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Mark Butler says the Albanese government is considering a tougher crackdown on visa overstayers but conceded Labor would not pursue a Trump-style enforcement model. 

Federal Politics‘Abuse our system’: Labor pressured to act on overstayers

Mark Butler says the Albanese government is considering a tougher crackdown on visa overstayers but conceded Labor would not pursue a Trump-style enforcement model. 

Chloe Maher

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters he conducts interviews using hand gestures. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsPremiumAlbanese says his 'melons' hand gestures misinterpreted

The prime minister insists his comments and hand gestures about the Japanese prime minister gifting him two melons have been incorrectly characterised.

Andrew Brown

Anthony Albanese was given a ‘confidential’ update on the United States’ war with Iran.

NewsPremium‘End to the conflict’: Albo’s Trump message

Anthony Albanese was given a “confidential” update on the United States’ disastrous war with Iran as fuel prices surge.

Nathan Schmidt

Fidel Castro's presence is so familiar in Cuba that many citizens refer to him simply as Fidel. (EPA PHOTO)

PoliticsPremiumCuba, a nation in crisis, marks Castro's 100th birthday

Fidel Castro would have turned 100 this week. Is he a political giant who stood up to the US or the architect of the system that led to Cuba's current crisis?

Andrea Rodriguez

Police officers have swooped in to assist a woman deliver her baby girl. (HANDOUT/QUEENSLAND POLICE SERVICE)

Law and orderPremiumOfficers help deliver baby girl in station's driveway

Police swooped to assist a panicked couple after they failed to make it to hospital and were forced to deliver their baby in the station's driveway.

Allanah Sciberras

The Kennedy Center wants Donald Trump's name on the building, but not as it was. (AP PHOTO)

PoliticsPremiumKennedy Center votes to restore Trump name, then close

The John F Kennedy Center in Washington wants to acknowledge Donald Trump for his "existential and unprecedented contributions" to its survival.

Ryan Patrick Jones and Jasper Ward

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese holds a press conference at Australian Parliament House in Canberra.

GSTPremiumAlbanese backs WA as economic powerhouse ahead of GST report

Anthony Albanese says Western Australia needs a fair deal because it’s the driver of the Australian economy.

Caitlyn Rintoul

The scandal centres on confidential Lendlease material, including rival EY and PwC audit bids, being shared inside KPMG with staff trying to win other business, including Westpac’s audit.

AccountingPremiumKPMG scandal: Dexus, Macquarie rethink audit deals

Westpac is first in the firing line as a parliamentary inquiry grills some of corporate Australia’s biggest names over KPMG’s audit scandal.

Ryan Johnson

Anthony Albanese told reporters on Friday he had a "warm and productive" call with the US president. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsPremiumPM pushes case for tariff removal in Trump phone call

Levies will remain in place on Australian goods to the US for now, but the prime minister says Donald Trump will consider scrapping the measure on its ally.

Lucinda Garbutt-Young and Andrew Brown

Anthony Albanese has doubled down on refusing to apologise to the Japanese PM about his ‘melons’ remarks after revealing what was discussed with Donald Trump in a surprise overnight phone call.

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Albo digs in over ‘melons’ mayhem, makes Trump tariff pitch

LIVE UPDATES: Anthony Albanese has doubled down on refusing to apologise to the Japanese PM about his ‘melons’ remarks after revealing what was discussed with Donald Trump in a surprise overnight phone call.

Chloe Maher

Anthony Albanese said the conversation was ‘warm and productive’. NewsWire / John Gass

UPDATEDPremiumTrump to ‘consider’ Albo’s tariff plea

Donald Trump will consider a plea from Anthony Albanese to rethink a whopping 12.5 per cent trade tariff after a wide-reaching call.

Jack Nivison and Nathan Schmidt

The White House has confirmed a call between the Prime Minister and Donald Trump occured overnight.

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Inside Albo and Trump’s ‘lengthy’ overnight phone call

Donald Trump has agreed to consider Anthony Albanese’s tariff request after a ‘lengthy’ overnight call spanning AUKUS, Iran and critical minerals.

Madeline Cove

The federal government wants to overhaul the NDIS to cut $37.8 billion in funding over four years. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Law and orderPremium'This cannot have been for nothing': NDIS report due

An inquiry report into Labor's proposed cuts to the national disability fund is due to be published, as advocates fear their concerns will be ignored.

Noah Secomb

"Turning Australians against each other is the opposite of patriotism," Penny Wong says. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsPremium'Hostile place': warning monoculture endangers nation

In a bid to counter One Nation, Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned a monoculture would make Australia less safe and more vulnerable globally.

Andrew Brown

A Senate inquiry is scrutinising proposed amendments to Australia's social media age ban laws. (Aap Image/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsPremiumAdvocates to push for stronger social media ban laws

Leading advocates for Australia's social media age ban will return to Canberra to support Labor's efforts to increase scrutiny of big tech companies.

Noah Secomb

The Productivity Commission is set to release an interim report into the Morrison-era GST deal. (Sam Mooy/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsPremiumStates to reignite dispute over 'cash cow' GST deal

A resource-rich Western Australia says other governments view it as a "cash cow" as the state defends its controversial GST deal on the eve of a major report.

Jacob Shteyman

Rural Australians are facing arduous travel for basic health treatment. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Law and orderPremiumPatient turned away at hospital after 10-hour trip

Health care designed for the cities might not work for rural Australians, the government has acknowledged during an inquiry examining access to Medicare.

Stephanie Gardiner

Woodside Chairman Michael Chaney (left) and Woodside incoming chairman Richard Goyder.

State PoliticsPremiumBusiness leaders sound alarm over broken WA GST promises

Some of Perth’s most prominent business leaders have put the onus squarely on Anthony Albanese and warned his reputation - and votes - are on the line, if Federal Labor blinks over the GST. 

Jessica Page and Sean Smith

The polls have opened in Zambia, where many people say they don't feel the benefits of reforms. (AP PHOTO)

PoliticsPremiumZambia votes in election that tests president's reforms

Zambians are voting in a national election that will test whether President Hakainde Hichilema's economic ‌reforms can win him a second term.

Jacob Zimba

Premier Roger Cook.

State PoliticsPremiumWA in GST fight for life as Cook warns State could lose $6b

Roger Cook and Rita Saffioti have declared they’re ready to rumble over the GST, as business leaders put Anthony Albanese squarely in the frame of a cross-border battle worth $6 billion to WA’s bottom line.

Jessica Page and Caitlyn Rintoul

Charles Court Reserve in Nedlands.

WA NewsPremiumWestern suburbs council hits locals with whopping rates rise

Homeowners in one Perth suburb will be hit with a 14 per cent rate rise.

Belinda Hickman

Elbridge Colby, under secretary of defense for policy, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. The Pentagons top strategy official acknowledged that the US operations against Iran are outside the scope of the Trump administrations plans to have allies and partners pick up more of the burden for collective security. Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg Graeme Sloan

Federal Politics‘They know what’s required’: AUKUS sceptic's blunt message

The most prominent AUKUS sceptic in the Trump administration says the United States has been ‘very clear in private’ with the Albanese Government about what is expected from Australia.

Andrew Greene

Vladimir Putin has visited Iturup Island, one of the Kuril Islands claimed by Japan. (AP PHOTO)

PoliticsPremiumPutin visits islands claimed by Japan, angering Tokyo

Japan has lodged a "strong protest" against Russian President Vladimir Putin's first-ever visit to the disputed Kuril Islands.

Staff Writers

Thousands of students skip school for rowdy Hanson protest

WA NewsPremiumThousands of students skip school for rowdy Hanson protest

More than a thousand students have walked out of school and gathered in Forrest place chanting for Pauline Hanson to go to hell in a rowdy protest ‘against the far right’.

Kirsty Lichtenstein