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Republican Representative Majorie Taylor Green says she’s sorry for taking part in ‘toxic politics’.

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A Star of David from a Nazi-era concentration camp has been withdrawn from an auction in Germany.

Germany halts Holocaust auction after backlash

German authorities have cancelled a planned auction after survivors’ groups and political leaders labelled the sale of nazi-era items unethical and unacceptable.

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