Retail magnate Dick Smith has criticised tech giant Meta for allowing online financial scams using the likeness of Anthony Albanese and prominent business leaders to persuade their victims to invest.
Peter Dutton says it is ‘comical’ to think Anthony Albanese can be a better global partner for Donald Trump than he would be, pointing to recent Australian votes against Israel in the UN and the PM’s past comments on the US president-elect.
Australia’s high commissioner to the UK, Stephen Smith, has signalled he won’t attend an annual Australia Day dinner a year after citing sensitivities around celebrating the day.
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland says the need for trusted information has ‘never been more important’, after Meta axed independent fact-checking.
The PM has been urged to meet with Donald Trump imminently after the US president-elect returns to the White House.
Labor’s bid to neutralise the crisis over its bungling of foreign criminals being released from detention faces collapse, after the Federal Court freed a man who attacked his wife with a meat cleaver.
Immigration Minister Tony Burke has quietly issued new rules granting himself the power to impose electronic monitoring and curfews on dangerous non-citizens released from detention.
Edith Blake, the only Australian woman to be killed in action during World War I, has been remembered for her service in a last post ceremony at war memorial.
Education Minister Jason Clare has axed a ministerial direction that prioritises student visa applications from ‘low risk’ institutions.
Labor has increased its net migration forecast by 80,000 people as departures remain stubbornly low.
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