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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson at the Leadership Matters breakfast at Crown this morning.

PoliticsVideoComments‘Great way’: Pauline Hanson backs Trump-style deportations

RECAP: One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has pointed to the US President as she weighed in on calls for mass deportations in Australia.

Kimberley Braddish and Madeline Cove

Angus Taylor distanced the Coalition from recent comments by One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts and Liberal senator Alex Antic’s praise of him. 

PoliticsVideoComments‘Not fit to govern’: Coalition fires at One Nation

RECAP: Opposition leader Angus Taylor has accused Labor of creating an economic crisis, while launching a blistering attack on One Nation.

Madeline Cove

Telstra bosses are under fire at a Senate inquiry into the nationwide outage.

PoliticsCommentsTelstra bosses concede outage could have been avoided

LIVE UPDATES: Telstra bosses are under fire at a Senate inquiry into the nationwide outage, where it has been revealed that it could have been avoided.

Chloe Maher and Madeline Cove

Coalition unleashes blistering attack over housing crisis.

PoliticsVideoCommentsCoalition accuse Labor of destroying the Aussie dream

LIVE UPDATES: Young Australians are being priced out of the housing market, the Coalition claims, as it ramps up pressure on Labor over affordability and supply.

Madeline Cove

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, November 6, 2023. Anthony Albanese will hold talks in China with President Xi Jinping in the first visit to the Asian nation by a sitting prime minister since 2016. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

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Australia’s relationship with China back in choppy waters

ANDREW GREENE: Disagreements between Australia and China seem more frequent in recent times, and cooperation virtually non-existent, as China continues to test the resolve of Western allies in the Pacific.

Andrew Greene

Andrew Greene

Fresh strikes have sparked global alarm.

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US unleashes fresh strikes as Iran declares Hormuz ‘closed’

Fresh US strikes have escalated tensions in the Middle East after Iran declared the Strait of Hormuz closed following an attack on a commercial vessel.

Madeline Cove

US President Donald Trump holds a press conference at Bestepe Presidential Compound during the NATO Summit on July 8 in Turkey.

EnergyCommentsPremiumOil steadies at end of choppy week as US, Iran keep talking

Oil prices steadied at the end of a bumpy week, as talks between the US and Iran continued despite a flare-up in fighting that drove a steep drop in traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Bloomberg

X fought against an order to remove harrowing Bondi massacre content, eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant said.

Federal PoliticsRoyal commission questions whether X should be banned

A royal commission has torn into Elon Musk’s X platform for not engaging with the high profile probe into anti-Semitism and questioned whether it should be banned in Australia.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Syria says the suspects behind bomb blasts during Emmanuel Macron's visit are linked to ISIS.

World PoliticsVideoCommentsSyria arrests suspects over bombs during Macron's visit

Syrian officials have arrested several suspects over a bombing campaign during French President Emmanuel Macron's visit, which marked a restoring of relations.

Staff Writers

Oil tankers and cargo vessels anchored off the coast of Oman after being stranded for days last month.

EnergyCommentsPremiumOil falls as traders expect US-Iran war will stay contained

Oil prices fell as traders priced in a limited US-Iran conflict, easing initial concerns that energy infrastructure would come under attack again.

Bloomberg

Anika Wells, Telstra

PoliticsVideoComments‘Face the music’: Anika Wells ramps up pressure on Telstra

LIVE UPDATES: Anika Wells says Telstra’s trust with Australians is ‘in peril’, warning the company must answer tough questions and rebuild confidence after its nationwide outage.

Chloe Maher and Madeline Cove

Mahmoud Abbas won the last Palestinian presidential election in January 2005.

World PoliticsVideoCommentsPalestinian officials set date for first election since 2006

President Mahmoud Abbas issued the date by decree, calling upon Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip to vote. 

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South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas at BHP’s Olympic Dam mine in October 2025.

EnergyCommentsPremiumAustralia agrees to sell uranium to India during Modi visit

The landmark deal was signed between the two nations during a visit to Melbourne by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Bloomberg

Donald Trump once again rattled the sabres upon arrival with his well-shaken string of complaints about Europe, but departed praising the “unity” and love shown by allies. 

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NATO boss masterfully manipulates a declining Trump

LATIKA M BOURKE: The 2026 NATO summit, which could be Donald Trump’s last, ended with more of a whimper than a bang. 

Latika M Bourke

This photo obtained by AFP from the Iranian news agency Tasnim shows an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boat allegedly taking part in an operation to seize ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz in April.

EnergyCommentsOil prices soar as US extends strikes against Iran

Oil extended a powerful surge as the US struck targets in Iran for a second day, raising risks for energy supplies from the region.

Bloomberg

GrainCorp chief executive Robert Spurway says Australia should adopt national biofuel mandates to bolster its energy security.

Renewable EnergyCommentsGrainCorp pushes for Aussie biofuel mandates after Iran war

Australia should adopt national biofuel mandates to bolster its energy security, according to GrainCorp, after months of uncertainty from the Iran war.

Bloomberg

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, right, reacts as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a joint press conference in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, July 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Hamish Blair)

PoliticsVideoCommentsAlbanese, Modi sign major uranium and defence deal

LIVE UPDATES: Australia will begin exporting billions in uranium to India after Anthony Albanese and Narendra Modi signed new agreements, deepening defence and economic ties.

Kimberley Braddish, Chloe Maher and Madeline Cove

Pat Conroy has told a meeting of defence ministers that “all conflict is global”.

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Conroy warns of ‘catastrophic’ conflict after missile tests

Chief reassures Pacific countries that NATO is ‘on it’ after long-range missile test sparked fury, as Australia intensifies its rhetoric on China to a level not seen since the COVID fallout.

Latika M Bourke

The attacks threaten a new wave of disruption for global energy markets. 

EnergyCommentsOil surges as US strikes targets in Iran after ship attacks

Oil prices jumped as the US launched a wave of strikes against Iran in retaliation for a spate of attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

Bloomberg

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 08, 2026: Telstra CFO Michael Ackland speaks at the telcoââ¬â¢s head office in Melbourne to provide an update on the nationwide phone outage. NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

PoliticsVideoComments‘Deeply sorry’ Telstra CFO reveals scale of Triple-0 outage

LIVE UPDATES: Telstra CEO Michael Ackland says the telco is deeply sorry for a major outage that affected Triple-0 calls while revealing how many customers had been affected.

Kimberley Braddish, Chloe Maher and Madeline Cove

President Trump may have boycotted NATO if it wasn't for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

defenceVideoCommentsNATO showcases big arms deals as Trump feels let down

Donald Trump says he might have boycotted the summit in Turkey if it hadn't been for his warm relations with host President Tayyip Erdogan.

Staff Writers

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she will run for president after her ban was shortened.

crime, law and justiceVideoCommentsLe Pen to run for president, French court shortens ban

Two years after a conviction for misusing funds, French far right leader Marine Le Pen has an electoral ban shortened, and announced she will run for president.

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has announced he is quitting and seeking re-election.

PoliticsVideoCommentsUK's Farage quits, seeks re-election after gift scandal

Following mounting scrutiny over undeclared financial gifts, populist British MP Nigel Farage has announced he will step down and seek re-election.

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PNG's Prime Minister James Marape will join Anthony Albanese in Brisbane for talks and rugby league.

PoliticsVideoCommentsAustralia to host Pacific leaders as China threat looms

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is hosting talks with Pacific leaders as he continues to cement Australia's footprint in the region.

Lucinda Garbutt-Young