Unconfirmed reports have emerged claiming that Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has told Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei he wants to resign.
Max Corstorphan
LIVE UPDATES: Treasurer Jim Chalmers has blamed Reserve Bank interest rate rises, and not the Budget, for auction clearance rates hitting a six-year low.
Kimberley Braddish, Chloe Maher and Max Corstorphan
A former US House speaker has given Donald Trump’s Iran tactics a major endorsement, as Tehran shares an update on negotiations with the White House.
Energy Minister Chris Bowen has made a fresh fuel call as global pressure lingers and uncertainty hangs over supply chains.
Madeline Cove
RECAP: Former prime minister Tony Abbott says he owes ‘the Liberal Party big time’, and that’s why he wanted to step back into the fray.
Chloe Maher
US shares swung higher after reports of a potential new 60 day peace deal in the Middle East as Australian shares aim to avoid three straight days of losses.
Tom Richardson
US President Donald Trump has put a US ally on notice, telling them they’re going to have to ‘behave’ if they want to survive.
LIVE UPDATES: Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has launched a blistering attack on Labor’s tax changes, but a bungled move stopped him in his tracks.
Kimberley Braddish and Madeline Cove
RECAP: Treasurer Jim Chalmers has described the lowest inflation reading since before the Iran war as encouraging but conceded it’s still too high.
The group was escorted through a back door at the international airport where footage shows a scuffle breaking out.
Caitlyn Rintoul
LATIKA M BOURKE: Fresh alarm has been raised over Gaza, with a senior peace envoy warning the deteriorating situation could fuel renewed violence.
Latika M Bourke
RECAP: A group of women and children linked to ISIS have landed on separate flights into Melbourne and Sydney.
Max Corstorphan and Madeline Cove
US President Donald Trump is hosing down expectations of an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war with Iran.
Jasper Ward, Asif Shahzad and Akanksha Khushi
Donald Trump says a potential breakthrough in the Middle East peace talks could be imminent, with the President revealing an agreement involving Iran and the Strait of Hormuz is being ‘negotiated’.
RECAP: The Prime Minister has pushed back on claims Budget changes will hit inheritances, as a senior Labor MP acknowledges the reforms are raising valid concerns for small businesses.
Kimberley Braddish, Emily Williams and Chloe Maher
US President Donald Trump says that he is ready to move ‘very quickly’, declaring Iran a defeated nation as he readies to get 1600 oil tankers out of the Strait of Hormuz.
US President Donald Trump has issued a command to the Secretary of War, a top general and the US military.
US President Donald Trump has issued fresh warnings to Iran, sharing a lethal and ominous threat.
Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, has reportedly been eliminated by US forces during an operation in Africa.
Staff Writers
US President Donald Trump has sat down with Chinese President Xi Jinping, revealing what the two countries want with Iran.
Angus Taylor reveals his vision for a ‘fairer, freer, and better Australia’ in his Budget reply speech.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers are facing an onslaught of criticism over broken election promises before Tuesday's Federal Budget.
Iran says it is still weighing its response to the US peace proposal, but none was reported by mid-afternoon in Washington, just before midnight in Tehran.
The AFP confirmed the brides are expected to face slavery-related charges.
Ava Martin, Peta Rasdien, Madeline Cove and Max Corstorphan
