Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia has “been much more turbulent” than the US in recent years as leaders react to President Joe Biden’s shock resignation from the 2024 presidential race. Biden, 81, announced on Monday he would be withdrawing as the Democratic Party’s candidate, instead endorsing two-time running mateContinue Reading
Power couple Radhika Merchant and Anant Ambani married on Friday local time in front of friends, family and a flock of celebrities. Kim Kardashian, Priyanka Chopra, Tony Blair and more A-listers travelled to India to witness the long-awaited, multi-day nuptials of Merchant and Ambani, who is the son of Asia’sContinue Reading
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has responded to former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull labelling him a “thug” and someone unsuitable to be the nation’s leader. “I don’t have any contest with Malcolm Turnbull. He appointed me to be Home Affairs Minister … he never had a terse word or derogatoryContinue Reading
Former NSW premier Dominic Perrottet and former prime minister Scott Morrison were seen having coffee just minutes away from NSW parliament, with a Liberal insider stating Mr Perrottet was days away from resigning. The former Liberal leaders were spotted deep in conversation on Thursday morning at the Little Jardin CaféContinue Reading
An Australian executive was on a work trip overseas when he was assaulted and placed into an induced coma, missing for four days before consulate officials went “hospital to hospital” in an effort to find him. Grain Producers Australia chief executive Colin Bettles was walking back to his hotel afterContinue Reading
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called out Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi for failing to say if terror organisation Hamas should be dismantled, during a confusing TV interview on ABC’s Insiders. The Greens deputy leader on Sunday repeatedly refused to say whether Hamas should be disbanded, instead saying while the GreensContinue Reading
Former prime minister John Howard says US President Joe Biden should have been “tapped on the shoulder a few years ago”, observing the “growing worry” about the leader’s capacity will make it difficult for him to hold onto another four years in power. While he labelled Mr Biden as aContinue Reading
Malcolm Turnbull hit out at the thought of Opposition Leader Peter Dutton becoming prime minister on Sunday night’s edition of The Project. The former prime minister was strongly opinionated on the topic, saying the idea of the Liberal Party leader scoring the top position of power made him shudder. “IContinue Reading
Australian voters are growing in dissatisfaction for the major parties, with both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton copping hits to their approval ratings, according to the latest Newspoll. Both leaders recorded hits to their net satisfaction levels, with Mr Albanese falling to minus 11 and Mr Dutton plunging six pointsContinue Reading
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended the increase in the monthly inflation rate which has raised pressure on the Reserve Bank to lift interest rates at its August meeting. Fresh monthly inflation figures released by the Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday showed headline CPI accelerated to 4 per cent in theContinue Reading