Politics

The Opposition Leader has accused Labor of pulling together ‘clumsy’, ‘unsalvageable’ legislation that fails to mention the term ‘radical Islam’, in turn the PM has accused the Coalition of ‘playing politics’.

The Pentagon has ordered US warships in the South China Sea to move immediately to the Middle East, reports claim, and Iran has shut down its airspace, as fears of imminent military intervention grow.

AARON PATRICK: Thanks to China’s one-child policy, the country now has approximately 30 million ‘surplus men’.

Tony Burke has accused the Coalition of ‘hypocrisy’ amid signals the opposition may vote against Labor’s proposed hate speech laws.

Iran has broadcast a blunt, direct threat to US President Donald Trump as tensions between nations erupt.

Faith group leaders are calling for a vote on hate speech reforms to be pushed back, saying the "rushed" time frame prevents proper scrutiny.

Denmark and the United States have a fundamental difference of opinion about Greenland but the two will continue to talk, the Danish foreign minister says.

Some American and British forces have been withdrawn from a Qatar air base after a senior Iranian official warned of retaliation if US President Donald Trump proceeded with military action over the killing of demonstrators.

Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir has continued to operate in Australia almost a decade after declaring in Sydney that ex-Muslims should be killed. Here’s why Australian governments have been unable to ban it.

As the White House considers military options in Iran, some political allies are concerned about attempting another high-risk operation or starting a wider war.

A leading Jewish organisation has warned it is ‘totally opposed’ to a carve-out of new hate speech laws for religious teaching.

Former Home Affairs Department secretary Mike Pezzullo said the government likely had kept the proposed laws “in bottom drawers” for years and questioned why they were not implemented sooner.

Australia has marked one month on from the nation’s worst terror attack which claimed 15 lives celebrating Chanukah at Bondi Beach on December 14. 

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Footage has captured US President Donald Trump’s wild reaction to being called a ‘paedophile protector’ during a tour of a car factory.