politics

A defamation trial over a press release issued by Northern Territory senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has been derailed by an “unusual and significant” application to have a man barred from the court. Source link

A “climate trigger” that could be used to block coal and gas projects has been formally excluded from the government’s overhaul of Australia’s environment laws, minister Murray Watt confirms. Source link

Anthony Albanese has downplayed Donald Trump’s declaration that does not like Kevin Rudd “and probably never will”. Follow live. Source link

The federal government is celebrating the US president’s emphatic backing of AUKUS, saying his statements should kill off speculation. Source link

On day two of the senator’s defamation trial, a witness told the court the chief executive of one of the NT’s largest land councils took a “sustained hit” to his reputation when news broke about an alleged no-confidence motion last year. Source link

From his humble early days as a child reading Hansard in the regional Sunshine State pocket of Eumundi, Kevin Rudd has been preparing for this martyrdom. But the Passion Of The Kevin, when it came, was a million miles from home.  Source link

The US president’s comments, made during his first in-person meeting with Anthony Albanese, put an end to months of speculation the US would back out of the agreement. Source link

Anthony Albanese leaves Washington with everything he came for: a deal on critical minerals, an assurance on AUKUS, and an alliance reaffirmed. Source link