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(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 9, 2018 lawyer of US president Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani looks on before the US president announces his Supreme Court nominee in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. - A lawyer for Donald Trump on December 16, 2018 pushed back against reports that the special counsel investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election might be seeking to interview the president, saying it would happen only

Giuliani:‘Over my dead body’

President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani have ruled out the possibility of an interview with special counsel about collusion with Russia during the Trump campaign

Eric Tucker

In this Dec. 12, 2018, photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, leaves federal court after his sentencing in New York. Trump has gone from denying knowledge of any payments to women who claim to have been mistresses to apparent acknowledgement of those hush money settlements â€“ though he claims they wouldn't be illegal. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Trump ordered payoffs: Cohen

Donald Trump knew it was wrong to order hush money be paid to two women, his former lawyer Michael Cohen said.

Cameron Stewart

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 12: Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, exits federal court after his sentencing hearing, December 12, 2018 in New York City. Cohen was sentenced to 3 years in prison after pleading guilty to several charges, including multiple counts of tax evasion, a campaign finance violation and lying to Congress. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

I hid his dirty deeds in blind loyalty: Cohen

Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen has tried to implicate the US President in his crimes.

Cameron Stewart

US President Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen leaves US Federal Court in New York on December 12, 2018 after his sentencing after pleading guilty to tax evasion, making false statements to a financial institution, illegal campaign contributions, and making false statements to Congress. - US President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen delivered a blistering attack on his former boss as he was sentenced to three years in prison on December 12, 2018 for multiple crimes.

Trump’s ex-lawyer cops jail term

Michael Cohen told a US court during his sentencing that it was his role to cover up the “dirty deeds” of the President.

Cameron Stewart

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 11: U.S. President Donald Trump (2R) argues about border security with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) (R) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as Vice President Mike Pence sits nearby in the Oval Office on December 11, 2018 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Well, didn’t that go just dandy?

Americans got a taste of the chaos that might define the next two years as Donald Trump and Democrats fought in the Oval Office.

Cameron Stewart

KATOWICE, POLAND - DECEMBER 08: Environmental protesters take part in a Greenpeace organised march to call for the political and economic reforms needed to combat climate change while the 24th summit of the United Nations on Climate Change (COP24) takes place in the city on December 8, 2018 in Katowice, Poland. The summit is being considered the most important since the 2015 meeting in Paris. (Photo by Martyn Aim/Getty Images)

‘Fossil fools’ seek efficient balance

Trump’s special adviser on energy said his plan was to use fossil fuels in a way that was ‘clean and efficient’.

INSIDE STORYThe World

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Meng Wanzhou, Executive Board Director of the Chinese technology giant Huawei, attend a session of the VTB Capital Investment Forum

Dramatic course as food was served

As Donald Trump and Xi Jinping sat down to a G20 dinner, Huawei scion Meng Wanzhou was being detained at Vancouver airport.

Glenda Korporaal

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2017 file photo, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn arrives for a White House senior staff swearing in ceremony in the East Room of the White House, in Washington. President Donald Trump's former national security adviser has provided so much information to the special counsel's Russia investigation that prosecutors say he shouldn't do any prison time, according to a court filing Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, that describes Flynn's cooperation as

Flynn set to escape stretch in jail

Robert Mueller has recommended no prison time for Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn.

Cameron Stewart

President Donald Trump, right, China's President Xi Jinping, left, and members of their delegations during their bilateral meeting at the G20 Summit, Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump, Xi call truce in trade war

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agree to a ceasefire in their $500 billion trade war after dining together on the sidelines of G20.

STREWTHStrewth

US President Donald Trump and Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison hold a meeting in the sidelines of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Buenos Aires, on November 30, 2018. - Global leaders gather in the Argentine capital for a two-day G20 summit beginning on Friday likely to be dominated by simmering international tensions over trade. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

New around here

Donald Trump cracked the mystery Labor has struggled with at every question time since Malcolm Turnbull departed.

James Jeffrey

Maybe only a stay of execution, but the truce is still a welcome

Maybe only a stay of execution, but the truce is still a welcome

The G20 summit achieved one substantial result: Donald Trump and Xi Jinping decided not to escalate their trade dispute.

G20National Affairs

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (left) speak during a meeting with US President Donald Trump during the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, November 30, 2018. The leaders of the world's largest economies arrived in Buenos Aires on Thursday for the first G20 summit to be held in South America. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Trump quizzes Morrison on spill

Donald Trump asked Scott Morrison why Malcolm Turnbull is no longer PM, as he praised him for doing a “very good job”.

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 29: Michael Cohen, former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, exits federal court, November 29, 2018 in New York City. At the court hearing, Cohen pleaded guilty to making false statements to Congress about a Moscow real estate project Trump pursued during the 2016 presidential campaign. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

I lied to help Trump: Cohen

Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen has admitted he lied about the Trump Organisation’s business links with Russia.

Cameron Stewart

Foreign Affairs

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives for the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, November 29, 2018. Leaders of the G20 Nations will be meeting in Buenos Aires over the next two days. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

PM in G20 meeting with Trump

Scott Morrison was due to hold a formal one-on-one meeting with Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires early today.

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media after arriving for the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, November 29, 2018. Leaders of the G20 Nations will be meeting in Buenos Aires over the next two days. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

PM secures meeting with Trump

Scott Morrison is due to hold a formal one-on-one meeting with Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires tomorrow.

MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 28: (L-R) Queen Letizia of Spain, China's first lady Peng Liyuan, Chinese president Xi Jinping and King Felipe VI of Spain attend the Royal Gala Dinner in honour of Chinese president at the Royal Palace on November 28, 2018 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

Trade bracing for clash between the Big Two at G20

Expectations are low for any breakthrough deals on the China-US trade war at the meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

Glenda Korporaal

National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow speaks to reporters during the daily press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US allies not on Trump’s agenda

Many American allies have not been invited to sitdown meetings with Donald Trump at this weekend’s G20 summit in Argentina.

Cameron Stewart

COMMENTThe World

FILE - In this June 21, 2017, file photo, special counsel Robert Mueller departs after a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. In the months following Muellerâ€™s May 2017 appointment, the White House pledged its cooperation, believing it the fastest way to end the investigation. The administration produced thousands of documents demanded by the special counsel and made close President Donald Trump aides _ including his legal counsel, chief of staff and press secretary _ available for questioning. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

To subpoena or not, that is Mueller’s question

Robert Mueller’s investigation has reached the point where he must now decide whether he will subpoena Donald Trump.

Cameron Stewart

CommentOpinion

FILE - In this Oct. 28, 2013, file photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller is seated before President Barack Obama and FBI Director James Comey arrive at an installation ceremony at FBI Headquarters in Washington. A veteran FBI counterintelligence agent was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russian election meddling after the discovery of an exchange of text messages seen as potentially anti-President Donald Trump, a person familiar with the matter said Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Mueller’s time has come

The Russia investigation has reached a tipping point where Robert Mueller must decide whether he will subpoena Donald Trump.

Cameron Stewart

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump with their son Barron Trump talk as they walk on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, to board the Marine One. Trump and his family are traveling to Florida, where they will spend Thanksgiving at Mar-a-Lago. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump puts Saudi alliance first

Donald Trump has bluntly dismissed calls to punish Saudi Arabia for its killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Cameron Stewart

CommentWorld Commentary

In this photo provided by the Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, front row on left, seated next to the countryâ€™s most senior cleric, listens to Saudi King Salman give his annual policy speech in the ornate hall of the consultative Shura Council, Monday, Nov. 19, 2018, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Salman gave his first major speech since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents, expressing support for his son, the crown prince, and making no mention of the accusations that the prince ordered the killing. Mondayâ€™s speech highlighted the kingdomâ€™s priorities for the coming year, focusing on issues such as the war in Yemen, security for Palestinians, stability in the oil market, countering rival Iran and job creation for Saudis. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)

Human rights given the flick for realpolitik

Donald Trump has decisively turned America’s moral compass away from human rights.

Cameron Stewart

CommentOpinion

Donald Trump and Khashohhi murder

America first — at any cost

Donald Trump has sent a clear message that state-sanctioned murder is forgivable, so long as you are a friend of the US.

Cameron Stewart

(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 15, 2014 (FILES) In this file photo taken on December 15, 2014 A general manager of Alarab TV, Jamal Khashoggi, looks on during a press conference in the Bahraini capital Manama. - The US Central Intelligence Agency has concluded Saudi's powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, The Washington Post reported on November 16, 2018, citing people close to the matter. (Photo by MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH / AFP)

Trump backs Saudis on murder

The President bluntly dismissed calls to punish Saudi Arabia over Jamal Khashoggi’s killing, saying their alliance is more important.

Cameron Stewart

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump wave during a ceremony to receive the White House Christmas Tree, at the North Portico of the White House, in Washington, Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. The North Carolina-grown 19 1/2-foot-tall Fraser Fir will be displayed in the Blue Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump crashes the tree party

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump yesterday accepted the official White House Christmas tree.

Darlene Superville

APEC SUMMITForeign Affairs

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison gives Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill a Wallabies rugby union jersey at a barbeque for Pacific Islands leaders at the Australian High Commission after the 2018 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Sunday, November 18, 2018. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Trump ‘should have attended’

Bill Shorten says Scott Morrison is “in a world of denial” calling the summit a success.

Ben Packham and Richard Ferguson

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Struggle for supremacy in the Indo-Pacific region

Australia will need economic firepower for its pivotal role.

CNN's Jim Acosta walks into federal court in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, to attend a hearing on a legal challenge against President Donald Trump's administration. Trump's administration contends it has

Trump and the media take their battle to court

Donald Trump’s feud with the media faces a test when a court rules whether to restore White House access for a CNN reporter.

Cameron Stewart

CommentWall Street Journal

President Donald Trump speaks to CNN journalist Jim Acosta during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Why Trump’s right about CNN

Does the US First Amendment require the President to listen to a partisan and inaccurate lecture?

James Freeman

exclusiveForeign Affairs

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump looks on as he visits the American Cemetery of Suresnes, outside Paris, on November 11, 2018 as part of Veterans Day and the commemorations marking the 100th anniversary of the 11 November 1918 armistice, ending World War I. (Photo by CHRISTIAN HARTMANN / POOL / AFP)

PM backs Trump’s trade plays PM backs Trump’s trade plays

Scott Morrison has mounted the strongest defence of any allied leader so far of Donald Trump’s trade policies.

FILE - In this April 24, 2014, file photo, then-Iowa Republican senatorial candidate and former U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker watches before a live televised debate in Johnston, Iowa. President Donald Trump announced in a tweet that he was naming Whitaker, as acting attorney general, after Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out Nov. 7, 2018, as the country's chief law enforcement officer after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from Trump over his recusal from the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

New A-G to stay on Mueller case

Donald Trump’s Acting Attorney-General will not recuse himself from the oversight of special counsel Robert Mueller.

Cameron Stewart

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