Politics

STEPHEN JOHNSON: The Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir should have been banned years ago, but banning it could see a repeat of the early 1950s when Australia tried to ban the Communist Party.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump’s brazen land grab flies in the face of more than 100 years of American foreign policy of protecting the sovereignty of smaller nations.

The French President has revealed why he has been appearing in public in recent days with his eyes hidden behind stylish sunglasses.

Sussan Ley’s authority has again been tested with her most senior opposition senator, Michaelia Cash, last night abstaining from voting on hate crime laws.

In social media posts before the meetings, Trump bashed the UK and shared what appeared to be private messages from European officials.

AARON PATRICK: Jewish leaders had hoped the now-abandoned law would have been used to jail the extremist Islamic preacher, who remains defiant.

Australia’s Parliament passed landmark changes in the wake of the Bondi terror attack which killed 15 people. Here’s what you need to know.

A controversial pan-Islamist group in the crosshairs of new hate speech laws have undergone a huge change only hours after new hate speech laws were passed.

US President Donald Trump has celebrated one year back in office by delivering a wild, near 95-minute press briefing in the White House — as well as an ominous three-word warning on Greenland. 

Three National Party frontbenchers who split with the Liberals to vote against Labor’s hate crime laws have sensationally resigned from the shadow ministry, putting further pressure on Sussan Ley’s leadership.

US Vice President JD Vance and his wife, ‍Usha, have announced the couple will welcome another baby boy in ​July.

Laws that prevented punters from getting a drink after 3.30am have been scrapped, in what advocates say should breathe more life into a $110 billion sector.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed the passing of the ‘strongest hate laws that have ever been in place in Australia’, following Labor’s gun legislation passing the upper and lower houses. 

LATIKA M BOURKE: The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has singled out Australia as a priority country for a new trade deal.

French President Emmanuel Macron has hit out at ‘bullies’ as he called for US tariffs on European countries to be abolished.