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Artist Mirka Mora seated at her mosaic chair at St Kilda Pier circa 2010. Now a statue is planned in her honour.

Plans for a Mirka Mora statue come with space for selfies. She would have heartily approved

The late, great French-Australian artist could soon be honoured with a St Kilda monument.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

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Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

As Wong and Dutton exchange fire, the Chinese flotilla laps Australia

The foreign minister accused the Coalition of seeking political advantage from ships’ exercises in the Tasman with inflammatory rhetoric on China.

  • Matthew Knott
The Foreign Minister says the Coalition is "beating the drums of war" by attacking the government over its handling of the Chinese navy's live fire exercises in the Tasman Sea.
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"Reckless political games": Penny Wong's accusation against Peter Dutton

The Foreign Minister says the Coalition is "beating the drums of war" by attacking the government over its handling of the Chinese navy's live fire exercises in the Tasman Sea.

Dutton made the series of unfounded claims about Gazan visa holders at a Sky News summit on antisemitism on Thursday, following reports the government planned to grant 12,500 people citizenship in a series of 25 ceremonies that the Home Affairs Department will hold across Australia by March 4.

Rowdy hearing shut down as Wong says opposition weaponising antisemitism

Wong’s comments echoed those of her colleague, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, who earlier this month described as “grotesque” the political debate on antisemitism.

  • Paul Sakkal and Olivia Ireland
A video has emerged of Australian soldier Oscar Jenkins who was captured while fighting in defence of Ukraine.

‘I feel a bit weak’: New video emerges showing Australian captured in Ukraine

The Albanese government has renewed its plea to Russia to release Oscar Jenkins following publication of unverified footage purporting to show the soldier in captivity.

  • Alex Crowe
Marles and Hegseth

Deposit paid: Trump ‘very aware’ of AUKUS as Marles hands over $800m

Canberra has sent the first down payment of a total $4.7 billion to prop up US shipbuilding efforts ahead of the planned purchase of nuclear-powered submarines.

  • Michael Koziol
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The fog of inflation is lifting.

Dutton plan: Free lunches, cuts to services

Stand by for the whole gamut of Trump’s MAGA suite of anti-government moves, which would make our lives more difficult.

Randwick council cleaners remove antisemitic graffiti from a car on Sunday after a spate of attacks on houses and vehicles in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.

Antisemitism stoush to dominate parliament as government blacklists white supremacist channel

The government has slapped first-of-their-kind counter-terrorism sanctions on the Terrorgram online network as part of a crackdown on antisemitism.

  • Matthew Knott and Sally Rawsthorne

No worries? How a fractured Australia lost its laid-back spirit

Even our lamb ads portray a fraying of national cohesion. From antisemitic terror to political polarisation, we’re not as relaxed as we like to imagine.

  • Nick Bryant
David Coleman and Donald Trump.

‘That’s not our policy’: Coalition splits with Trump on Gaza ‘clean-out’

New opposition foreign affairs spokesman David Coleman says a Coalition government would argue for a two-state solution for the Palestinian and Israeli people, not the plan put forward by Donald Trump.

  • David Crowe

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