LIVE UPDATES: Telstra bosses are under fire at a Senate inquiry into the nationwide outage, where it has been revealed that it could have been avoided.
Chloe Maher and Madeline Cove
More attacks have been exchanged between the US and Iran as escalated fighting entered its sixth day.
Chloe Maher
LIVE UPDATES: Young Australians are being priced out of the housing market, the Coalition claims, as it ramps up pressure on Labor over affordability and supply.
Madeline Cove
Iran has threatened to block more key trade routes across the Middle East as the US launches a fresh round of strikes against military targets and Donald Trump issues a stern warning if a deal isn’t settled.
LIVE UPDATES: Anthony Albanese has declared Australia’s national story is one of ‘innovators and inventors’ as he opened his significant pitch for a world-first approach to tackle AI.
Kimberley Braddish and Chloe Maher
Donald Trump has abandoned plans to impose a 20 per cent levy on cargo passing through the Strait of Hormuz as the US fires more strikes against Iran and a blockade on Iranian shipping comes into effect.
RECAP: Communication Minister Anika Wells says the telco has disappointed customers after the major outage.
The US Navy has revealed when it will begin enforcing a naval blockade on Iranian shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as President Donald Trump declares the US will carry out more strikes.
A fragile ceasefire has unravelled into fresh chaos in the Strait of Hormuz, as a controversial Trump-brokered deal is blamed for handing Iran sweeping control over one of the world’s most critical oil routes.
Edward Wong, Michael Crowley and Eric Schmitt
RECAP: Over the weekend, 14 countries issued a joint statement criticising China’s “destabilising” actions in the disputed maritime region.
Fresh US strikes have escalated tensions in the Middle East after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed following an attack on a commercial vessel.
The US President has declared talks with Iran a ‘waste of time’ after retaliatory strikes across the region, signalling the collapse of a key agreement.
Kimberley Braddish
LIVE UPDATES: Telstra CEO Michael Ackland says the telco is deeply sorry for a major outage that affected Triple-0 calls while revealing how many customers had been affected.
Kimberley Braddish, Chloe Maher and Madeline Cove
RECAP: ‘There is no doubt that this is a provocative act by China which does destabilise the region.’
Tegwen Bescoby and Sineva Wilson
LIVE UPDATES: The Ocean of Peace Alliance, also known as the Veitacini Treaty, will see Fiji become just Australia’s fourth military alliance partner.
Sineva Wilson
LIVE UPDATES: Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke was questioned on how a group who arrived to Australia by people smugglers ‘managed to have a frothy at the pub before authorities detained them’.
Tegwen Bescoby and Emily Williams
In a statement, Iran’s powerful Assembly of Experts have demanded the assassination of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu, calling on followers to ‘send them to hell’.
Max Corstorphan
LIVE UPDATES: Anthony Albanese says Australia has been given certainty that there will be no foreign military bases established in Vanuatu following the signing of a long-awaited security agreement.
Kimberley Braddish and Madeline Cove
Donald Trump has issued a stern threat to Iran after the US launched a fresh wave of strikes near the Strait of Hormuz, marking another escalation in the fragile ceasefire agreement.
Iran has threatened to retaliate to US strikes after President Donald Trump accused Tehran of breaching a ceasefire by carrying out a drone attack on a commercial cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
LIVE UPDATES: A magistrate has granted bail for a woman charged with slavery offences after allegedly leaving Australia with her family to join Islamic State.
Chloe Maher and Emily Williams
LIVE UPDATES: More confirmed cases of the H5N1 bird flu strain have been detected in Australia, as multiple states activate urgent emergency measures.
RECAP: ‘I consider Keir Starmer a friend and I’m thinking of him on what must be a very tough day’.
The supply of oil and gas may normalise within months if a Middle East peace deal holds. But lag effects may still push the cost of food and building materials higher.
Tom Richardson
