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PoliticsPremiumAustralian story: PM remembers 50 years of Tracy

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reflected on how Cyclone Tracy impacted the nation on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Darwin being flattened.

(A)manda Parkinson

NEWSPremiumAlbo’s tribute to Cyclone Tracy survivors

Political leaders have paid tribute to the victims and survivors of the devastating Christmas Eve cyclone that devastated Darwin and claimed 66 lives.

Jessica Wang

Federal politicsCommentsPremiumLabor picks prosecutor to run in Canning seat

State prosecutor Jarrad Goold will run for Labor in Canning, taking on Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie in next year’s Federal election.

Katina Curtis

CrimePremiumUpdate after neo-Nazi protest in Melbourne

The update comes after a group fully covered in black clothing held up nti-Semitic signs on the steps of Victoria’s Parliament House. 

Blair Jackson

Federal politicsCommentsPM urges vigilance and caution on roads to lower death toll

All Australians need to be vigilant to tackle the rising road toll, Anthony Albanese says as he urges people to be cautious when travelling around Christmas.

Katina Curtis

Law and orderPremiumMan arrested after anti-Semitic parliament protest

A 29-year-old Melbourne man has been arrested after he allegedly led an anti-Semitic protest attended by 20 others on the steps of Victorian parliament.

Holly Hales

World NewsPremium‘Not our friends’: Ukraine warning to Aussies

Australians have been warned that “Russians are not our friends” after a Melbourne man was captured in Ukraine.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

PoliticsPremiumNippon Steel's US Steel bid referred to Biden decision

Nippon Steel's proposed take over of US Steel could result in lower domestic steel production representing "a national security risk", a report has found.

Alexandra Alper and Katya Golubkova

TravelHoliday hotspot now unrecognisable

Fresh Australian aid crews have arrived in Vanuatu to help the country’s traumatised population through Christmas.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

PoliticsBill Clinton admitted to US hospital with a fever

Former US president Bill Clinton has been admitted to Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington after developing a fever.

Staff Writers

UpdatedPremiumBreakthrough behind NYE train deal

A crucial concession by the rail unions paved the way for Sydney’s famed New Year’s Eve fireworks to go ahead, the state’s Transport Minister has revealed.

Blair Jackson and Nathan Schmidt

PoliticsNew French government named after budget fight collapse

French President Emmanuel Macron's office has announced a new cabinet line-up following months of political deadlock.

Staff Writers

SecurityIsraeli air strikes kill 20 people in Gaza: medics

Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 20 people, Palestinian medics say.

AP Reporters

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Michaelia CashCommentsPremium
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Labor delivers Budget pain

If Treasurer Jim Chalmers was Santa Claus, Australians could be forgiven for wishing that he gets lost on his delivery run from the North Pole tonight.

Michaelia Cash

PoliticsUS House panel finds Matt Gaetz paid for sex and drugs

The US House ethics committee has accused Matt Gaetz of paying for sex and drugs while he was a congressman, in a newly released report.

Staff Writers

DiplomacyBangladesh tells India it wants ex-PM Hasina extradited

Bangladesh has sent India an extradition request for former prime minister Sheikh Hasina who fled the country following violent protests against her rule.

Staff Writers

Diplomacy'Greenland is not for sale,' PM tells Trump

Greenland's leader insists the vast Arctic island is not for sale and has rebuffed fresh comments from Donald Trump that it should be in American hands.

Staff Writers

Federal politicsCommentsAlbo, Dutton heap praise on those working over Xmas period

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have wished Australians a merry, peaceful and joyful Christmas while giving extra thanks to those who are working or volunteering during the festive period.

Katina Curtis

PoliticsRomanian president asks PM to lead a new government

Romania's leftist premier has been tapped to form a new pro-European government after the voiding of the presidential election plunged the country into crisis.

Staff Writers

PoliticsPremiumBiden commutes sentences almost all death row inmates

President Joe Biden is reducing the sentences of 37 of the 40 death row inmates so they can't be executed when Donald Trump returns to the White House.

Nandita Bose

state politicsCommentsPremium‘Too little too late’: $400m housing fund gets mixed reviews

A new $400 million fund to fast-track water pipes and power lines for new housing has been welcomed by developer groups, but the Liberal party has called it ‘too little, too late’ to fix Perth’s housing crisis.

Jessica Page

Federal PoliticsCommentsPremiumIllegal fishing crackdown nets 99 people since July

Two Indonesian illegal fishers are in jail and 14 others have been fined or posted bonds for thousands of dollars in the latest prosecutions by Australian authorities.

Katina Curtis

PoliticsPremiumParty threatens to impeach S.Korea's acting president

South Korea's acting president faces impeachment if he doesn't launch a special probe into Yoon Suk-yeol attempt at martial law, an opposition party says.

Hyonhee Shin

NEWSPremiumDetained Aussie’s wild vegan rant

Bizarre video of an Aussie reportedly captured by Russian soldiers in Ukraine - where he rants about wanting to “force” Chinese people to be vegan - has emerged.

Blake Antrobus