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Don Farrell will advocate for free trade when he travels to the US this week.

Federal PoliticsComments‘Regrettable’: Trade MP America-bound after tariff hike

Don Farrell will advocate for free trade when he travels to America this week in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s fresh imposition of a 15 per cent global tariff.

Katina Curtis

The federal Opposition has repeated calls for the Albanese Government to come clean on attempts by a group of ISIS brides and their children to return to Australia, as confusion reigns over what role federal authorities are playing in their attempted repatriation.

Federal PoliticsCommentsOpposition demands ISIS brides answers

The federal Opposition has repeated calls for the Albanese Government to come clean on attempts by a group of ISIS brides and their children to return to Australia.

Joe Spagnolo

Leading Seaman Boatswains Mate Jack Dimmack looks out at the horizon as bridge watch on HMAS Toowoomba while in the South China Sea. LSIS Zac Dingle

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Taiwan’s military confronts Navy in sensitive waters transit

Taiwan’s Air Force has warned an Australian navy helicopter to leave sensitive airspace during an overnight maritime operation in which an Anzac-class warship transited through contested waters near China. 

Andrew Greene

Anthony Albanese says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has suffered an 'extraordinary fall from grace'.

RoyalsVideo‘An extraordinary fall from grace’: Albo on Andrew’s arrest

In his first remarks on Mr Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest, the Prime Minister said the former royal had suffered a ‘decline and fall’ from a position of ‘absolute privilege’.

Natalie Richards

Jim Chalmers did a PhD on Paul Keating as prime minister. Now he’s rehearsing the same kind of attack lines his hero deployed against the Liberal Party’s John Hewson.

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Chalmers copying Keating to distract from economic bad news

Jim Chalmers wrote a thesis on Paul Keating as prime minister and now he’s rehearsing the same kind of attack lines his hero deployed against the Liberal Party with his takedown of shadow treasurer Tim Wilson.

Stephen Johnson

Capital gains tax discounts should be diluted retrospectively without any grandfathering arrangements for existing investment property owners, a Greens-led Senate committee into the concessions has been told.

Federal PoliticsCommentsPlea to dilute capital gains tax concessions retrospectively

Capital gains tax discounts should be diluted retrospectively without any grandfathering arrangements for existing investment property owners, a Greens-led Senate committee into the concessions has been told.

Stephen Johnson

The identities of 11 women believed to be ISIS-linked Australian women based in a Northern Syrian camp have been revealed.

Federal PoliticsComments‘ISIS brides’ identities revealed after list leaked

The identities of 11 suspected ISIS-linked women based in a Northern Syrian camp who are attempting to return to Australia have been revealed. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Michaelia Cash has taken the government to task over the ISIS brides fiasco.

Middle EastVideoComments‘Calling bulls**t’: Cash explodes over ISIS brides ‘lies’

Shadow Attorney General Michaelia Cash has accused the Albanese government of ‘lying’ over its level of assistance in the repatriation of so-called ‘ISIS brides’ in Syria.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Australian Federal election 2022 – Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese

Federal PoliticsCommentsAlbanese milestone as he goes one-up on Scott Morrison

Anthony Albanese has overtaken Scott Morrison’s time as prime minister, making him now Australia’s 12th longest-serving leader.

Katina Curtis

Mark Butler says there are passport considerations surrounding the so-called ISIS Brides.

THE NIGHTLYCommentsISIS brides still being assessed by security experts: Butler

Health Minister Mark Butler has provided an update on the ISIS brides potential return to Australia saying there are ‘citizenship and passport’ considerations.

Matt Shrivell

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

Federal PoliticsCommentsMuslim leaders’ invitation to Pauline Hanson after slur

Reeling from a politician's incendiary claims and a mosque receiving violent threats, residents of a multicultural suburb say their community welcomes everyone.

Farid Farid

Iraqi security with suspected IS militants in a Baghdad prison.

Federal PoliticsGovernment to monitor Australian fighters linked to ISIS

Intelligence officers could soon interrogate Australian fighters with suspected links to ISIS, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq during a recent US-led military operation. 

Andrew Greene

11 Australian ISIS-linked families leaving Roj Camp in northeastern Syria unknown

Australia‘Nothing but contempt’ for ISIS brides, says Prime Minister

Anthony Albanese reiterated the Federal Government will not be providing any repatriation support after 11 Australian families with links to ISIS were issued passports to return from Syria.

Andrew Greene

Pauline Hanson has continued her attack on Muslims, calling Islam a “religion of hate”.

The NightlyCommentsHanson ignites new controversy with ‘religion of hate’ claim

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has continued her attack on Muslims, calling Islam a ‘religion of hate’ and opposing Muslim women coming to Australia to have ‘child after child at taxpayers’ expense’.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Jim Chalmers has been the subject of death threats.

Federal PoliticsWeapons seized, arrest after alleged Chalmers death threats

A man has been arrested after allegedly making threats to kill Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Matt Shrivell

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says parents who took their children overseas are responsible, and Australia cannot bring the children home alone.

Federal PoliticsCommentsPM: Can’t repatriate 23 ISIS-linked children without mothers

LIVE UPDATES: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says parents who took their children overseas are responsible, and Australia cannot bring the children home alone.

Kimberley Braddish and Max Corstorphan

Iraqi security forces lead suspected Islamic State militants for questioning.

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Officials scramble to track 13 Aussie ISIS fighters in Iraq

Australian prisoners are among almost 6000 captured terrorists who have been moved to Baghdad for interrogations ahead of trials related to crimes in Iraq.

Andrew Greene

Family members of suspected Islamic State militants who are Australian nationals walk toward a van bound for the airport in Damascus during the first repatriation operation of the year at Roj Camp in eastern Syria on Monday.

Federal PoliticsCommentsBurke pleads ignorance on ISIS bride repatriation scheme

One of the so-called ‘ISIS brides’ attempting a return to Australia has been slapped with a temporary exclusion order by the Albanese Government.

Andrew Greene

Melburnians Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones , both 19, and four other foreign nationals died in recent weeks after falling ill in Vang Vieng, a popular tourist town in Laos.

LAOSCommentsAlbo to hold talks with Laos PM over teens’ fatal poisoning

Anthony Albanese says he will lobby the Laotian prime minister for justice over the 2024 deaths of two Australian teens from methanol poisoning while backpacking in the south-east Asian nation.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Anthony Albanese says he’s ‘personally pleased’ after WA courts lifted a suppression order on the name of a man who allegedly threw a bomb at Australia Day protesters in Perth.

INVASION DAY RALLYPM ‘personally pleased’ alleged Aus Day attacker named

Anthony Albanese says he’s ‘personally pleased’ after WA courts lifted a suppression order on the name of a man who allegedly threw a bomb at Australia Day protesters in Perth.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Pauline Hanson says she won’t be getting vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Nationals Senator scathing of Hanson’s ‘good Muslims’ claims

Nationals’ senator Matt Canavan has criticised Pauline Hanson as ‘ill-disciplined’ and ‘clearly not ready to lead’ after the One Nation leader’s Muslim slur during a TV interview on Monday night. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

The Albanese government has issued a temporary exclusion order against one Australian woman linked to ISIS.

Federal PoliticsVideoComments‘ISIS bride’ blocked from returning to Australia

LIVE UPDATES: The Albanese government has issued a temporary exclusion order against one Australian woman linked to ISIS, with Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke confirming security agencies advised the move.

Kimberley Braddish and Max Corstorphan

West Australians with fractured ankles, gastro or unnerving rashes have more places to get medical help with the opening of three new urgent care clinics across greater Perth this week.

HealthCommentsThe Perth suburbs opening new urgent care clinics this week

West Australians with fractured ankles, gastro or unnerving rashes have more places to get medical help with the opening of three new urgent care clinics across greater Perth this week.

Katina Curtis

Under the plan to be unveiled by Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy on Wednesday, the Government would ask for proposals from the private capital market to establish what would be known as the Advanced Capability Investment Fund.

DefenceCommentsStruggling defence companies bolstered by $1 billion fund

Local defence companies could soon be able to access a fund worth up to $1 billion set up through contributions from the venture capital market.

Andrew Greene