Politics

JENI O’DOWD: In October 2024, the Government promised to ban debit card surcharges from January 1, 2026. Why are we still waiting?

After weeks of denying one was required, Anthony Albanese has finally bowed to pressure and announced a royal commission into anti-Semitism and social cohesion after the deadly Bondi Beach terror attack.

LATIKA M BOURKE: The US seizure of an oil tanker Bella 1, from the Caribbean over Venezuela and Iran to the Atlantic with UK support, delivered a sharp new reality, and a scratch in Russia’s face.

Colombia's leader has been invited to the White House by US President Donald Trump after both leaders spoke harsh words over the Venezuela intervention.

Labor’s 5 per cent deposit scheme for first-home buyers regardless of income has fuelled demand for cheaper homes, and worsened housing affordability, new data shows.

Shannon O’Connor is facing court over accusations she hosted wild teen parties, supplied alcohol to minors, and watched as intoxicated high schoolers had sex.

The United States’ childhood vaccine schedule has been overhauled, with routine vaccination against six diseases that can be serious or even deadly, not recommended.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to call a royal commission into the Bondi terror attack imminently after resisting mounting pressure, but outrage has erupted over his tipped choice to lead it.

Outrage has erupted in the US after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman in a vehicle, with US President Donald Trump saying it appears to be her fault.

Secret hearings could be among the mechanisms used to ensure a possible royal commission into the Bondi attack does not compromise criminal proceedings.

The US policy on Venezuela will end with a transition period preceded by stability and recovery, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says.

The US has seized a Russian-flagged tanker after a weeks-long pursuit across the Atlantic Ocean and apprehended a second vessel near the Caribbean Sea, marking the latest enforcement by President Donald Trump.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: For the second time in three weeks, Mr Mamdani is facing intense scrutiny for the years-old social media behaviour of a high-level appointee, forcing him to answer for his vetting processes.

A push to give the AFP and Home Affairs Department more counter-terrorism resources is intensifying after revelations that a national surveillance team was demobilised shortly before the Bondi attacks.

ANDREW GREENE: One Labor insider believes a federal royal commission would ‘set us up for a year of pain’.