Russia & Ukraine Conflict

Follow all the latest developments in the escalating conflict between Russia and the Ukraine.

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. Zelensky on February 28 told Trump there should be

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China fears after Trump’s Zelensky fight

Crumbling US support for Ukraine could have consequences much closer to home, a senior Coalition senator is warning.

National

Albo dodges Trump-Zelensky questions

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reaffirmed his support for Ukraine while dodging any questions about the tense relationship between the US and Ukraine.

Resources Minister Madeleine King speaking at the The Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA breakfast at Crown. Picture: The West Australian

Business

King joins Lynas boss, casts doubt on Trump Ukraine play

Resources Minister Madeleine King says the US would be better served focusing on rare earths supply from Australia, rather than chasing projects in Greenland and Ukraine.

Amanda Lacaze, chief executive officer of Lynas Rare Earths Ltd., on the sidelines of the Diggers and Dealers conference in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. Lynas, the only key supplier of the critical minerals outside China, has won further financial backing from Washington to build a plant in the US. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg

Business

Lynas boss casts doubt on Trump-Ukraine deal

Amanda Lacaze says if the US wants to secure rare earths supply, they should buy from Lynas rather than continue with “thought bubble” solutions.

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Horse Racing

Jockey Craig Williams and his Ukrainian-born wife Larysa have carried out life-saving missions to Ukraine, taking in medical equipment to support front line troops. Picture: Suppliedhttps://craigwilliamsjockey.com.au/news/craig-and-larysa-williams-ukraine-journey/

WATCH: Craig Williams lays bare raw and emotional Ukraine visit

Champion jockey Craig Williams has revealed for the first time remarkable vision of the humanitarian aid work in the Ukraine by he and wife Larysa.

Swimming

NCA. PARIS FRANCE 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES. July 27 - Day1ÃAriarne Titmus wins gold during the Final of the WomenÃs 400m Freestyle at the Paris La Defense Arena Picture: Adam Head

Why Australia’s golden swim team could soon face Russian treatment

Australia’s champion swimmers are facing the humiliating possibility of competing at future international events as ‘neutrals’, like Russian and Belarusian athletes, as Swimming Australia faces expulsion from the world’s governing body.

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Australian Army soldiers from the 1st Armoured Regiment conduct manoeuvre training on an M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank in Puslatpur, Indonesia during Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2023. *** Local Caption *** At the invitation of Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI), Australia is contributing over 125 personnel from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2023 (SGS23). SGS23 is an TNI and United States Indo Pacific Command led bilateral training activity. It is focused on joint operations with international partners in and around East Java in Indonesia from 31 August to 13 September. Held since 2009, the ADF first participated in 2022, and in 2023 is contributing an Australian Army force element including a Troop of M1A1 Abrams tanks from the 1st Armoured Regiment. The contingent also includes an Infantry Platoon from the 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australian Regiment, command and control elements, and a range of armoured vehicles, trucks and recovery vehicles.

‘As long as it takes’: Australia’s Ukraine pledge

Australia has made a big pledge to Ukraine as it continues to fight back against invading Russian forces.

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The Australian Army M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank fires its 120mm cannon during a live-fire serial for the Coral Balmoral Cup 2024 at the Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria. *** Local Caption *** From 15 to 19 April 2024, the Royal Australian Armoured Corps hosted the Coral-Balmoral Cup 2024 at the Puckapunyal Military Area, Victoria. Coordinated by the School of Armour, the competition tested tank and cavalry crews from the Australian Army and United States Marine Corps. It consisted of a variety of challenges to find the best team from each armoured crew and the best unit in the competition. The competition pays homage to the historic Battle of Coral-Balmoral, which highlighted the effectiveness of combined arms tactics.

Australia’s big gift to Ukraine war effort

Australia is making another major commitment to Ukraine to help it fight against Russia, which invaded the eastern European country in 2022.

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Chris Leptos (Left), who is delivering an ambulance to the people of Ukraine in Lviv.

How retail umpire mediated a row while on Ukraine mercy mission

Food Code’s Chris Leptos spends his days arbitrating disputes between suppliers and supermarkets, but after hours he’s part of an international group helping to ease the plight of Ukrainians.

Banking

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - APRIL 5, 2023.A sign for Macquarie BankÃs offices in Brisbane. The bank has shocked customers in their latest interest rate update after the Reserve Bank offered some relief.Picture: Dan Peled / NCA NewsWire

Big bank’s record-breaking fine

One of Australia’s largest banks has been slapped with a record-breaking multimillion-dollar fine.

Business

GRANGEMOUTH, SCOTLAND - SEPTEMBER 12: A general view of the Petroineos oil refinery on September 12, 2024 in Grangemouth, Scotland. Owners of Grangemouth, Petroineos, said the closure of the oil refinery and loss of 400 jobs next summer was due to it being unable to compete with sites in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Macquarie Group zapped over energy futures breaches

The banking major was repeatedly warned by the corporate regulator it was allowing clients to manipulate energy prices but failed to act.

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A boy stands on a destroyed Russian tank on display at Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv, on September 7, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP)

Russia launches deadly air strikes as it advances in east Ukraine

Russia has claimed its forces have advanced in eastern Ukraine as Kyiv reported deadly air attacks and urged the West to allow it to carry out more retaliatory strikes inside Russia’s borders.

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TOPSHOT - Ukrainian emergency services carry out a search and rescue operation among the rubble of a destroyed hotel after a strike in the town of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region on August 25, 2024. A member of the Reuters news agency was missing and two others were wounded in a Russian strike on a hotel in the east Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, the agency said. A search and rescue operation was underway at the Hotel Sapphire, where Reuters said six of its crew covering the war, were staying. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

Journo killed in Russian strike; Telegram founder detained

A member of a media team covering the war in Ukraine has been killed as French police continue to question the founder of controversial app Telegram.

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(FILES) This handout photo taken on September 28, 2022 from an aircraft of the Swedish Coast Guard (Kustbevakningen) shows the release of gas emanating from a leak on the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, in the Swedish economic zone in the Baltic Sea. A Swedish prosecutor probing the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia and Germany said on February 7, 2024 he was closing the investigation because Sweden does not have jurisdiction. (Photo by Handout / SWEDISH COAST GUARD / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

New details about mystery Nord Stream pipeline explosions

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Ukrainian man over the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, as new details emerge on who else was behind the hit.

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