Politics

Labor’s 5 per cent deposit scheme for first-home buyers regardless of income has fuelled demand for cheaper homes, and worsened housing affordability, new data shows.

Shannon O’Connor is facing court over accusations she hosted wild teen parties, supplied alcohol to minors, and watched as intoxicated high schoolers had sex.

The United States’ childhood vaccine schedule has been overhauled, with routine vaccination against six diseases that can be serious or even deadly, not recommended.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to call a royal commission into the Bondi terror attack imminently after resisting mounting pressure, but outrage has erupted over his tipped choice to lead it.

Outrage has erupted in the US after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman in a vehicle, with US President Donald Trump saying it appears to be her fault.

Secret hearings could be among the mechanisms used to ensure a possible royal commission into the Bondi attack does not compromise criminal proceedings.

The US policy on Venezuela will end with a transition period preceded by stability and recovery, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says.

The US has seized a Russian-flagged tanker after a weeks-long pursuit across the Atlantic Ocean and apprehended a second vessel near the Caribbean Sea, marking the latest enforcement by President Donald Trump.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: For the second time in three weeks, Mr Mamdani is facing intense scrutiny for the years-old social media behaviour of a high-level appointee, forcing him to answer for his vetting processes.

A push to give the AFP and Home Affairs Department more counter-terrorism resources is intensifying after revelations that a national surveillance team was demobilised shortly before the Bondi attacks.

ANDREW GREENE: One Labor insider believes a federal royal commission would ‘set us up for a year of pain’.

Nick Reiner will enter a plea in a Los Angeles court to first-degree murder over the killing of his parents, acclaimed director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele.

Five years after rioters stormed the Capitol building on January 6, 2021, Democrats highlighted Donald Trump’s role in stoking the mob and forcefully rebutted his efforts to rewrite the history of the attack.

Donald Trump has confirmed an enormous amount of crude oil is on its way to the US after discussions with Venezuela’s interim government.

Anthony Albanese is tipped to announce a royal commission into the Bondi Beach terror attack and extremism within days, with NSW now leaving the ball in the Prime Minister’s court over calling a joint inquiry.