Australia has shifted its position on the Israel-Hamas conflict, calling for both sides to urgently agree to another ceasefire and to release the remaining Israeli citizens taken hostage. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has joined his Canadian and New Zealand counterparts in criticising the actions of Israel and Hamas as the violence and destruction in Gaza … Read more
Australia’s defence industry is ill-equipped to respond to war in the Indo-Pacific, despite a growing risk of conflict with China in its own backyard, a scathing new report has found. A report co-authored by the Australian Industry Group and the Australian National University’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) has argued local defence industry settings … Read more
Carbon capture storage is not a “panacea” and will play a limited role in Australia’s energy transition, Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen believes. Mr Bowen said the Albanese Government has a pragmatic stance on the technology, accusing the Coalition of putting too much faith in it to help decarbonise the economy. FOLLOW US … Read more
The Coalition has urged the federal government to answer a US request for Australia to deploy a navy warship to the Middle East. On Thursday, the defence minister confirmed he was considering sending Australian navy personnel to assist the US following a series of missile and drone attacks launched by Iranian-backed rebels in the Red … Read more
Hundreds are expected to turn out at multiple rallies hosted in two capital cities to demonstrate support for opposing sides of the Israel-Palestine conflict. The rallies have taken place every weekend since the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, which resulted in the deaths of 695 civilians. A further 18,700 Palestinians have been killed … Read more
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s once-touted but ultimately failed Voice Referendum didn’t even get a mention in his 2023 end-of-year wrap, with the Opposition accusing the Labor leader of “airbrushing” the defeated vote. While natural disasters, global inflation and cost-of-living pressures were referenced in the PM’s nearly two-and-a-half-minute video on his social media channels, the Coalition … Read more
Labor is “falling behind in the fight against terrorism”, the Coalition has claimed, as they call for more targeted sanctions against high-ranking Hamas officials. The United States and United Kingdom this week teamed up to announce a fresh round of sanctions against leaders and financiers of the terrorist group and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, prompting the … Read more
Families and medical experts are calling on the Federal Government to commit more funding to find treatments for a rare and aggressive childhood cancer that kills about 20 Australian kids every year. Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a tumour that develops in a part of the brain that controls important body functions such as … Read more
The Federal Government has updated its critical minerals list, including a surprise addition, and, in a boon for a plethora of WA miners, will up its support for other battery metals developments. Heading into 2024 the Government will knock helium from its critical minerals list and add rare earths elements molybdenum, selenium and tellurium, as … Read more
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been slammed as being “out of touch” after he was spotted on holiday in WA’s world-class wine region tasting some of the most expensive reds in the country — including a $500 bottle of red. Mr Albanese spent Sunday to Thursday in the South-West region of WA with his partner … Read more
