The Federal Government is coming under pressure to make changes to the age pension, as a growing number of baby boomers are expected to leave the workforce over the next decade. Analysis by the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) predicts an ageing population will require an increase in government spending of $16 billion by 2029. More than $9 billion of that …

The United States won a record-extending fourth women’s World Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands on Sunday as second-half goals from Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle confirmed their status as the leading power in the women’s game. The defending champions struggled to gain dominance for an hour before a Rapinoe penalty, her sixth goal of the tournament, broke …

Donald Trump become the first president in nearly seven decades to address a Fourth of July parade in Washington DC, in an event criticised by opponents as a waste of taxpayer dollars and a needless glorification of the US President. As rain fell on the US capital, Mr Trump declared that the “future of American freedom” lay with the men …

A man charged with terror offences planned to create an Islamic State (IS) base in the Blue Mountains and encourage fighters to launch “guerilla-stye” attacks in Sydney, court documents allege. Isaak el Matari, 20, had his matter heard in Parramatta Local Court this Thursday charged with three offences including being a member of IS and preparing a terrorist act. He …

US President Donald Trump has met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarised Zone between the two Koreas. Trump became the first US President in history to cross the border, in what he said was a “great day for the world”. “It’s a great, great honour,” Trump told reporters after the brief handshake. A media frenzy broke …

Strathfield MP Jodi McKay has been elected as the New South Wales Labor leader with a clear majority. Ms McKay defeated Kogarah MP Chris Minns in a caucus vote 29 to 21, and sealed the deal by also winning 63 per cent of the votes of 10,800 rank-and-file members. It means that for the first time in NSW, two women …

A much anticipated meeting between US President Donald Trump and China’s Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Japan where discussions on trade dominated went “better than expected”. “We has a very very good meeting with China,” Mr Trump told reporters after the meeting in Osaka on Saturday at 12pm (AEST). “I would say probably even better …

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has used his first foreign policy speech to call for calm between China and the US. Now his real challenge lies ahead: Talking Donald Trump out of a trade war that could devastate the Australian economy. But don’t expect Mr Morrison to make a show of calling out the US president. Speaking in Sydney on Wednesday …

US President Donald Trump threatened to obliterate parts of Iran if it attacked “anything American”, in a new war of words with Tehran after it condemned the latest US sanctions and called White House actions “mentally retarded”. Mr Trump on Monday signed an executive order imposing largely symbolic economic sanctions against Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior …

Firefighters say they were beaten back by flames as they tried to save a young family from an “intense” house fire in Singleton in the NSW Hunter Valley which has left three children dead. Two five-year-old twin girls, Matilda and Scarlett Rinkin, were taken to Singleton Hospital but could not be saved and the body of their 11-year-old brother was later …