politics
Foreign minister to link diversity to national security
Foreign Minister Penny Wong will use a high-profile speech on Friday to declare that the rise of populism threatens Australia’s national security, saying the “melancholic fantasy of monoculture” risks making Australia “lonely in a dangerous world”. Source link
Senator says NT doesn't 'want to stick to' terms of $4b housing deal
Two levels of government are in a deadlock over what to do about the Northern Territory Remote Housing agreement, which Senator Lidia Thorpe says is falling “behind schedule” and failing those it is designed to help. Source link
Taylor's tetchy press conference, Bragg's big day out
The opposition leader and prime minister both had tense press conferences this week. Source link
Peak Jewish body supports Bondi attack hero's permanent residency bid
The country’s peak Jewish body has called on the home affairs minister to grant permanent residency to an international student who helped multiple Bondi Beach terror attack victims. Source link
Live: $2.5b Tomago aluminium smelter bailout 'vital', minister says
The federal and NSW governments are set to unveil a $2.5 billion bailout of the Tomago aluminium smelter in the state’s Hunter region. Follow live. Source link
Six months into the job, Taylor is taking a detour
Behind the scenes, Angus Taylor and Anthony Albanese have been engaged in a rare level of cooperation this week, but in public the opposition leader is using the melon saga to mount an all-out assault on the prime minister’s character. Source link
Liberals pour cold water on Bragg's migration comments
In a wideranging speech to the National Press Club, Andrew Bragg accuses the Morrison government of “madness” and says the major political parties have “buggered it up”. Source link
Failed One Nation candidate says gay people have a mental illness
A failed One Nation candidate in WA describes gay people as having a mental illness in an offensive new video posted on social media. Source link
Furore over Albanese's melons joke could force Japan into drama it wanted to avoid
For a month the Japanese government has studiously remained quiet on Anthony Albanese’s melons “joke”. But the media frenzy in Australia could be a response it didn’t want to make. Source link
Labor ministers stand by Albanese's 'melon' gesture, as AFP asked to step in
Federal police are being asked to investigate how a confidential Japanese memo about the prime minister’s “melons” gesture made it into Australian newspapers, as Labor ministers express annoyance over repeated questioning about whether the prime minister made a crude joke. Source link