The federal government has launched an investigation into the appointment of a principal at a private school in southern New South Wales, following “anti-Semitic” comments on social media. Principal of New Madinah College in Young, Sheikh Abdulghani Albaf, has been condemned by the federal and NSW governments and the Australian Jewish Association over Facebook comments spanning several years. A post …

Struggling Australians need leadership with heart, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says, as both major parties kick off their unofficial election campaigns. With voters hitting the polls in a matter of months, the Liberals have pledged to get the nation “back on track” while Labor promises to “build Australia’s future”. But Opposition Leader Peter Dutton lashed the government’s campaign mantra, pointing …

Now that the brutal Bashar al-Assad regime has been toppled, Syria’s new leaders have tried to appeal to Western governments to build closer ties and lift harsh sanctions on the country. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a jihadist alliance led by Al-Qaeda’s former Syria branch, declared Assad’s rule over on 8 December , after the rebel group they spearheaded took control …

Liberal leader Peter Dutton has made his case to become prime minister, rallying the party faithful at an event in Melbourne, where the Coalition must make in-roads to win back government at the federal election. The Coalition hopes to make the Albanese government the first one-term government in almost a century, and has eaten away at Labor’s popularity over the …

Anyone who suggests Generation Z lacks respect for the past hasn’t met Mirra Andreeva. A rising star on the WTA Tour, the 17-year-old Russian doesn’t shy away from admiring the greats of tennis, in particular Steffi Graf and Martina Hingis. As role models in the game go, it’s hard to beat a pair of former world number ones. Graf won …

Many key political issues revealed in newly released cabinet papers from 2004 could easily have been ripped from the headlines of 2024. The National Archives released hundreds of papers on Wednesday from the year former Prime Minister  was at his political zenith after defeating Labor’s Mark Latham. The documents reveal the rationale for Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war which …

Former prime minister Scott Morrison and wife Jenny have rung in the New Year with the Trumps at a red carpet event in Palm Beach, Florida. The US president-elect and wife Melania hosted the gala at their opulent Mar-a-Lago estate, inviting around 300 guests. Attendees reportedly included the world’s richest person Elon Musk, the next vice president JD Vance and …

Australia’s housing market is in a downturn for the first time in almost two years after the average national price of a property sold dipped slightly in December. The data from CoreLogic shows the median value of property sold in the last month of 2024 was just shy of $815,000 after a price drop of 0.1 per cent. “It really …

PRESS STATEMENT from the Hon Shaoquett Moselmane As a young man in the ALP, I had a dream, a dream of becoming a member of the National Parliament. Sadly, it is not to be. In 1982 I joined the ALP because I believed in Labor and Labor values. I loved our Labor leaders, Gough, Hawke, Keating and others. I believed …

Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios has doubled down on his public scorning of players caught with performance-enhancing drugs in their system, regardless of the explanation for it. This year alone, the No.1 ranked player in the world in both men’s and women’s tennis have had banned substances found in their system. In October, Jannik Sinner was cleared of any wrongdoing despite testing positive for …