Australia has been accused by the Trump administration of threatening US national security and ‘disregarding a verbal commitment’ by allowing aluminium to surge into the country, as well as failing to rein in steel exports.
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles will travel to the US this week to meet his new counterpart, Pete Hegseth, in a move to strengthen security ties with the second Trump administration.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong – Anthony Albanese’s closest confidant – will use the visit to expand co-operation with Donald Trump’s second administration on economics and security.
In one of his most candid reflections since he lost the prime ministership in 2015, Tony Abbott has warned centre-right leaders around the world not to make the same mistakes he did.
There’s more to this romantic travel tale than meets the eye.
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland and an independent panel will now need to find a replacement for the ABC’s deputy chairman just months out from a federal election.
Votes in the US’s crucial swing states will start to come in from 11am AEDT, as the world waits to see whether Donald Trump will make a comeback or Kamala Harris will win. Here’s all you need to know ahead of polling day.
Sir Lynton Crosby shaped conservative politics at home and abroad for decades. As Anthony Albanese’s cabinet colleagues face serious challenges from Muslim vote candidates, what is his advice?
The widening gulf between Australia’s elite and mainstream classes is carving out a ‘two-speed electorate’, forcing Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton to shore-up support among splintering voter bases in previously safe ALP and Coalition heartlands.
Steven Miles’s failure to concede defeat to the LNP has been criticised by Labor grandees with Graham Richardson saying the the speech was ‘a load of crap’.
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