Talkback radio veteran John Laws dies aged 90

Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani easily elected mayor of New York

‘I just won the Melbourne Cup’: Jamie’s joy as Melham creates history to win 2025 Melbourne Cup

Three hours of free power for everyone from July – but there’s a catch

The Nationals’ highest governing body has voted to compel the parliamentary party to dump net zero mandates, a day before a party room meeting in which leader David Littleproud said its climate policy would be settled. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

A house, a hot rod and a bashing: CFMEU sackings heap pressure on PM www.smh.com.au/national/a-h...

Trump tells Rudd ‘I don’t like you’, reaffirms AUKUS and signs minerals deal with Albanese

Analysis: Inside Albanese’s extremely successful Trump meeting (where I was called a nasty guy)

Hostage release under way

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced six changes to the government’s controversial superannuation legislation

Top court blocks pro-Palestine Opera House protest

Israel and Hamas agree on first step to stop fighting in Gaza, Trump announces

SBS staff sworn off naming Palestine despite federal recognition

Liberals play blame game over Hastie leak as Ley denies it came from her

US President Donald Trump will slug branded pharmaceuticals with a 100 per cent tariff if manufacturers do not have an American manufacturing plant under construction by Wednesday, in a move that threatens Australia’s $2 billion of exports in the industry. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Liberal candidate for Bradfield Gisele Kapterian has accepted that she will not join her parliamentary candidates in Canberra, despite having a shadow cabinet position on hold for her. tinyurl.com/372a8uwe

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will urge world leaders to join Australia’s crackdown on children’s access to social media after meeting US President Donald Trump for the first time and locking in a prized White House visit next month.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been snubbed from Donald Trump’s official schedule of meetings in New York, leaving him to compete for a handshake with the US president at a reception with more than 100 other world leaders.

Albanese touches down in New York as climate and Palestine dominate www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Australia announces 2035 climate target of 62-70 per cent emissions cut www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Addressing the lavish state banquet, Charles reminded the president of their countries’ World War II alliance and linked it to the modern-day pact with Australia. www.smh.com.au/world/europe...

Mal Lanyon, the favourite to become NSW police commissioner, took his wife and another couple on a police boat on New Year’s Eve www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

The government has agreed to pay $475 million in compensation to robo-debt victims after settling its class action claim. tinyurl.com/35hujvu8

Iran suspected of involvement in two antisemitic attacks on Australian soil

Former NSW Liberal MP Daryl Maguire has been sentenced to jail after giving misleading evidence to the corruption watchdog about a multimillion-dollar Sydney property and the benefits he expected to receive. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

Breaking: Corrupt former Labor minister Eddie Obeid has been released from jail after serving three years and 10 months for misconduct in public office.

Watch live: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is speaking after a cabinet meeting as Australia stands poised to recognise a Palestinian state. www.smh.com.au/national/aus...

The federal government has lifted its longstanding de facto ban on US beef, addressing one of the key trade complaints that President Donald Trump used to justify his tariffs on Australia but starting a potential fight with farmers and biosecurity experts.

Voters are lukewarm to any surprise reforms from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, clearly oppose change to the GST and want the Coalition to work more closely with the government to reach consensus on new policies rather than oppose them outright.

Liberal candidate for Bradfield Gisele Kapterian has ended weeks of speculation and will on Tuesday appeal against the election outcome in the once blue-ribbon North Sydney seat.

Breaking: Lunch cook Erin Patterson has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder after lacing a beef Wellington meal with death cap mushrooms that killed three people.⁠ Follow our live coverage: tinyurl.com/2eks78ny

He proposed it 34 years ago. On Tuesday, Paul Keating’s plan comes to fruition

The winners and losers from the 2025 NSW budget

The NSW treasurer’s third budget features a guarantee to support 15,000 houses and outlines a path to surplus.

US acted alone, Albanese declares, but abandons neutral stance to back in Trump

US President Donald Trump is due to address the media live at about midday, Australian time.

United States President Donald Trump has announced that American planes have bombed three sites in Iran, including its uranium enrichment facility at Fordow, in a “very successful attack” that he claimed would be a historic moment for the world.

‘Iran must come to the table’: Wong demands after call with Rubio

Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Donald Trump has been cancelled because of Iran-Israel war. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the departure in a post on X while Albanese was holding a press conference at the summit. tinyurl.com/rwhmzp87

Teal candidate Nicolette Boele has seized the once blue-ribbon seat of Bradfield after a recount of the north shore seat, beating Liberal hopeful Gisele Kapterian by just 27 votes in one of the tightest elections in history. tinyurl.com/3crnrw68

The Coalition is officially back together after Liberal leader Sussan Ley and Nationals leader David Littleproud struck a formal agreement to rejoin the parties. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers describes the new tax setting he wants to introduce as “a modest change”, but a growing chorus of critics say the plan to increase tax on super balances over $3 million will hurt investment and punish younger Australians working towards their nest egg.

Nationals leader David Littleproud was preparing to dump former leaders Michael McCormack and Barnaby Joyce from his front bench on Thursday, but is now facing questions about his future after the pair worked with Liberal leader Sussan Ley to pressure him into reopening Coalition talks.

Labor’s contentious environmental reforms could pass with support from the Liberal Party after the Coalition split, as Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says she will work with the government on changes bitterly opposed by the Nationals during the previous term of parliament.

Breaking: The Nationals will not be re-entering a Coalition agreement with the Liberal Party for now, Nationals Leader David Littleproud has announced.

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has paid tribute to her mother, who has passed away just four days after her daughter made history by becoming the Liberal Party’s first female leader. shorturl.at/bHARY

Detailed analysis of around 8000 polling booths across Australia has revealed the swings that transformed the electoral map into a sea of red.

Momentum is building within the Liberal Party to launch a special inquiry into its future as Coalition leaders Sussan Ley and David Littleproud jostle over the role of nuclear energy, risking a formal split of the parties.

Breaking: The Greens have elected Larissa Waters as their new party leader. Mehreen Faruqi was elected deputy leader, a source with knowledge of the vote said. shorturl.at/L5pt5

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is pledging to strengthen Australia with a second-term agenda that eases division, outlining his vision for “progressive patriotism” that can unite the country at a time of global instability. Read more: shorturl.at/b008M