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Hanson’s livid message: ‘You will suffer’

Pauline Hanson has erupted on live TV over the Bondi attack, reiterating her decades-long stance against what she believes is destroying the nation.

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‘Blood on his hands’: Albo under fire

Public sentiment is turning on Anthony Albanese, as critics blast his lack of action on anti-Semitism in the aftermath of the Bondi Beach terror attack.

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - December 14, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Acting Deputy Commissioner Nigel Ryan, Director-General of Security of Australia, Mike Burgess hold a press conference after the Bondi Terrorist attack at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Act of evil’: PM condemns Bondi attack

The PM has declared the Bondi terror attack an “act of evil” and a “dark day”, but Australia’s terror threat will not be increased.

The aircraft was lost during a night-time mission against enemy forces at Rabaul on 14 December 1943.

Huge mystery solved after shock find

A mystery which plagued the Australian Defence Force for more than 80 years has finally been solved.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 12, 2024: Woolworths stores have withdrawn the sale of Australia Day merchandise. Pictured is a store in Brisbane. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

‘More expensive’: Supermarket changes blasted

Labor has been blasted after the announcement of a new ban that would force Coles and Woolies to pay millions in fines if they failed to comply.

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 3, 2025: Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers at a media engagement and press conference in Brisbane. Picture: NewsWire / John Gass

Huge question Chalmers won’t answer

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has revealed Labor’s mid-year budget update will save billions, but stopped short of divulging the fate of a looming $42bn deficit.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - October 27, 2025: Attorney-General of Australia, Michelle Rowland during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Watchdog’s bombshell call amid expenses saga

A senior Labor MP broke parliamentary rules during a family trip to Perth that billed taxpayers more than $21,000, the expenses watchdog has found.

A coronial inquest will hand down its findings into the death of Aboriginal boy Cleveland Dodd, 16, who was the first child to die in custody while being detained inside a Western Australia juvenile detention centre. Cleveland with his mum Nadene Dodd.

‘We must not fail’: Grieving mum blasts govt

The mother of a boy who died at a juvenile detention centre has urged the state government to immediately close the controversial facility, following scathing findings by a coroner.

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - November 26, 2025: Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Battery scheme gets $5bn budget boost

The Minister for Climate Change and Energy confirmed the government’s initial $2.3bn budget for the program would likely be depleted by the end of the year.

Anika Wells and Chris Bowen. Source: NewsWire

‘Very comfortable’: Minister’s call on scandal

A federal government minister says he is very comfortable that two of his colleagues referred themselves to be audited over their family travel expenses.

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NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. JANUARY 20, 2024. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaking at a press conference at University of Newcastle. Picture: NewsWire/ Adam Yip

‘A future’: Workers celebrate Tomago plan

Workers say they are “going to have a future” under a federal government plan to keep Tomago smelter open, but details remain scarce.

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - December 11, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Anika Wells hold a press conference in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Fresh blow to Albo in health battle

The Albanese government has been dealt a blow after state and territory leaders voted to reject the latest health funding offer.

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Anthony Albanese has revealed a second Labor minister has referred their expenses for IPEA review.

Albo’s huge call amid expense scandal

The Prime Minister has revealed a second Labor minister has referred their expenses for review, as he seeks advice from the watchdog.

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‘No surprise’: Vow to fight Reddit court bid

Reddit is launching a High Court challenge to the under-16 social media ban, but the federal government says the US tech giant is just trying to protect its profits.

Strike Force Franklin multi-agency illicit tobacco, vape, and guns bust on the North Coast where four co-accused have been arrested and charged with possess more than 1000x commercial quantity of illicit vapes, deal with proceeds of crime and participate in a criminal group and firearms offences.

Ciggie sales hit truly staggering milestone

Shocking new figures have revealed the true scale of Australia’s illegal tobacco problem and the amount of tax being lost to criminal networks.

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FILE: The Trump Administration has moved to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), an independent government organization that provides humanitarian relief and works to alleviate global poverty. The new U.S. administration has imposed a 90-day freeze on foreign aid, closed USAIDÃ¢â¬â¢s headquarters, and announced that most

‘Handbrake’: Aid plea over terror laws

Tough laws targeting terrorist regimes are putting a “handbrake effect” on humanitarian aid despite bipartisan support for urgent reform, a leading NGO has warned.

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - December 11, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Anika Wells hold a press conference in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Albo’s frank call on social media ban

The Prime Minister has delivered a warning to kids looking to sidestep the social media ban, just a day after the world-first laws took effect.

NSW & ACT Politics

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - NOVEMBER 29th 2025: NSW Liberal Leader and delivering her inaugural speech as party leader at the NSW Liberal Party State Conference. Picture: NewsWire / Brendan Read

Breakthrough for state’s businesses, workers

NSW’s new opposition leader Kellie Sloane says a “reset” in negotiations with the government led to a breakthrough in workers compensation reform.

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - November 22, 2024: National Anti-Corruption Commission, Commissioner Paul Brereton appears at the Examination of the Inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission Annual Report 2023-24 public hearing at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Corruption tsar defends Defence ties

Australia’s corruption tsar has defended his ties with the ADF despite almost 90 complaints of conflict of interest.

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James Paterson has criticised Anika Wells' spending and downplayed his own colleagues' hefty travel bills.

‘League of her own’: Wells blasted

A Liberal frontbencher has lashed Anika Wells over her travel expenses, while dismissing concerns around the spending of his Coalition colleagues.

Lidia Thorpe has slammed the increasing number of Indigenous people dying in custody.

‘Disgrace’: Lidia lashes horror statistic

Independent senator Lidia Thorpe has branded troubling new statistics on the number of Indigenous deaths in custody a “national disgrace”.

(L/R) US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks as Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles and Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey look on during the annual AUKUS Defense Ministers' Ministerial at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2025. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

‘Big moment’: Huge call on AUKUS

The fate of $368bn defence pact AUKUS has been revealed days after Australian officials got their hands on a secretive review.

SUNDAY ESCAPE. ASIAN RIVERS. Bagan, Myanmar. Picture: iStock

‘Grave concern’: Warning for Asia destination

The Australian government has issued a stark warning amid fears upcoming elections in an Asian country could spark chaos.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - 10 DECEMBER, 2025: Australian Minister for Communications Anika Wells addresses the media at Kirribilli house in the wake of an audit for travel expenses made with taxpayer dollars. Picture: NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

‘I follow the rules’: Claim over spending saga

Sports Minister Anika Wells has remained firm as pressure mounts over her travel expenses, saying she takes taxpayer dollars “very seriously”.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 17 2025; Pauline Hanson arrives at Federal Court, to appeal after Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi sued her under the Racial Discrimination Act after the One Nation founder told her to Ãpiss off back to PakistanÃ in an ugly social media clash following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Photo: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

One Nation stuns Australia in massive result

One Nation has shocked Australia with staggering new polling off the back of Pauline Hanson’s burqa stunt and Barnaby Joyce’s defection.

Aerial view of rows of mass produced 'cookie cutter' style homes build during the 2010s in outer suburban Sydney, Australia.

‘Impossible’ amount you now need to retire

Millions of Australians are facing a “retirement disaster” as new figures reveal the eye-watering amount they will need to have in superannuation.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - APRIL 20, 2025. Beach goers enjoy the sun at Bronte as warm weather continues to affect the east coast of NSW nearly 2 months into autumn. NewsWire / Simon Bullard.

‘Unable to cope’: Temporary visas explode

The number of temporary visa holders in Australia has surged to a record 2.9 million, including an “astonishing” number among one group.

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Richard Marles has avoided answering if a key Trump request came up during AUSMIN talks.

MP tight-lipped on bizarre Trump request

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has dodged questions on whether a key Trump request came up during bilateral talks in Washington.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, October 29 2024. GENERIC. Inflation. Shopping. Retail. Economy. Cost of living crisis. A Telstra shop on Pitt Street Mall. Picture: NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

Telstra’s shock call over triple-0 death

Telstra did not discuss the death of a TPG customer linked to a failed triple-0 call in a meeting with the Communications Minister, a Senate inquiry has been told.

State funeral for Graham Richardson to be held on Tuesday. Picture: NewsWire

Wife’s brutal joke rocks Richo funeral

Graham Richardson’s son has shared emotional stories of the political powerbroker he called dad, as the PM leads tributes to the man who was “bigger than a Labor legend”.

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