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Madagascar’s Labord’s chameleon: does it have a challenger for the world’s shortest-lived creature in the Australian political leader?

What Australia’s political chameleons can learn from this Madagascan reptile

It seemed Australia had stopped the turnstile of short-term political leaders, but here we go again.

  • Andy Marks

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Former foreign minister and NSW premier Bob Carr.

Bob v the builders: Former premier in home reno legal stoush

Bob Carr is fighting project managers over a $220,000 fee linked to renovation works on his $8.8 million Coogee penthouse.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Gemma Grant
Former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.

I survived Tiananmen Square. Seeing Dan Andrews in Beijing made my blood boil

Thirty-five years ago, two of my friends died in my arms. Andrews has prostituted himself to a murderous regime.

  • Helen Shao
Homepage gif Andrews, Kim, Xi, Putin

Daniel Andrews doesn’t care, but he has lost his moral compass

Footage of Andrews posing with Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin is not just an opportunity to try out some jokes about Dictator Dan. It’s actually quite serious.

  • James Massola
BEIJING, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 03: Soldiers rehearse prior to the military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Tiananmen Square on September 03, 2025, in Beijing, China. China’s Victory Day military parade serves as a powerful display of national pride and military power. This year’s parade carries heightened geopolitical weight with the attendance of leaders like Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un and Narendra Modi, underlining China’s diplomatic alliances as it presents itself as an alternative global leader. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

China military parade as it happened: Former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews poses for photo with Xi Jinping, Putin and Kim Jong-un in Victory Day parade as Beijing flexes new weapons

Chinese President Xi Jinping will preside over a parade that will showcase China’s cutting-edge weapons systems and strengthening diplomatic reach, in an event designed to cement the country’s status as the leading challenger to US-led global order.

  • Catherine Naylor and Lisa Visentin

‘You conspire against us’: Trump lets fly as China shows off its firepower

The US president took aim at Xi Jinping as the Chinese leader used major military parade in Beijing to warn that the world was facing a choice – peace or war.

  • Laurie Chen and Joe Cash
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Female soldiers from the People’s Liberation Army practice for an upcoming military parade to mark the 80th Anniversary of the end of World War II.

Beijing invited me to this special celebration. Here’s why I’m happy to go

Australians in 1945 would have seen China’s victory over Japan as a win for humanity. That’s worth commemorating,

  • Bob Carr
Former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews and former NSW premier and federal foreign affairs minister Bob Carr.

Andrews, Carr on the guest list for big Beijing military parade

The former Labor premiers have been invited as guests, alongside dictators Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, to a Chinese parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

  • Paul Sakkal, Wing Kuang and Brittany Busch
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert believes a “volcanic eruption” is coming that will shake the stability of the nation and force the government out.

Former Israeli PM slams ‘lip service’ Palestine call as Labor division mounts

A former Israeli PM has dismissed Australia’s move to recognise Palestine as populist symbolism, but the Albanese government is facing growing calls to impose further sanctions.

  • Matthew Knott and Paul Sakkal
Sydney Opera House.

This idea helped build the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. Could it save NSW heritage?

Experts say there is too little money to save heritage, and too much red tape. A lottery could help.

  • Julie Power

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