Politics

The International Court of Justice has opened the way for countries to potentially sue each other over climate change impact, posing a legal risk for Australia.

Former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has told a US congressional panel that allies can be tapped to build an alternative supply chain of rare earths.

US Justice Department officials discovered Donald Trump’s name multiple times in the Jeffrey Epstein files while reviewing a ‘truckload’ of documents, according to reports.

Stephen Colbert’s long-time friend and colleague John Stewart had a few choice words for both media company Paramount and Donald Trump in his fiery monologue.

AARON PATRICK: But the Coalition’s attacks on the Labor government fell flat or backfired.

House Republicans have voted to rename the John F. Kennedy Centre opera house after First Lady Melania Trump.

Shigeru Ishiba plans to announce his exit from Japan’s top job by the end of next month, the Mainichi newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Speaker Mike Johnson has given the House of Representatives an early break after the week’s legislative agenda was upended by Republican members clamouring for a vote on the Epstein probe.

The Albanese Government has introduced its first bills of the new term, one a Federal election promise, the other, a response to national shock over alleged childcare sexual abuse offences.

The man leading a backbench rebellion in the Coalition on net zero, Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce, has explained why he is doing it.

THE ECONOMIST: The bust-up with Rupert Murdoch is the latest example of US President Donald Trump’s aim to enforce his will on the American media.

It’s taken a while, but the Australian government has made a huge change in parliament about Queen Elizabeth II.

A decision by senators belonging to a right-wing minor party to turn their backs during an Acknowledgement of Country has been branded ‘disrespectful’.

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has shown the way for the Coalition to recover from its ‘catastrophic failure’ at the last election, according to a respected strategist.