The Albanese government will pay Nauru more than $408 million to resettle hundreds of non-citizens caught up in the High Court’s NZYQ decision after the home affairs minister signed a deal in an unannounced visit to the Micronesian nation on Friday. In signing a memorandum of understanding with Nauru President David Adeang, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke also committed the Australian government …

Iran orchestrated at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia, according to Australia’s national security service ASIO. The security service said it believed the Iranian regime was behind attacks on Lewis Continental Kitchen in Sydney and the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne. It was likely involved in other attacks, ASIO said. Their announcement has prompted the Australian government to sever ties …

The federal government says it has the balance right between sustainability and energy standards and removing red tape to speed up building approvals. A suite of changes to construction guidelines aimed at reducing delays comes after Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirmed alterations to the national code at the conclusion to last week’s productivity summit. Under the plan, updates to the 2000-page …

The Ukrainian city of Mukachevo is located just 30 kilometres from the Hungarian border: just about as far away from Russia as you can get in Ukraine. On Thursday, a US-owned electronics factory in Mukachevo was shelled by the Russians as part of escalating bombardments in the past week, which puts into perspective all the huffing and puffing that suggested …

The Australian government has stood firm in the face of the Israeli leader’s blistering attack on Anthony Albanese and defended cancelling the visa of a far-right member of Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition. In a social media post on Tuesday night, Mr Netanyahu launched an extraordinary missive at his Australian counterpart, describing him as a “weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia’s …

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have both been chastised over their “war of words” by one of Australia’s central Jewish community groups, following the announcement Australia would recognise Palestine next month. In similarly worded letters to the two prime ministers, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry wrote it was deeply dismayed at the heated exchange …

For weeks, the government has been saying it’s a question of when, not if, Australia will recognise a Palestinian state. And now we know the when. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese…. “At the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September, Australia will recognise the state of Palestine.” Australia will join France and Canada in recognising a Palestinian state …

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been accused of having “abandoned Australia’s Jews” by his Israeli counterpart as relations deteriorate between the two nations. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to social media to personally attack Albanese in an escalation of the diplomatic stoush. “History will remember Albanese for what he is: a weak politician who betrayed Israel and abandoned Australia’s …

Affordable housing is shaping up as a major focus for the Cook government in the lead-up to Thursday’s budget — its first review of the books since being re-elected for a third term. For the second straight day, the government is spruiking a housing focused initiative, offering low deposit loans for modular homes in an attempt to encourage more West …

The long-term health projections for the Great Barrier Reef remain mixed, with reefs between Proserpine and Cape York – a distance of about 1600 km up the Queensland coast by car – losing nearly 30 per cent of coral cover in 2024. Despite the finding, researchers have said there are positive signs of reef resilience*. The Australian Institute of Marine …