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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: Karoline Leavitt is seen leaving Trump Tower on April 25, 2024 in New York, New York. (Photo by MEGA/GC Images)
World
Michelle L. Price

Donald Trump appoints youngest White House press secretary in history

Karoline Leavitt is just 27, but has already been working as Trump’s campaign spokesperson.

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Elon Musk has reportedly held multiple calls with Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin since Donald Trump’s election win.
US Politics
CNBC

Democrats call for probe into Musk’s Russia calls

Democrats have called the Pentagon to investigate reports that Elon Musk has held multiple calls with Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, since Donald Trump’s election win.

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Joe Biden cut a diminished figure on one of his last outings on the world stage Friday, as he admitted that the times are changing with Donald Trump’s impending return to power.
US Politics
Danny Kemp

‘Lame-duck’ Biden tries to reassure allies as Trump looms

Joe Biden cut a diminished figure on one of his last outings on the world stage Friday, as he admitted that the times are changing with Donald Trump’s impending return to power.

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After Beijing heaped praise on him for being a role model in navigating the US-China relationship, Anthony Albanese says he’s just doing what’s right for Australia.
Politics
Ellen Ransley

Albanese weighs in after China praises him as a role model

After Beijing heaped praise on him for being a role model in navigating the US-China relationship, Anthony Albanese says he’s just doing what’s right for Australia.

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HECS debts cast a long shadow on the future borrowing power for some students, figures show.
Australia
Andrew Brown

The ‘harmless’ debt lumping Aussies with big mortgage misery

As debate on how best to cut student loans continues in federal parliament, figures have shown how HECS debts can impact on mortgages.

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Chinese masthead the China Daily said Australia’s previous government led by Scott Morrison had fallen under ‘Washington’s anti-China spell’.
Australia
Molly Magennis

‘Canberra has woken up’: China’s unexpected praise for Australia

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been held up as an example for US president-elect Donald Trump.

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Penny Wong says the discrimination she experienced as a child made her determined to succeed.
Australia
John Kidman

Australia's diversity a mark of pride, says Penny Wong

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has revealed the hardship she experienced as an immigrant child after being honoured at the Asian Australian Leadership Awards.

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Sexual violence has become a problem in the online dating sphere.
Lifestyle
Dominic Giannini

The dark side of dating apps and the users who are at risk

Dating apps are being told to do more to prevent sexual violence enabled by their platforms but there's a warning broader societal attitudes can't be ignored.

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Croatian Health Minister Vili Beros has been arrested and fired over alleged corruption. (AP PHOTO)
Politics
Staff Writers

Croatia health minister arrested, fired over 'graft'

Croatia's Health Minister Vili Beros has been arrested and fired over alleged bribery, abuse of authority and money laundering.

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Councils are unhappy that development applications can instead be assessed by a new panel.
Politics
Luke Costin

Fears panel lets developers ‘run’ towns, bypass council

Large-scale housing proposals will be allowed to avoid council as Australia's most expensive housing market gets worse under decade-low approvals.

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Donald Trump’s victory alone has set off alarms among some of his most outspoken critics, as well as within parts of the intelligence and national security communities he denigrated as the ‘deep state’.
US Politics
The Washington Post

Go bags ready: Preparing to be a target of Trump’s revenge

Donald Trump’s victory alone has set off alarms among some of his most outspoken critics, as well as within parts of the intelligence and national security communities he denigrated as the ‘deep state’.

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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned Labor has too much work to do to merely ‘jag a single term and hope that we can cling on’.
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Politics
Katina Curtis

Chalmers warns Labor must do more than ‘jag a single term’

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Labor has too much work to do to merely ‘jag a single term and hope that we can cling on’ while stepping up his attack on the Opposition.

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Gerard Binek, 32.
Australia
Digital Staff

Man killed in Adelaide crash identified as father-of-three

‘He absolutely loved being a father and adored his three boys.’

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Friday, November 8, 2024. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING
Politics
Ellen Ransley

Albanese calls for calm on Trump climate fears

PM talks up how Australia could win should Donald Trump walk back on climate change, as he calls for unanimous support for the trade status quo to continue.

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Senator Fatima Payman holding up a sign showing the locations she's going to visit on her tour of WA
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Politics
Katina Curtis

Payman’s $21k travel bill the highest of any federal pollie

Fatima Payman racked up the most family travel expenses of any federal politician in the three months after she turned independent and billed taxpayers more than $11,000 for her listening tour of WA.

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