Australia has joined with 22 other nations in condemning Israel over its decision to allow limited aid into Gaza while announcing a military expansion to “take control” of the besieged strip. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said his troops […]
Queensland senator Larissa Waters has been elected the new federal Greens leader. The minor party’s 11 senators and lone MP met in Melbourne on Thursday afternoon to agree on its fifth parliamentary leader after Adam Bandt was unexpectedly ousted from
The Coalition says it will ensure the country’s disability insurance scheme (NDIS) will remain “fit for purpose and sustainable for future generations” after Labor accused the opposition of looking to gut the growing $47bn program. The shadow public service minister,
The former Queensland judge Walter Sofronoff will challenge findings that he engaged in “serious corrupt conduct” by leaking his inquiry into the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann to two journalists before it was made public. The Australian Capital Territory Integrity Commission’s
At least three countries have plotted to harm Australians abroad and on home soil, including a planned assassination to silence a human rights activist, Australia’s spy boss has revealed. Mike Burgess, the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, highlighted
Australia has split with the US and voted with 156 other countries at the United Nations to demand the end of Israel’s “unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible”. The vote marks Australia’s return to the
Anthony Albanese insists Labor’s plans to establish a national environmental watchdog are still on the table after he quashed a deal with the Greens in parliament’s final sitting week. Last-minute negotiations between the environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, and the Greens
China’s top envoy in Australia has extended the olive branch to Peter Dutton’s Coalition, urging the major parties not to let “differences” between the two countries “hijack our cooperation”. At a press briefing in Canberra on Tuesday, the ambassador, Xiao
The Coalition’s flagged cuts to the federal public service could cost taxpayers billions of dollars more, the Albanese government has warned, as figures reveal the workforce has surged by more than 30,000 in three years. The number of public servants
Australia has backed in a United Nations resolution to recognise the “permanent sovereignty” of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, marking a major departure from its previous position. At a UN committee vote on Thursday, Australia voted with 158 other
