Former Australian National University (ANU) vice-chancellor Professor Genevieve Bell received a severance payout of more than $400,000 after she resigned from the role in September, new documents have revealed. The sum included more than $362,000 in taxable income plus nearly $62,000 in superannuation. Professor Bell resigned from the top job less than two years into her tenure, following months of …

Australia’s foreign minister has used a major speech in Canberra to celebrate the government’s string of new security agreements, saying Labor has helped to build a region which is more stable and less deferential to authoritarian powers like Russia and China. The government has been buoyed by multiple foreign policy victories this year. It was crowned by last week’s announcement …

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says she can “guarantee” voters that she will lead the Coalition into the next federal election during an appearance on 7.30, where she also said the Coalition had no plans to fund new coal-fired power stations. Ms Ley’s leadership has been under threat in recent weeks as the Liberal Party dropped its commitment to net zero …

Inflation has jumped to 3.2% in the year to September, from 2.1% in June, as waning government subsidies feed through to a spike in household power bills. Any lingering chance of a rate cut next Tuesday – or potentially this year – was squashed after the Australian Bureau of Statistics figures also confirmed the first rise in underlying inflation in …

US President Donald Trump has touched down in Malaysia ahead of the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Kuala Lumpur. Mr Trump’s visit to Asia comes at a time when both his protectionist agenda and foreign policy have cast a significant shadow over the region. The ASEAN grouping, now a bloc of 11 countries in …

Warning: This story contains graphic content. An alleged “kill crew” charged with the kidnap and murder of an organised crime network member’s wife in Sydney sent a picture of the woman to her husband before killing her, police claim. Thi Kim Tran, 45, was at her home in Bankstown about 10.30pm on April 17 when a group of men allegedly …

Thousands of Palestinians sheltering in southern Gaza have rushed to the north in the hours since the ceasefire began, hopeful it will hold long enough for them to return home. “We are very happy. We are celebrating our loved ones. We’re going to see our loved ones and our neighbours,” Wissam Al-Durra, 23, told the ABC. He said he was …

This is not a peace plan — it’s a temporary ceasefire. The bombing will hopefully stop and, three days later, Israeli hostages will be handed to the Red Cross and taken out of Gaza, ending 738 days in captivity. Aid is supposed to surge into the strip, finally allowing Palestinians more food, clean water, medicine and shelter. The Israeli military …

US President Donald Trump says he will impose an additional 100 per cent tax on Chinese imports from November 1 or sooner, depending on “actions or changes taken by China”. The move could raise tariff rates close to the levels that fanned fears of a steep recession and financial market chaos earlier this year. It has sent markets and relations …

The internet seems unamused with a bizarre selfie of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump taken during a quick catch-up in New York. Albanese posted the picture to social media after snatching a moment with Trump at the US president’s welcome reception for world leaders attending the United Nations General Assembly. The prime minister and Trump came …