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Treasurer Jim Chalmers has thrown down the gauntlet over compulsory superannuation, vowing to defend the scheme after One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said she wanted Australians to be able to dip into their retirement savings early.
A delegation from the African Union (AU) began a two-day field visit to Sudan on Sunday, seeking to push efforts towards a ceasefire, improve humanitarian access and revive a political process to end the war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced millions in the past three years.
Victoria's education union members have voted in favour of a revised pay deal from the state government. (ABC News: Sacha Payne)
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Mykhailo Fedorov says Ukraine is innovating its arsenal of weapons quickly; Moscow hit with ‘one of the most massive drone attacks’. What we know on day 1,637
Australian Education Union members have voted to accept the state government’s latest pay and conditions offer, calling off a third statewide school strike at the eleventh hour.
At least 2,325 people have been killed, according to government data, surpassing the death toll from 2018-20 outbreak
China has established the first scheduled transit through the northern sea route, but questions remain over the environmental and political risks
Water companies being allowed to increase prices during droughts and Amy Hunt's gold medal run dominates Monday's papers. "Water cheek!" is the Metro's headline as it reports that campaigners have hit out after the government backed plans to allow water companies to increase prices during droughts. Government offici…
Manchester United’s young guns back in Hong Kong aiming to emulate predecessors who gained first-team recognition
Manchester United’s young guns back in Hong Kong aiming to emulate predecessors who gained first-team recognition
Tokyo is seeking to mitigate risks linked to potential US munitions shortages and maintain credible deterrence, analysts say
Tokyo is seeking to mitigate risks linked to potential US munitions shortages and maintain credible deterrence, analysts say
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Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, says Israeli forces should “kill 30 or 40” people in Gaza every night and go beyond “those who pose a danger … at that particular moment”.
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The proposed facilities will be located next to Darwin Correctional Centre at Holtze. (Supplied)
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U.S. President Donald Trump said he was scaling back “costly” and “inappropriate” joint military exercises with South Korea scheduled to start Monday.
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos on Sunday ordered tighter security in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as he condemned the attack on Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof “Sammy Gambar” Macacua and his companions, less than a month before the region holds its first parliamentary election…
Data centres, like this one in Lane Cove, are a hot topic for communities rallying against them being built in their suburbs. (ABC News: Victoria Pengilley)
Dozens of non-profit groups urge Labor not to limit work rights for temporary migrants. Follow today’s news live
Speaking at an event broadcast by state broadcaster IRIB, Ghalibaf said Tehran must reach a “point of deterrence” to avoid becoming trapped in a cycle of war and peace.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi seek to stabilize currency and bond markets that have outgrown unilateral action. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters, Ken Suzuki and Akira Kodaka)
Brazil’s two main presidential candidates have inaugurated their campaigns by mustering supporters in their political strongholds ahead of what is expected to be a fierce October election.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Sunday that Tehran and Muscat were working to establish a temporary maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz, while stressing that the talks were separate from any decision on reopening the strategic waterway.
Drone attacks on energy facilities in western Libya and the assassination of a senior intelligence official in the east have renewed fears of instability as Libyan factions maneuver ahead of possible political negotiations.
More than 100 criminals and “dodgy consultants” operating within the National Disability Insurance Scheme have been banned as Labor seeks to crack down on fraudsters amid ongoing negotiations over the future of the $56 billion scheme.
Memorials mark where people were allegedly shot dead by government forces in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. (ABC News)
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Jesse Thompson is a reporter with the ABC's Melbourne newsroom who generally focuses on the housing sector. Before moving to Melbourne, he covered Northern Territory politics from Darwin, as well as working for the ABC in Cairns and Alice Springs.
Barnaby Joyce has been around politics long enough to know how much attention a line like "one of the gayest parties" will get.
More than 140,000 Likud registered members are set to vote on Monday in the party’s highly competitive primaries, as candidates made their final campaigning push on Sunday.
Phillip Dong Fang Lee has long been an enigma among his fellow rich listers. First there was the $39.9 million in cash he paid for his Point Piper mansion. Then there was the more than $2.2 billion he ploughed through Star’s Sydney casino. Last month, his 25-year-old son Felix Ming Ze Lee hosted a fundraiser for Pri…
Three-year federal election cycles are costing the economy billions of dollars and leaving governments with too little time to pursue difficult reforms, according to a report calling for fixed four-year parliamentary terms.
After a difficult couple of months for Anthony Albanese and Pauline Hanson, the pair remain Australians’ first and second choice respectively as preferred prime minister.
Once a Nat, always a Nat. That was one of the explanations offered up to us when we asked people close to the Nationals’ leadership why billionaire Clive Palmer made a cameo at the party’s federal conference festivities in Canberra at the weekend.
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The Likud Party is threatening to petition the Central Elections Committee and take legal action against the organizations behind the Fly&Vote initiative, which aims to help Israelis abroad travel to Israel to vote in the elections.
Arab Israeli activist Yoseph Haddad registered a new political party ahead of the upcoming elections and has been holding talks with various figures about joining his slate, Haddad’s office confirmed to The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.
SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO — Brazil's main presidential election candidates kicked off their campaigns Sunday in their political strongholds ahead of what is expected to be a tight October election.
As migration rose and housing construction stalled, a housing crisis was born. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)
Eight countries are accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of jeopardising the Gaza Peace Plan pushed by US President Donald Trump. (Reuters: Jonathan Ernst)