Parliament returns for another week against a backdrop of tension as One Nation leader Pauline Hanson becomes the target of cross-party ire.
Tess Ikonomou
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs has sacked a minister for drunk driving, calling him "completely irresponsible and a danger to society".
Staff Writers
BRICS 2026 chair India and 2027 chair China are seeking wider economic, trade and AI partnerships to boost the bloc's global clout.
Saurabh Sharma, Sarita Chaganti Singh and Shivangi Acharya
Ex Sunrise host Melissa Doyle has been appointed to a prestigious new role, revealing she is feeling “every single emotion” about the high profile gig.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
WA Mines Minister Daniel Pastorelli has urged his Labor counterparts in Canberra to rethink a tax change that is expected to leave junior miners hamstrung.
Adrian Rauso
Australia's rarest seal species has recorded a case of bird flu for the first time, with an animal dying from the disease while recovering from a shark attack.
Duncan Murray
The minister charged with checking big tech’s power has extended an olive branch on proposed internet laws that the Coalition decry as “censorship”.
Growing crime concerns have become the centrepiece of one state's election campaign with both parties pledging to increase police numbers.
Melissa Meehan
Powers to define harmful content online could be given to parliament as Labor tries to garner support for its planned digital duty of care laws.
Anthony Albanese has delivered a passionate defence of his mother and a blistering rebuke to Pauline Hanson after the One Nation leader said it’s ‘pathetic’ how often the PM speaks about his upbringing.
Matt Zis
Economists will be closely watching remarks from two senior Reserve Bank officials as expectations firm for another interest rate hike at the end of the month.
Jacob Shteyman
Harsher punishments for youth offenders have been labelled a regressive race to the bottom as leaders in one state compete to be toughest on crime.
Duncan Murray and Emily Woods
A State Government agency is spending taxpayer money on external consultants to lobby a State Government department for control of the revamped Perth Concert Hall.
Anthony Albanese has given an emotional response to Pauline Hanson’s criticism of his late mother.
As a war of words between a prominent Liberal MP and One Nation grows, Pauline Hanson has been slammed as lacking the skills needed to govern Australia.
Swedes are voting in an election polls suggest could be a very tight race as the right catches up with the Social Democrats in the final weeks of campaigning.
Niklas Pollard and Johan Ahlander
The war of words between Andrew Hastie and Pauline Hanson is escalating, with the special forces veteran demanding an explanation for fresh comments.
Fremantle traffic pain has an official end date — and it’s closer than you think.
Hannah Cross
Perth pollies from both sides of the aisle have made a bipartisan effort to back in West Aussie Freo fans wanting to make the trip east this week for the Dockers preliminary final.
There’s not a hope in hell Roger Cook will want any more by-elections before the 2029 State election.
JOE SPAGNOLO
Hungary's new prime minister has flagged overturning the previous Orban government's effective ban on adoption for gay and lesbian couples.
Securing direct flights from Perth to India will be on Premier Roger Cook’s agenda during an overseas investment and trade mission to the region.
Joe Spagnolo
The US president has backed the idea of Irish reunification in comments that have drawn ire from many in Britain.
Nigel Farage's anti-immigration Reform UK party has received two record political donations in the past 48 hours.
Sam Tabahriti and William James
