LIVE UPDATES: Three Australian women returning from Syrian refugee camps have now been charged as Labor faces taxpayer pressure and Donald Trump ramps up Middle East tensions.
Madeline Cove
The AFP confirmed the brides are expected to face slavery-related charges.
Ava Martin, Peta Rasdien, Madeline Cove and Max Corstorphan
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a $10 billion ‘centrepiece’ of the upcoming Budget, a fuel security package to tackle Australia’s vulnerability to the global market.
Kimberley Braddish, Max Corstorphan and Madeline Cove
LATIKA M BOURKE: Big statements and warm optics aside, questions remain over whether Australia and Japan are delivering real action.
Latika M Bourke
LIVE UPDATES: Witnesses have told a Sydney inquiry of fear, threats and rising antisemitism, describing how their sense of safety has been deeply shaken.
ANDREW GREENE: A top US commander has arrived in Australia for talks after warning America lacks the naval strength to counter China’s growing aggression.
Andrew Greene
Jewish Australians are sharing their harrowing lived experiences of anti-Semitism within the country as part of the royal commission into the Bondi terror attack.
David Johns and Madeline Cove
President Donald Trump’s pick for next US Ambassador to Australia has told close confidantes he will help advocate for the AUKUS submarine deal if he is approved for the Canberra posting.
RECAP: A peak body for the Australian Jewish community has raised fears over ‘burning questions’ that still remain following the release of the royal commission’s report into the Bondi massacre.
Kimberley Braddish and Madeline Cove
Just hours after the monarch talked up the AUKUS partnership, the King presented Trump with a relic from a British World War II submarine which operated from Perth and carried the President’s name.
Anthony Albanese has assured Australians fuel supplies are secure, as King Charles used his US address to highlight AUKUS as key to shared prosperity.
LIVE UPDATES: Anthony Albanese has confirmed the Government will move the News Bargaining Incentive into its next phase, forcing big tech companies to pay for Australian journalism.
Donald Trump called the gunman ‘sick’ and vowed to ‘let the show go on’ after he was rushed from the stage following an exchange of gunfire near the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington.
Jessica Page
LIVE UPDATES: A blunt order from Donald Trump has escalated tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, raising fears the world’s most critical oil route could tip into open conflict.
RECAP: Anthony Albanese has confirmed Australia’s fuel reserves now have 10 more days than when the Iran war began, while Iranian forces have seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Max Corstorphan
Cochlear was sold off after dramatically downgrading its full-year earnings guidance for the second time in just over two months, with the Trump administration’s raid on Medicaid funding playing a huge role.
Rebecca Le May
A wild claim has emerged stating that US President Donald Trump was blocked from accessing the nuclear codes to use against Iran as his war rages on with no end in sight. Here’s what we know.
RECAP: A third ship has come under attack in the Strait of Hormuz after Donald Trump extended the US-Iran ceasefire.
Max Corstorphan and Madeline Cove
RECAP: Tehran officials have levelled an alarming new threat ahead of peace talks between the US and Iran, while J.D. Vance prepares to fly to Islamabad.
Kimberley Braddish and Max Corstorphan
RECAP: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says National Cabinet will reconvene ‘in coming days’ to discuss the budget altered by the Middle East war.
Katherine Kraayvanger and Max Corstorphan
Global fuel supply uncertainty has intensified after the Strait of Hormuz shut again, with Richard Marles warning tensions could disrupt energy markets.
Kevin Rudd has shared a parting message after concluding his Washington posting as Australia’s ambassador to the US.
Anthony Albanese has dodged questions about whether he’s sought clarification from the Trump administration about the ongoing criticism over Australia’s role in the Strait of Hormuz.
Katina Curtis and Andrew Greene
The US President has criticised Australia for not supplying military support in the Strait of Hormuz, saying: ‘They were not there when we asked them to be.’
Andrew Brown
