Former foreign minister Alexander Downer reflects on the 30th anniversary of John Howard's government.
“We had no idea, of course, how long we would survive, but it was a very exciting night; we had lost in 1993 the so-called ‘unlosable election’,” Mr Downer told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
Iran’s top security official has dismissed US President Donald Trump’s threats after he vowed to strike Iran “twenty times harder” if it continues to block the strategic Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for US-Israeli attacks.
In a high-stakes move that has sent shockwaves through global energy markets, Russian President Vladimir Putin has officially entered the "Oil War," ordering an immediate pivot of Russia's vast energy resources away from Europe.
Australia claimed impotence over Gaza but is now sending military support to the US-Israel war in the Gulf. Andrew Brown on the hypocrisy of a nation which prides itself on fairness.
Trump says US has won ‘but we haven’t won enough’
At a news conference, the US president downplays the spike in oil prices and says the Iran war will eventually result in lower prices.
Australian personnel aboard a US nuclear submarine during an attack on an Iranian vessel highlight the deeper implications of AUKUS – and the risk of Australia being drawn into American wars.
A congressional committee has voted to summon US Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify about the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
