49+ min ago   (382+ words) Australia has a duty to help Pacific nations thrive, the prime minister has urged, as he prepares to meet with regional leaders. Anthony Albanese will fly out to Palau on Monday to attend the Pacific Islands Forum at a time…...

1+ hour, 14+ min ago   (546+ words) Australians could have the ability to opt out of social media algorithms under new digital laws as leaders try to limit the spread of violent, misogynistic content online. The federal government will also consider bans on pornography depicting strangulation or…...

1+ hour, 49+ min ago   (452+ words) One Nation will not say how many permanent migrants will feature in its overall targets as the party tries to clarify its immigration numbers. Pauline Hanson's anti-immigration party has been under pressure to specify details of its migration policy after…...

2+ hour, 57+ min ago   (557+ words) Iran's leaders have acknowledged the economic toll of war with the US, with ‌the supreme leader urging the government to address the hardship and the president saying foreign trade has shrunk by a third due to the American sanctions and…...

3+ hour, 59+ min ago   (707+ words) Israel's prime minister has spoken out after weeks of settler violence in the occupied West Bank and condemned the actions of a “handful of rioters”. Israeli strikes and fire have killed three Palestinians in Gaza. And Iran’s leadership now centres…...

4+ hour, 52+ min ago   (393+ words) One Nation has declared victory in the battle for its first Western Australian lower-house seat, with nearly 75 per cent of votes counted in a state by-election. Pauline Hanson's party claimed the Secret Harbour by-election late on Saturday evening AEST, however…...

7+ hour, 56+ min ago   (612+ words) Australia might be bringing the world's climate talks to the Pacific but it can expect few favours from those impatient for an emissions turnaround. The Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting begins on Sunday, with heads of government from across the…...

22+ hour, 40+ min ago   (681+ words) An Australian woman feared missing in the Nepal flooding disaster has been accounted for after she made contact with her family. Cara Severino, 26, from Sydney, made contact with her parents on Saturday and was safely located by Australian consular officials…...

12+ hour, 41+ min ago   (357+ words) At least 37 people were killed after a Russian drone strike on a Kyiv-area ‌warehouse sparked a detonation, officials said, as Moscow's air attacks on the Ukrainian capital and surrounding region dragged into a third ‌straight day. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed…...

22+ hour, 4+ min ago   (614+ words) One Nation looks poised for a by-election victory in the west, as Labor bemoans a toxic campaign invaded by "poisonous" east coast trolls. Voters in the safe Labor seat of Secret Harbour are casting ballots after senior minister Paul Papalia's…...