If this goes ahead, Scott Bessent would be the highest ranking (openly) gay man in US history and surely one of the most powerful LGBTQ people on the planet.

Former defence chief tipped for top diplomatic role theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence… via The Australian

EXCLUSIVE: Albanese plays tennis in Cottesloe on Saturday, as Jewish community are calling him to stand up on he Melbourne synagogue firebombing Paige Taylor The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/tennis-…

#Exclusive: John Howard and Peter Costello have slammed Donald Trump's plan to levy 10-20 per cent tariffs on imports to the US, including from Australia, and questioned whether it might be illegal under international law given the free trade agreement they signed in 2004.

In #exclusive interviews to mark the release of the 2004 #cabinetpapers John Howard warned Australia’s growing budget deficits and escalating debt could put the nation’s credit rating at risk while Peter Costello lashed Treasury as an institution in decline that no longer defends

The ultimate indictment of a broken system that he hasn’t already got a knighthood.

How I spent a week “married” to my best gal pal as we travelled down the Nile. Such fun to contribute to The Australian’s ‘little white lies’ series theaustralian.com.au/life/a-kiss-is…

Very exciting to welcome new economics correspondent Matthew Cranston and new business editor Vesna Pojak to the The Australian team! And congrats to yarn machine Perry Williams on being named our Chief Business Correspondent!

And congrats to our Adam Creighton as he embarks on his new Institute of Public Affairs adventure. You can still read Adam every week in The Australian commentary section!

Last minute cocktails for Teal MPs at Albanese's Lodge, as hung parliament looms - exclusive Geoff Chambers Rhiannon Down theaustralian.com.au/nation/teal-mp…

A man with a “massive domestic violence history”, banned from contacting his partner after allegedly threatening to kill her, is in custody following the death of the woman in Darwin. In what is now the third alleged case Territory police are treating as a possible domestic

When you didn’t finish the movie

A Darwin woman has been charged with murdering her abusive partner after allegedly stabbing him in the legs, as part of an extraordinary escalation of the Northern Territory’s domestic violence crisis. Maria Jimmy, 31, faced ­Darwin Local Court on Monday after being charged with

Secret submarine scandal: Collins lined up for lite-on refit, risking a major capability gap before the arrival of AUKUS nuclear boats - exclusive from Ben Packham The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence…

NEWSPOLL: Labor takes 51/49 two party preferred lead in first poll of the 2025 election campaign. theaustralian.com.au/nation/politic…

Peter Dutton was the alleged target of a schoolboy’s terror plot - exclusive from Michael McKenna and Lydia Lynch The Australian theaustralian.com.au/nation/brisban…

The most powerful PM of the past two decades gets to work - all the latest from The Australian on the extraordinary Labor landslide and Coalition nightmare theaustralian.com.au

‘Very successful attack’: US joins the war against Iran and strikes three nuclear sites The Australian theaustralian.com.au/world/israelir…