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Virginia Bell says the less than 12-month deadline for the royal commission into Australia’s worst terrorist attack could ‘impose limitations’ on how it tackles anti-Semitism.

Royal commission won’t hear from Bondi terror witnesses

The royal commission into Australia’s worst terrorist attack will not hear from witnesses at the scene of the Bondi massacre.

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Anthony Albanese pushing the commonwealth to cut ties with former prince andrew

PM urges allies to cut all ties with disgraced former prince

Anthony Albanese has urged other Commonwealth countries to follow Australia’s lead and cut former prince Andrew from the line of succession but has ruled out holding a referendum to abolish the monarchy.

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Pat Conroy has revealed Australia has committed another $310 million to AUKUS.

Australia sends another $310m to UK for AUKUS submarines

The Defence Industry Minister has announced another huge investment in British nuclear reactor parts for AUKUS submarines while revealing UK weapons destined for Ukraine could be tested on Australian soil. 

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Fifteen people were killed when gunmen opened fire on a December 14 Hanukkah celebration at Bondi.

First Bondi terror attack hearing to zero in on anti-Semitism

The head of a royal commission stemming from the Bondi Beach shooting will reveal her approach to the inquiry as the first public hearing is held.

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US President Donald Trump announced a new 15 per cent global tariff over the weekend.

EU hits pause on US trade deal after Trump tariff call

Europe is asking for answers about US President Donald Trump's announcement of a 15 per cent global tariff on imports.

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Dozens of Australian women and children have been trying to return home from a Syrian refugee camp.

Liberals lashed over push to jail ISIS bride helpers

A group of 34 women and children who travelled to the Middle East with Australians wanting to fight for ISIS is still trying to return home.

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Fresh claims reveal that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may have charged taxpayers for massages and excessive travel costs while working as the UK’s trade envoy.

Fresh claims allege Andrew charged taxpayers for massages

Fresh claims reveal that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may have charged taxpayers for massages and excessive travel costs while working as the UK’s trade envoy.

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US President Donald Trump is not giving up on his trade tariffs despite a US Supreme Court ruling. (EPA PHOTO)

Trump’s ultimatum to Netflix with $US83bn deal on the line

Donald Trump has demanded Netflix sack one of its board members or ‘pay the consequences’ at the same time the streamer faces a government investigation into its proposed deal with Warner Bros.

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A high-level lobbying campaign is underway to convince the former Liberal leader to stay in parliament temporarily and avoid the likely loss of her seat in southern NSW.

Senior Liberals hope Sussan Ley will pause resignation

A high-level lobbying campaign is underway to convince the former Liberal leader to stay in parliament temporarily and avoid the likely loss of her seat in southern NSW.

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A Labor senator has been forced to defend the existing capital gains tax discount on investment properties in a sign Treasurer Jim Chalmers faces a caucus revolt ahead of the May Budget.

Labor MP forced to defend capital gains tax discount

A Labor senator has been forced to defend the existing capital gains tax discount on investment properties in a sign Treasurer Jim Chalmers faces a caucus revolt ahead of the May Budget.

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Mr Amon’s two-week trial in the NSW Supreme Court continues. NewsWire / Nikki Short

Ex-MP’s act before sex with boy: court

A jury has been told new details of how a former MP met up with a 13-year-old boy before allegedly sexually assaulting him.

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Anthony Albanese has dismissed the Coalition’s proposal to criminalise assistance to so-called ISIS brides and continued to point the finger at Scott Morrison for previously letting fighters return. 

PM accused of cloaking return of ISIS brides in ‘secrecy’

The Albanese Government has been accused of cloaking the return of 11 so-called ISIS brides and their 23 children in ‘secrecy’, as key questions remain unanswered despite days of mounting political pressure.

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Pressure is growing on the UK Government to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession

‘Praying for health of heirs’: Labor MP’s brutal Andrew take

Pressure is growing on the UK Government to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession, with seven heirs ahead of the former prince.

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The government says the group will face the full force of the law.

‘Death cult’ ISIS brides getting no assistance: Butler

The Federal Opposition says the ‘softly, softly’ approach needs to change as the Government defends their stance on the return of the so-called ISIS brides group from Syria.

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Washington's tariff hike isn't conducive to mutually beneficial trade, the European Commission.

‘A deal is a deal’: EU won't accept US tariff increase

Washington cannot be allowed to simply hike tariffs on EU products, the European Commission says.

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