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 …

Coral cover in some areas of the Great Barrier Reef has declined by a third, new research shows. In the southern region of the reef, coral cover dropped to 26.9 per cent, whilst it has also dropped by a quarter in the northern region, according to recent data from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS). It marks a sharp …

Aussies from all walks of life have seen their living costs rise in the last three months, according to new data. Those on pensions or government funding saw their living costs increase by 1 per cent in the June quarter. This came off the back of rises of up to 1.6 per cent earlier in the year. The data, which was …

Australia and 23 other countries have urgently called on Israel to allow aid into Gaza as the humanitarian crisis reaches “unimaginable levels”. A joint statement, signed by Foreign Minister Penny Wong, condemns the politicisation of aid, saying “urgent action is needed now to halt and reverse starvation” in the Palestinian enclave.  “We call on the government of Israel to provide …

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cut the cash rate by 0.25 percentage points at the August monetary policy meeting. That means the RBA’s cash rate target is now 3.60 per cent. Here’s a breakdown of how Australia’s Big Four banks have responded to the decision. We’ll be updating this story as information comes through, so check back later if …

Australia’s Alexei Popyrin remains on track for back-to-back Canadian Open titles after fighting his way to a three-set win over fifth seed Holger Rune. For the second match in a row in Toronto, 18th-seeded Popyrin had to claw his way back after losing the first set, beating the talented Dane 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. It was just the second career meeting …

An estimated 90,000 pro-Palestinian protesters have marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge before police stopped the event “due to public safety”. A sea of people attended the rally, many holding Palestinian flags and protest signs in one hand and umbrellas in the other due to the blustery and wet conditions. There were similar scenes in central Melbourne, where police said …