Live: Coalition demands AFP look at leaked melon gaffe correspondence
Topic:Government and Politics
· Courtney Gould
Follow the story
Politics
A focused view of neutral reporting on Politics, brought together across publishers.
Explore all topics →
Neutral reports only
Newest first · UTC+11:00Coalition plan to bring down migration
Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
Government approved espionage. Who approved land purchases near potential AUKUS ports?
Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!
· Rex Patrick
Phoebe Gates & Co-Founder Caught In The Cookie Jar: Slack Logs Contradict Phia's '24-Hour Bug' BS
When Bloomberg first caught Phia - the AI "personal shopping assistant" co-founded by Bill Gates' daughter Phoebe Gates and climate-activist-turned-founder Sophia Kianni - claiming affiliate commissions on sales it had nothing to do with, the company's ham-fisted damage control was a Silicon Valley classic: an unfor…
· Tyler Durden
Tucker Carlson says Israel pushed him to report false allegations against Hunter Biden
Conservative US commentator Tucker Carlson said Israeli "agents" close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed him to falsely report that Hunter Biden’s leaked laptop material showed him abusing minors.
· Middleeasteye
[Allie Maloney] Harms of AI chatbots for kids
During the rise of the internet, as the World Wide Web moved from government and academic settings to family homes, parents worried about the exposure of their children to predators in online chatrooms. A generation later, as social media became central to young people’s lives, the dangers of platforms like Facebook…
· Korea Herald
The US is facing a new red menace – from within
Robert Bridge is an American writer and journalist. He is the author of 'Midnight in the American Empire,' How Corporations and Their Political Servants are Destroying the American Dream.
· RT
Read Full Article at RT.com
Robert Bridge is an American writer and journalist. He is the author of 'Midnight in the American Empire,' How Corporations and Their Political Servants are Destroying the American Dream.
· RT
Not Winning? Just Change The Rules...
Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness,
· Tyler Durden
National leader or problem rediscoverer? The issue with Malinauskas's AI royal commission
SA Premier Peter Malinauskas says ignoring AI would be "reckless and foolhardy" — but the royal commission idea is not without critics. (ABC News: Daniel Taylor)
· Thomas Kelsall
Trump warns of ‘jihadists’ ruling in Washington as Democrats show momentum
United States President Donald Trump has described Democratic candidates in the midterm US elections as “jihadists” in an apparent reference to Muslim Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed securing his party’s nomination for the Michigan primary elections last week.
· Hoda Sherif
‘Stranger things have happened’: Trump coy on calling midterm-elections emergency
Washington: Donald Trump delivered a cryptic response when asked whether he would consider calling a national security emergency ahead of the midterm elections, giving oxygen to calls from right-wing pundits for an unprecedented intervention.
· Michael Koziol
Wealthy areas must play their part in housing asylum seekers, Burnham suggests
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has suggested that wealthy areas of the UK should house more asylum seekers.
· Bbcnews
Here’s the latest.
Primary races in six states on Tuesday will test President Trump’s control over the Republican Party and Democratic voters’ appetite for progressive candidates. There are high profile contests in Democratic primaries for Wisconsin governor and a Senate seat in Minnesota, while a crowded field of South Carolina Repub…
· Bayliss Wagner
Yashar to safeguard Law of Return, cut bureaucracy, address needs of olim in next gov't - exclusive
Yashar Party leader Gadi Eisenkot would preserve the Law of Return if elected prime minister, while seeking to cut bureaucracy and address the needs of olim, head of the party’s olim integration initiative, Alex Rif told The Jerusalem Post in a recent interview, outlining key points of its plan for new immigrants ah…
· KESHET NEEV
Marcos condoles with Colombia
MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. condoled with the government and people of Colombia for the lives lost and the devastation caused by the powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck the South American nation.
· Bernadette E. Tamayo
Andy Cohen defends ‘Real Housewives’ for having ‘MAGA women,’ says show is ‘not about politics’
See more of our coverage in your search results.
· Fox News
DSWD assures relief to all families affected by cyclones, 'habagat'
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Social Welfare and Development has assured the public that all families that were affected by Tropical Cyclones Luis and Maymay, vas well as the enhanced southwest monsoon will receive humanitarian assistance from the government.
· The Manila Times
Judge (Partly) Rejects Minnesota Bid To Block Trump Admin Title IX Rules On Trans Students
Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times,
· Tyler Durden
There are three types of super fund. Are you in the right one?
When compulsory super was introduced by the Keating Labor government in 1992, few predicted the extraordinary growth of total superannuation savings to the nearly $5 trillion it represents today.
· Kaye Fallick
Coalition pushes VIP gambling crackdown in talks with Labor
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has met with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for a second time to discuss proposed gambling legislation reforms. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)
· Clare Armstrong
Developer put on notice over new Wests Tigers leagues club
The developer of Rozelle Village has been warned it will be in breach of NSW government approval conditions if it fails to deliver a Wests Tigers leagues club as promised within the $285 million mixed-use complex.
· Chris Barrett
One-way traffic and 40km/h limits planned for notorious Toowong black spot
One of Brisbane’s most dangerous stretches of road is set to get a new two-way bike path and upgraded footpaths, with the council revealing its preferred design.
· Felicity Caldwell
The humiliation of KPMG’s lawyers is almost complete
Most companies at risk of being dragged into a corporate scandal will do anything to get out of the blast zone. They’ll spin, distract and turn on each other. Just ask KPMG. In 2023 its chief executive Andrew Yates said the decision by staff at his rival, PwC, to leak details of a confidential Australian government …
· Nick Bonyhady
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community feels misunderstood. Here’s why - opinion
Over the last few years, the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community has become the subject of every front page, television debate, and political confrontation in Israel.
· MOTI LEITNER
UNESCO says 2.4 million Afghan girls denied access to further education
About 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan are barred from secondary school, the United Nations cultural agency has said, renewing its call on the Taliban government to lift restrictions on female education.
'It won't fall apart': Leading Liberal says we don't need 'gold-plated' building code
Topic:Federal Government
· Tom Crowley
Howard’s advice to Liberals to win back voters flocking to Pauline Hanson
Former prime minister John Howard has warned against an alliance between the Coalition and One Nation, as the Liberal Party’s campaign chief urges downbeat MPs to play the long game in countering Pauline Hanson.
· Paul Sakkal
UK Foreign Secretary Miliband presses Sa’ar on Gaza aid, West Bank violence
British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband pressed Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar over humanitarian aid to Gaza and violence in the West Bank during their first phone call on Tuesday, while the two also discussed Hamas's disarmament, Iran and antisemitism, according to a statement issued by Miliband.
· JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Is betting on elections using prediction markets illegal? Many states are unsure as midterms approach
Wisconsin sent prediction market platforms spinning last month when its election commission released a directive reminding voters that betting on elections — including via trades on event contract exchanges — is illegal in the state, based on a more than 175-year-old law.
· Davis Giangiulio
The NATO-like defence pact marking a pivot point in the Middle East
Türkiye's President, the Saudi Crown Prince and Pakistan's Prime Minister signed a joint defence agreement in Mecca. (Reuters: Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office)
· Laura Tingle
An inflation report Wednesday should be a big deal for the Fed. Here's what to expect
An important inflation report Wednesday could give the Federal Reserve a little breathing room in its battle against inflation.
· Jeff Cox
FBI investigating N. Korean IT staffer working for U.S. gov't agency: report
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating how a North Korean remote information technology (IT) worker got a job at a U.S. federal agency, a report said Tuesday, underscoring the growing risks posed by Pyongyang's IT worker scheme to the U.S. government sector.
· Song Sang-ho
Trump says NYC pied-à-terre tax 'must be stopped,' eyes federal block
President Donald Trump on Tuesday decried New York City's pied-à-terre tax and said he is exploring whether the federal government "has any legal right to avert this disaster, before it is too late."
· Kevin Breuninger
Netanyahu plans AI minister role, reserved slot for high-tech entrepreneur Oren Dobronsky
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised high-tech entrepreneur Oren Dobronsky, who holds the first reserved slot in Likud, that he would be appointed as the minister responsible for artificial intelligence (AI) if Netanyahu forms the next government, Walla learned on Tuesday.
· YEHUDA SCHLESINGER
California sued over policy that could free serial killers as Laci Peterson’s friend sounds alarm
See more of our coverage in your search results.
· Fox News
Michigan Dem Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed scrubbed past videos of him saying ‘fireworks suck,’ opposing 2nd Amendment
See more of our coverage in your search results.
· Josh Christenson
Muslims 'used as scapegoats' as Islamophobic political rhetoric rises in US | The National
The US midterm elections are months away, and Republican politicians appear to be leaning into a tried-and-true method of whipping up support in their base: Islamophobia.
· Sara Ruthven
Even Lefty Joe Scarborough Goes Nuclear On Dems For Refusing To Disavow Democratic Socialists
"Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough went absolutely nuclear on elected Democrats Monday morning for refusing to denounce the party's rising far-left wing. He specifically cited far-left types such as Hasan Piker, a self-described Marxist who is the unofficial spokesman for the Democratic Socialists of America. Some D…
· Tyler Durden
2.4 million Afghan girls banned from schools 5 years after Taliban takeover, UN says
The United Nations is urging an end to the ‘discriminatory’ Taliban policy that prevents girls from studying beyond primary school
· Agence France-Presse
2.4 million Afghan girls banned from schools 5 years after Taliban takeover, UN says
The United Nations is urging an end to the ‘discriminatory’ Taliban policy that prevents girls from studying beyond primary school
· Agence France-Presse
Hiroshi Okuda, Toyota president who led global expansion, dead at 93
Hiroshi Okuda also advised the Japanese government and represented Japan's business community. (Photo by Hiromasa Matsuura)
· Staff Writer
'Real Right, real enlistment': Former UN amb. Gilad Erdan announces name of new 'Unity Party'
Former Israeli ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan announced on Tuesday that the new right-wing party he heads will be called the Unity Party, unveiling the name during an event in Beit Shemesh marking MK Aliza Bloch's joining the party.
· SHIR PERETS
Syria's Hardline Sunni Regime Sentences Bashar al-Assad To Death In Absentia
The new government in Damascus has tried to press Moscow to return to Syria the former longtime President Bashar al-Assad. He's reportedly lived in a posh area of the Russian capital, under heavy security, since he was ousted in December 2024 and forced to flee.
· Tyler Durden
Imigração ameniza queda da população jovem alemã
Os jovens seguem representando uma parcela historicamente pequena da população da Alemanha. No fim de 2025, cerca de 8,3 milhões de pessoas tinham entre 15 e 24 anos, o equivalente a 10% da população do país, segundo o Departamento Federal de Estatística (Destatis). A participação dessa faixa etária vem caindo desde…
· Redação DW
Fyodor Lukyanov: Russia must end the Ukraine war on its own terms
By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
· RT
Read Full Article at RT.com
By Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Affairs, chairman of the Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, and research director of the Valdai International Discussion Club.
· RT
Why the US government is banning Chinese robots – video explainer
The Federal Communications Commission on 28 July announced a ban on humanoid robots from China including the popular Unitree G1 model. The Guardian's technology journalist Nick Robins-Early explains the recent popularity of these trending robots and why the US government says they are a risk to the country's nationa…
Government lawyers challenge court order on illegal tariffs refunds
The United States Court of International Trade, center, is seen in front of the Jacob K. Javits Federal building, March 18, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
· Mae Anderson
What a Sino-American G2 would mean for Asian security
TOKYO — Grand foreign-policy strategies rarely disappear overnight. More often, they are dismantled gradually through subtle rhetorical shifts, bureaucratic adjustments, and changing diplomatic priorities. America’s Indo-Pacific strategy is no exception.
· Brahma Chellaney