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Court

Mushroom cook’s trial nears end

The jury in mushroom cook Erin Patterson’s triple-murder trial has been told it’s not in “a court of morals” while being instructed to resist bias, prejudice and sympathy in deciding their verdict. Justice Christopher Beale began his final directions to jurors before they will be sent out to deliberate on whether Patterson is guilty or not guilty of four charges.

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5 hours ago

Defence

23 Jun 2025

Australia backs action to prevent nukes

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has backed US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, while also urging a de-escalation of the conflict in the Middle East. In his first public comments since the US launched strikes on the facilities in Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz, Albanese said a larger war must be avoided.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

23 Jun 2025

Middle East

20 Jun 2025

Military sent in to assist evacuees

The military is being called in to help Australians trying to leave Iran and Israel, after the US gave itself two weeks to decide on whether to join the conflict between the Middle Eastern nations. Foreign Minister Penny Wong stressed the government was not sending in the Australian Defence Force in combat roles, but only to assist citizens and residents.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

20 Jun 2025

Diplomacy

18 Jun 2025

Europe now focus as Albanese joins G7 talks

The Australian Prime Minister has met with senior US officials, as well as European and other world leaders, after his highly anticipated meeting with Donald Trump was abruptly cancelled. The cancellation of Trump’s much-anticipated talk with Anthony Albanese shifted the spotlight from Australia’s relationship with the US, to its alliance with the European Union.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

18 Jun 2025

Diplomacy

17 Jun 2025

Trump-Albanese meeting canned

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s much-anticipated meeting with Donald Trump has been cancelled. Albanese was scheduled to hold his first face-to-face talks with the US president on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada on Tuesday local time. But 24 hours before their discussion, the US president’s press secretary revealed Trump would leave early due to the growing conflict between Israel and Iran.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

17 Jun 2025

Court

12 Jun 2025

Mushroom cook finishes evidence as trial nears end

An Australian woman accused of murder has denied she deliberately included poisonous mushrooms in a lunch she served to three elderly guests, as the prosecution wrapped up five days of cross-examination. Erin Patterson is charged with the murders of her mother-in-law Gail Patterson, father-in-law Donald Patterson and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, along with the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson, Heather’s husband, in July 2023.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

12 Jun 2025

Israel

11 Jun 2025

Sanctions backlash adds to ‘uncertainty’ with US

Australia is doubling down on its decision to impose tough sanctions on two “extremist” Israeli government ministers in defiance of the US, which has urged a reversal. Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced on Wednesday the targeted sanctions in a joint statement alongside her counterparts from Canada, New Zealand, Norway and the United Kingdom.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

11 Jun 2025

USA

10 Jun 2025

PM asks US for answers over Aussie reporter shot in LA

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says images of an Australian journalist being injured during protests in Los Angeles are “horrific” and that his government has contacted the United States over the incident. ”We have already raised these issues with the US administration. We don’t find it acceptable that it occurred,“ Albanese told reporters.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

10 Jun 2025

Disaster

25 May 2025

‘I’m going to stay here, and hopefully it’s the last one’

Kaye Vandermey, a long-term resident of Wingham in Australia’s Manning Valley, surveys the damage to her household items and furniture caused by recent floods, the worst she has witnessed in her 52 years at the same residence. The recent floods in Australia’s south-east, caused by days of incessant rain, have been labelled the worst in over half a century. “Very much the worst. Yes, because last one (flood) we had about five years ago, four or five years ago, I only had the bottom level. The four main rooms were fine,” Kaye said, seated amongst salvaged items.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

25 May 2025

Indonesia

15 May 2025

Albanese hails Indonesian ties

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has held talks with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on defence cooperation and global trade, describing Jakarta as an “indispensable partner” on his first international visit since his re-election.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

15 May 2025

USA

05 May 2025

Albanese, Trump enjoy a ‘warm’ chat

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he has had a “warm and positive conversation” with US President Donald Trump after Labor’s landslide election win. Albanese was returned to office for a second term in a stunning comeback against the Coalition, which was ahead in polls as recently as February.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

05 May 2025

Election

23 Apr 2025

Dutton delivers defence boost plan

Australia’s Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, trailing in polls ahead of the May 3 election, has pledged to boost defence spending, as the Trump administration pushes allies to spend more on security. Fresh off the third leaders’ debate, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton pledged to spend $21 billion over the next five years on defence, which would take its share of Australia’s gross domestic product to 2.5 per cent.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

23 Apr 2025

Election

22 Apr 2025

Eager voters hit ballot box early

Eager Australians have chosen to skip election day and vote early, with cost-of-living pressures front of mind at the ballot box. Early voting centres opened today after the long weekend, offering voters a chance to get in well before the May 3 election. More than 230,000 voters were in and out by noon, with expectations the 2022 first-day mark of 315,000 would be surpassed.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

22 Apr 2025

Indonesia

15 Apr 2025

Putin’s interest in Australia’s backyard

Defence Minister Richard Marles has sought to calm Australians’ fears over suggestions Russia had requested a military presence in Indonesia. Military publication Janes reported Moscow was seeking permission from Jakarta for Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft to be based at the Manuhua Air Force Base at Biak Numfor – about 1400km from Australia’s mainland.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

15 Apr 2025

Poll

14 Apr 2025

Labor stays ahead in latest polls

Support for the Coalition and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has slipped according to a Newspoll that also suggests most voters expect Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to be re-elected. The survey conducted for The Australian puts Labor on 52 per cent to the Coalition’s 48 per cent on a two-party-preferred basis, unchanged from the pollster’s reading of support in the previous week.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

14 Apr 2025

Budget

25 Mar 2025

Surprise tax cuts to woo voters

The federal government has launched fresh tax cuts and announced other cost-of-living relief in a major push to win back disgruntled voters, tipping the budget back into the red. Treasurer Jim Chalmers in his fourth budget also unveiled new efforts to boost economic resilience and competitiveness, acknowledging heightened new global risks from trade wars as well as geopolitical tensions.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

25 Mar 2025

Weather

09 Mar 2025

‘Serious’: Alfred not done yet

Alfred has been downgraded to a tropical low after being the first cyclone to hit Queensland’s southeast in more than 50 years, but the system is still able to “pack a punch”. About 300,000 homes are without power, a man died in floodwaters and more than a dozen soldiers were injured in a truck accident in the wake of Alfred.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

09 Mar 2025

China

13 Feb 2025

Australian ire at China actions

Australia has raised concerns with China over what it says are “unsafe and unprofessional” actions by a Chinese fighter jet towards an Australian maritime patrol in the South China Sea this week. A Royal Australian Air Force Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft was conducting a routine surveillance patrol in the South China Sea on Tuesday when a Chinese fighter jet released flares in close proximity to the RAAF aircraft, Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles said.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

13 Feb 2025

AUKUS

08 Feb 2025

Trump pledges support for AUKUS

US President Donald Trump supports the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, according to the US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, after Australia confirmed its first $US500 million payment under the pact. ”The president is very aware, supportive of AUKUS, recognises the importance of the defense industrial base,“ Hegseth said in opening remarks of a meeting in Washington with his Australian counterpart Richard Marles. Under AUKUS, Australia will pay the United States $3 billion to boost the capacity of the US submarine industry, and Washington will sell several Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia in the early 2030s, while Britain and Australia will later build a new AUKUS-class submarine.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

08 Feb 2025

Culture

06 Feb 2025

Luxon delivers Waitangi address

Prime Minister Chris Luxon has used his Waitangi Day address to settle nerves over his government’s attitude to Maori and the Treaty of Waitangi, insisting it would “honour the treaty and work in partnership with Maori”. New Zealand commemorates its national day on Waitangi Day, marking 185 years since the signing of its foundational document in 1840.

AAP Newswire/Reuters

06 Feb 2025

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