Politics

Former Nationals senator Ron Boswell has died at 85, remembered as a ‘fierce’ advocate for rural Australians and a giant of the party he served for decades.

A former Labor MP says only a royal commission into the Bondi Beach terror attack would offer legal protections for officials wanting to speak freely about gaps within Australia’s security agencies. 

Former tennis ace Sam Groth is remaining as the deputy leader of the Liberal Party despite announcing he won’t contest the next election as a candidate. His colleagues are now speaking out.

THE ECONOMIST: It is not a template for Taiwan but a reality check on China’s global power.

Donald Trump’s tariffs in 2025 marked the worst US-led trade war since 1930, with one Labor minister labelling it a ‘dog act’. But the American President was just doing what Australia did much more recently.

The man whose bloodied selfie went viral after he was shot in the head in the Bondi terror attack says he has still not had a single phone call or text message from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. 

US health authorities have dropped the number of vaccines they recommend for every child, saying the change aligns with similar developed countries.

The US Secret Service says a man who broke windows at Vice President JD Vance's Ohio home has been detained.

Australia's reputation as an international law defender could be damaged by its close bond with the US as Donald Trump threatens further military interventions.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Vladimir Putin was Nicolas Maduro’s ally, but allies come and go. Worldviews, and the desire to force the world to conform to them, stay. Mr Putin’s world has just become more harmonious. 

Labor’s new universal childcare program raises concerns about shift workers and parental choice.

The former political staffer launched a move in the High Court to overturn a ‘compromised’ defamation judgment finding that ‘on the balance of probabilities’ he raped former colleague Brittany Higgins.

US President Donald Trump says Venezuela was a ‘dead country’ before he directed an attack on its capital and had put another country on notice, warning he ‘will have to do something’.

The country has the world’s largest petroleum reserves. Getting them out of the ground will be tortuous.

US President Donald Trump has again inflamed tensions over a strategically important and mineral-rich Arctic territory that belongs to a European ally.