The Albanese government has stood by as the foundations of the international order were destroyed

When the US defence secretary announced on Wednesday (US time) that a US fast-attack submarine had sunk an Iranian ship off the coast of Sri Lanka,

The US-Israel war on Iran shows once again how deadly it is to be America’s enemy – but also how very hard it is to be its friend

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“No stupid rules of engagement,

Greg Craven, a former vice-chancellor of Australian Catholic University, chosen after no other bids made for the tender

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Australia’s antisemitism envoy hand-picked

One week on from the start of Trump’s war on Iran, Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine Anthony Albanese’s swift response in support of the strikes and whether the Australian public is taking note of how his governmen

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New Israeli ambassador to Australia says war with Iran will continue ‘as long as we need’

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The ‘Red Alert’ series warned in 2023 that Australia needed to be ‘ready to fight in just three years’ – and Keating has again taken his fight to the newspaper group

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Anthony Albanese confirms ADF members were on vessel but says ‘no Australian personnel’ took part in attacks on Iran

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In September party said Sean Bell was ‘currently in the process of moving to NSW’ but he claimed $6,600 in chauffeured cars in Brisbane in last quarter of 2025

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Today show host plays down link with One Nation. Plus: media dines out on Kyle and Jackie O bust-up

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Exclusive: Member of working group behind questionnaire had no idea it would eventually be underpinned by ‘ridiculously simplistic’ algorithm

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• Jacinta Nampijinpa Price charged taxpayers to fly husband to CPAC where she railed against government spending

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Data on politicians’ spending also shows Labor ministers Don Farrell and Anika Wells used contentious allowances to fly spouses to AFL grand final

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Tim Wilson’s take on a Billy Joel classic has triggered cheers and jeers in parliament. We look back at some unforgettable ‘performances’

One hopes for a calm and dignified demeanour from our leaders but it seems Australia’s politicians just can’

New South Wales premier faces questions over what he told MPs who attended demonstration opposing Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit

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Details of flight come as One Nation leader faces scrutiny over her use of taxpayer-funded entitlements

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In a major address on the last full day of his visit to Australia, the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, called for enhanced cooperation on critical minerals, defence and trade. Carney announced Australia would join the G7 critical minerals allianc

Visiting PM tells Australia’s parliament ‘middle power’ countries must work together on defence, trade and AI

Canada and Australia will be stronger negotiating together with superpowers including Donald Trump’s America, acting as “strategic cousi

They’re not big on reflection

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When the Liberal party received a copy of the scathing assessment of its 2025 election loss, the federal executive decided to bury it. The attempt to hide it, however, was short-lived, with the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, tabling the troubling re

Backbencher Andrew McLachlan describes the 23 children as ‘innocents’ victimised by their parents’ ‘tragic attraction to a horrible ideology’

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Shadow treasurer tells MPs he has cashed in the investment and donated the gains to an advocacy group for gay rights in Iran

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• Australia sends crisis teams to Middle East as thousands of travellers and expats remain stranded

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Farrell says $15b

Federal government struggling to assist some of the 115,000 Australians in the region, including as many as 24,000 in the United Arab Emirates

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Social services minister Tanya Plibersek criticises hit reality TV show Married at First Sight for ‘messaging which encourages control and dehumanises women’

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Moments before question time begins, the shadow treasurer, Tim Wilson, channels piano man Billy Joel, accusing the government and the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, of fuelling inflation through reckless spending ... in song. Wilson sings a satirical version

When the United States and Israel began bombing Iran over the weekend, they set in motion a war that has engulfed the region.

In Australia, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has firmly backed the strikes by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu

FoI documents show ministers ignored recommendation for fresh inquiry that could have reduced or paused farming

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United Australia party senator says commission findings are ‘dumb’ and he will not undergo ‘ridiculous’ sensitivity training after posting slurs online

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• Tabled document reveals Liberal party’s secret election review of its ‘worst campaign’: from ‘grim’ Dutton to ‘weird’ nuclear policy

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Granting a foreign head of state such as the Israeli president access to domestic intelligence agency ‘unprecedented’, senator David Pocock claims

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PM tables copy of secret review, which describes former leader Peter Dutton as ‘unattractive to women’

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Liberal MP says rules are irrelevant when Trump acts as an ‘apex opportunist’, following a drone strike at UAE’s Al Minhad airbase where Australian troops are based

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Not everyone needs to come to the party

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Ken Henry leads push for federal government to do more to protect animals as biodiversity declines

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Exclusive: Queensland senator also billed taxpayers for flights to campaign alongside her daughter, Lee Hanson, in Tasmania at last election

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Exclusive: prime minister outlines ‘security’ review of conditions for coveted orange passes that allow unrestricted access

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Release of review delayed after former leader Peter Dutton raised concerns about some findings against him and his chief-of-staff

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The former New South Wales premi

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• Pauline Hanson censured over Muslim comments but only two Coalition senators back motion

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It is Hanson’s second censure within four months, this time over comments questioning whether there were ‘good’ Muslims

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Opposition leader suggests 23 children and 11 women attempting to leave al-Roj are Islamic State ‘sympathisers’

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Not long after the US and Israel launched a deadly attack on Iran, the Australian government came out swiftly to express total support for the action.

It was a position starkly at odds with other countries such as the UK and a majority of Europea

He was once a ‘scrappy’ young firebrand and is now the longest-serving member in the Labor caucus. But Anthony Albanese’s journey to the top was not always a sure thing

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The Greens senator David Shoebridge has condemned the Albanese government for 'rushing' to back what he describes as 'illegal' military attacks on Iran by the US and Israel. 'Labor and the Coalition and One Nation are now the three

It is up to countries like Australia to stand up against aggression and make its position clear in support of international law

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The federal government has released the business case for a bullet train between Sydney and Newcastle, promising funding in hopes of getting the $60bn project ‘shovel ready’ within two years. Commuters would be able to travel between the cities in a si

Some experts worry the policy move could threaten Australian standards and equity, raise childcare costs and encourage fraud

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Since being elected to the seat of Grayndler in 1996, Albanese has had a vigorous and active life in politics, climbing the ranks to leadership – first of the Labor party, then the nation

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From gambling to ‘jobs for mates’ and reports left to gather dust, the teals have a shopping list of thorny topics to talk about

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Ben Saul says ‘rolling over’ after Israel and US attack is counterproductive for middle powers because it undermines rules-based order

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• Penny Wong backs Israeli and US strikes on Iran as Labor group decries ‘sycophantic capitulation to militarism’

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