Peter Dutton says people will be “pleasantly surprised” when they finally see the price tag for the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan. The Opposition Leader on Wednesday released some details of the plan the Coalition had been flagging for months but did not put a price on it. He said againContinue Reading
Australia has backed the United States after it carried out retaliatory air strikes on Iranian-backed militias in Syria and Iraq. Three US troops were killed and dozens were injured last week after Iranian-backed militants launched a drone strike in Jordan. In launching the counter-attacks on Friday, US President Joe BidenContinue Reading
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese vowed to make cost-of-living front and centre of his government’s priorities in 2024 after acknowledging what shaped up to be a tough year for many Australians. In a New Year’s Eve message, Mr Albanese relayed a suite of relief measures he intended to push forward inContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese says there will be “better times ahead” in 2024 as he paid tribute to flood victims in far north Queensland and the nation’s emergency service personnel in his end-of-year Christmas message. Mr Albanese delivered his second holiday greeting as Prime Minister and said for many people the seasonContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has condemned Hamas for attempting to use Australia’s support for a ceasefire in Gaza as propaganda, declaring he has nothing but “contempt” for the terrorist group. An unverified video released overnight showed a man purporting to be a senior Hamas official thanking Western nations, including Australia, for attemptingContinue Reading
Australia, the United Kingdom and America will deploy advanced artificial intelligence to track and surveil submarines in the Asia-Pacific as part of a larger AUKUS-led collaboration to contain threats to democracies in the region, including from a rising China. Defence Minister Richard Marles announced the hi-tech push alongside his USContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has revealed his partner received a special gift from First Lady Jill Biden while on a recent trip to the US. The Prime Minister, his partner Jodie Haydon, US President Joe Biden and Dr Biden had an intimate dinner in the White House while on an official visitContinue Reading
The chiefs of domestic intelligence agencies in Australia and the United States have jointly cautioned over the heightened threat of violence resulting from Hamas’ blooding incursion in Israel. Speaking in a joint press conference before an intelligence conference in Palo Alto, California, ASIO chief Mike Burgess and FBI director ChristopherContinue Reading
Foreign Minister Penny Wong has hinted that the real reason why Australia blocked more flights from Qatar is linked to the invasive strip-searches of women at Qatar airport. Three years ago, multiple Australian women were stripsearched by authorities at a Qatari airport after a premature baby was found in aContinue Reading
Young people have kicked off a national campaign at Parliament House to lower the federal voting age from 18 to 16, but the government says it’s not the country’s “priority right now”. Supported by independent MPs Monique Ryan and Andrew Wilkie and Greens youth spokesman Stephen Bates, the “Make itContinue Reading