Politics

As Australia's biggest aluminium smelter considers shutting up shop, a joint federal and state government bailout has raised eyebrows in another state.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump has said that he wants to focus on trade when he meets Xi Jinping in South Korea, even if the Chinese leader presses him on Taiwan.

Business is demanding the Government halt stronger environmental protections until at least one State has signed up to streamline project approvals to ensure all sides benefit from new laws. 

A rising wave of online ‘crimefluencers’ motivated by anarchy and hurting others are forcing young female victims to hurt themselves in what police call the new frontier of gender-based violence.

Kevin Rudd has made his first public comments since his awkward exchange with US President Donald Trump during Anthony Albanese’s White House visit. 

EDITORIAL: World leaders are at his beck and call. Even royalty receive him with fawning pageantry. 

AARON PATRICK: A mix of Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron and Tony Abbott, Sanae Takaichi faces a daunting task to turn around a country in demographic decline.

The US President and Japan’s new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi didn’t just sign a critical minerals deal, they also autographed matching MAGA-style black caps proclaiming ‘JAPAN IS BACK’.

A leading economics professor has explained why Treasurer Jim Chalmers is to blame for higher mortgage rates.

Anthony Albanese has been invited to Japan after a 'positive' meeting with the Asian nation's newly-elected prime minister.

The app’s parent company, Snap, told a Senate inquiry that while it would comply with the ban, it did not agree with eSafety Commissioner’s assessment that it was a social media platform.

Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has responded to a surprise jump in unemployment as a credit agency gives Australia's finance a tick of approval.

LATIKA M BOURKE: In copycatting the US President’s tactics, thin-skinned Anthony Albanese is degrading the role of the media. 

The Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen’s, department has released confidential briefing documents warning of higher power prices over the months to come.