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As economic grievance grows in the electorate, an interest rate hike is the last thing our fraught politics needsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCost of living has been bubbling along as the number-one issue for Australian households, and now it threatens to hijack the Albanese government’s second-term agenda.The return of high and rising inflation is not only a blow to workers who were finally starting […]

In today’s newsletter: With China now central to the world’s green tech​ and economic future, the UK faces a ​s​eries of strategic ​discussions it can no longer postponeGood morning. The Starmer has landed.Yesterday, Keir Starmer became the first British prime minister to make the trip to China since Theresa May’s in 2018 (meaning a surprisingly large number of PMs didn’t) and has vowed to bring “stability and clarity” to the […]

British PM Keir Starmer's China visit is the first by a UK leader in eight years and marks a thaw in frosty relations.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

A year since the M23's lightning offensive led to the fall of North Kivu's capital, residents struggle to make a living.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Opposition ‘deeply unimpressed’ with recommendation that ‘adds nothing except confusion’, shadow attorney general saysGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA New South Wales parliamentary inquiry will recommend banning the phrase “globalise the intifada” when it is used to incite violence, but won’t call for banning the statement outright or recommend a ban on phrases such as “from the river to sea”.The Labor MP Edmond Atalla, the […]

Independent MP Sophie Scamps joins Labor’s Friends of Palestine group and Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi in objecting to Israeli president’s visitFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has defended the government’s invitation to Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, to visit, after another federal MP joined calls to cancel the visit after the Bondi terror attack.Herzog’s arrival in February […]

This blog is now closedAlbanese defends Isaac Herzog’s Australia visit as federal MP joins calls to rescind invitationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnne Aly says it is ‘huge relief’ there were no casualties at Perth Invasion Day rallyAnne Aly, the minister for multicultural affairs, as well as a counter-terrorism expert, says she is relieved no one was hurt in the potential terrorist act as an […]

Iran pushes back after Trump says Tehran can either negotiate 'a fair and equitable deal' or face a US 'armada'.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article