Politics

Australian Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen.

Climate scary story tills the ground for 2035 target

Chris Bowen is trying not to scare the pants off voters completely, while also scaring them enough to understand why Australia needs to significantly shift the scale and speed of its actions to cut emissions.

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Protesters block the road in an attempt to disrupt the twenty-first stage of the Spanish cycling race La Vuelta, from Alalpardo to Madrid in Spain.

Over 100,000 pro-Palestine protesters cut cycling race short

More than 100,000 people on the streets in Madrid during Sunday’s protests cut short the cycling Grand Tour event.

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Vice President JD Vance, right, Second Lady Usha Vance, centre, and Erika Kirk deplane Air Force Two, carrying the body of Charlie Kirk.

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Donald Trump is heading to meet Keir Starmer in the UK.

UK, US to announce tech, energy deals during Trump stay

The UK hopes to cement its strong bond with the US during President Donald Trump's state visit, with new tech and energy deals to be announced.

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Chris Bowen has warned action is need to avoid ‘the worst impacts’ of climate change.

Floods, fires, rising seas: Government’s grim climate report

Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment warns of more heatwave days, months of floods in capital cities, a $611b hit to property prices, and worse droughts if nothing changes in climate policy.

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Sunrise host confronts Defence Minister Richard Marles over $12 billion military boost amid AUKUS review

Sunrise host confronts defence minister over $12b military boost

The figure falls below the amount US President Donald Trump has been asking for.

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Donald Trump and former LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman.

Greg Norman playing ‘unofficial envoy’ role with Trump

Anthony Albanese says golfing great Greg Norman has been playing the role of an ‘unofficial envoy’ to brief him face-to-face with Donald Trump on his upcoming US trip. 

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is abandoning his office of more than 30 years due to ‘aggressive protesters’.

Pro-Palestine protestors force closure of PM Albanese’s office

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been forced to abandon his Grayndler electorate office after ‘repeated, aggressive’ pro-Palestine protests that blocked access and disrupted the community.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited the Western Wall Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem.

Marco Rubio meets Benjamin Netanyahu amid Gaza siege

Israel is stepping up its Gaza City offensive, flattening homes as the us and arab leaders scramble to avert catastrophe.

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Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese are expected to discuss the future of AUKUS if they meet.

PM's big promise ahead of potential meeting with Trump

Anthony Albanese is expected to seek Donald Trump’s direct assurance on AUKUS as Australia unveils its largest peacetime defence spend.

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Charlie Kirk will be farewelled with a memorial service in his home state of Arizona.

Charlie Kirk’s murder leaves US divided over his legacy

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The nation is at another polarised moment after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist gunned down on a college campus in Utah.

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Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson.

Making a murderer: Inside secret life of alleged assassin

Alleged assassin Tyler Robinson bragged about his long-range shooting skills to a co-worker before Charlie Kirk was brutally shot dead at a Utah university.

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The Coalition has slumped to its worst-ever Newspoll primary vote.

Newspoll: Coalition slumps to worst-ever primary vote

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has capped off a miserable week — which included dumping Jacinta Price from the frontbench — by recording the Coalition’s worst primary vote in Newspoll history.

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Defence Minister Richard Marles hasn’t ruled out stationing Australian troops in the Pacific.

Aussie troops could be based in PNG as China threat looms

The Albanese Government hasn’t ruled out stationing Australian troops in the Pacific in an effort to boost security ties with our closest neighbours. 

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Zali Steggall MP

Teal MP ‘unlikes’ controversial Kirk social media post

Teal MP Zali Steggall says she has chosen to ‘unlike’ a post that proclaimed ‘violence is sometimes necessary’ in reference to the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. 

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