Russian ships are popping up across the North and Baltic Seas, under the guise of research. An investigation found that they're actually spying on Western infrastructure like data cables and wind farms.
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King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived in Sydney on Friday for the first Australian visit by a reigning monarch in more than a decade, a trip that has rekindled debate about the nation's constitutional links to Britain.
Oct 18 (Reuters) - Democrat Kamala Harris will campaign for the first time with Barack and Michelle Obama in separate events next week, hoping to inject some political star power in the final dash to electi
6:00 – Polls have just closed for the Australian Capital Territory’s Assembly election, and for three state by-elections for the New South Wales seats of Epping, Hornsby and Pittwater.
A Labor-Greens coalition government will be attempting to retain its majority after 23 years of Labor rule and 16 years of the Greens in the balance of power.
In New South Wales, most of the focus will be on the Northern Beaches seat of Pittwater, where independent candidate Jacqui Scruby is in a fierce contest with Liberal candidate Georgia Ryburn.
When it comes to telling half a story or ignoring the obvious if it doesn’t suit the particular story they want to tell, politicians excel like no one else. All sides of politics are equally guilty of attempting to sell the rainbow coloured unicorn to the more gullible members of society as a perfectly reasonable…
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“The ICC’s credibility is hanging by a thread,” warned one former United Nations official in response to the court’s delay in deciding whether to issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.
ICC WILL WITHDRAW WAR CRIMES CHARGES IF SINWAR CONFIRMED DEAD. ALSO: NETANYAHU STILL ALIVE
International Reads: Biden forgives more student loans: 60,000 borrowers will get notices canceling $4.5 billion in debt – CNBC The real reason Walgreens and other pharmacies are failing – MSNBC Trump family gets 75% of crypto coin revenue, has no liability, new document reveals – CNBC Middle-class Americans aren’t keeping up with the cost of
The draft federal electoral boundaries for the Northern Territory were published earlier today.
This redistribution is far less dramatic than the redistributions for the three big states that have just concluded. For a start, there is no change to the seat count – the redistribution was triggered by seven years passing since the last redistribution and thus no mini-redistribution would be required if the process isn’t finished prior to the federal election.
Lots of action on Asian risk markets although stocks remain somewhat mixed after the release of Japanese inflation figures and the start of PBOC stock buybacks. The USD remains strong against the undollars following the rate cut from last night’s ECB meeting. Australian stocks have pulled back while the Aussie dollar is having a peekaboo
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I noted earlier this week how net overseas migration continues to run hot, despite moderating somewhat from last year’s peak. Over the first eight months of 2024, Australia received a record 358,964 net permanent and long-term arrivals. This was about 5,000 higher than last year’s record arrivals and 115,500 higher than the same period in
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Ah yes, the fake left: More than a quarter of a million renters could own their own homes if Labor revived dumped plans to wind back generous tax breaks for residential property investors, new analysis shows. A Parliamentary Library analysis of NSW Treasury modelling and census data, commissioned by Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather, found home
