Independent senator David Pocock has called for the new immigration minister to announce an allocation of humanitarian visas for people fleeing Gaza as “an act of real leadership”. More than 7000 humanitarian visas were offered to people fleeing Afghanistan when the Taliban took over and evacuations were organised within a month, the ACT senator said. There was no cap for …

Until an “airborne projectile” slammed into the Tehran house where he was sleeping, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh probably had every reason to believe he was safe. The political leader of the Palestinian militant group — which Australia lists as a terrorist organisation — Haniyeh was in the heart of Iran, reportedly surrounded by bodyguards, so he could attend the inauguration …

Australia’s annual rate of inflation has risen to 3.8 per cent, up from 3.6 per cent at the start of the year. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), prices rose by 1 per cent in the June quarter, which followed the 1 per cent increase in prices in the March quarter. That has pushed the pace of headline …

The second Albanese ministry has been sworn in following a slew of new ministers promoted in a cabinet reshuffle. The home affairs and immigration ministers were moved from their portfolios after a political firestorm, while Senator Malarndirri McCarthy and Pat Conroy have ascended into the cabinet. McCarthy has taken over the Indigenous Australians portfolio while Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil …

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appeared at the Labor Party’s NSW conference  to rally support for an election campaign. While his message to the party faithful was mostly well received, some members of the Electrical Trade Union walked out during Albanese’s speech in Sydney’s Town Hall in protest of the exclusion of the CFMEU’s construction division from the Labor party. Outside, protesters filled the …

Ohio Senator JD Vance once described Donald Trump as “America’s Hitler”. Now, he will fight for Trump to win another term in office. The former president named Vance as his running mate on Tuesday (AEST), meaning Vance will be vice president if Trump wins the November election. Vance joined Trump and his family at the Republican National Convention, where he …

The failed assassination of Donald Trump has launched modern American politics into uncharted waters, as Joe Biden calls for a ratcheting down of rhetoric and Republicans blame him without knowing the motive of the would-be assassin. Trump will walk into this week’s Republican National Convention in Milwaukee as a defiant hero, while the Democrats continue to debate if Biden will …

Major supermarkets would be broken up if found to be repeatedly price-gouging consumers, under a coalition proposal. Divestiture powers would be introduced as a method of last resort to address anti-competitive behaviour in the sector, according to plans laid out by the opposition should they win the next election. It comes after growing calls to break up the supermarket duopoly …

A New York judge has delayed Donald Trump’s sentencing for his conviction on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star until September 18, after the former US president asked for a chance to argue he should have been immune from prosecution. The sentencing had previously been set for July 11, just days before the Republican National Convention …

According to Abraham Maslow’s famed “Hierarchy of Needs”, human beings will act with urgency to address basic physiological requirements for survival (food, air, shelter, water and so on) before worrying about more existentially trifling issues, like whether they are actually happy or what they think of the Marvel franchise. In Maslow’s theory, you only worry about the next level — …