Australia champions Palestine stance, but US not happy
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is preparing to meet the French president on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly as he defends Australia’s stance on Palestinian recognition. Mr Albanese…
‘Treated like dirt’: face-to-face leader talks wobble
Anthony Albanese may again miss out on a sit-down with Donald Trump, after Australia was left off the US president’s list of meetings with world leaders. In a briefing, White…
Triple-zero oversight questioned after Optus outage
Triple-zero oversight is again in the spotlight, as the federal government is accused of “failing Australians” by not implementing a custodian before the recent Optus outage. Thursday’s service interruption has…
Judge lifts Trump’s halt of offshore wind farm project
A US federal judge has ruled that a nearly complete offshore wind project the White House halted can resume, dealing President Donald Trump a setback in his ongoing effort to…
Australia champions Palestine stance to world leaders
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is preparing to meet the French president on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly as he defends Australia’s stance on Palestinian recognition. Mr Albanese…
Exile to a vanishing shore: human rights, climate and the Nauru ‘solution’
The recently announced deal to send hundreds of refugees to Nauru raises serious questions about human rights and environmental obligations. Alison Battisson and Janet Pelly explain. The Nauru deal was…
Right move by Wong protecting aid workers, but sanctions on Israel needed
Australia has defied trenchant pressure by America and Israel to recognise Palestine today but more needs to be done to fight against Israel’s genocide. Michael West reports. Israel forced nurses…
Australia defies US, Israeli pressure on Palestine
Palestinian officials have praised Australia’s formal recognition of the battle-scarred nation, despite pushback from Israel and others including some in Donald Trump’s party. The federal government joined the UK and…
Telco ‘cowboys’ not held to account after prior outage
Australia is being urged to tame the “wild west” culture plaguing the telco industry after Optus experienced another serious triple-zero outage. The major outage has been linked to four deaths…
‘Bring it home’: PM’s diplomatic fight for climate meet
Australia has been urged not to cower in its fight for hosting rights of a major climate summit as the prime minister prepares to make his case for a rival…