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The Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirms next week's Budget will be in deficit.

The Prime Minister will discuss with other world leaders the possibility of Australia joining an international peacekeeping force in Ukraine.

As US tariffs take hold, the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has suggested Australians should avoid buying American products and instead choose locally-made goods.

Australia hasn't avoided falling victim to Donald Trump's trade wars, with the United States rejecting the Prime Minister's plea for an exemption from tariffs on steel and aluminium imports.

The former President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested for allegedly committing crimes against humanity.

Police have revealed a caravan containing explosives, found in Sydney, was part of an "fabricated terrorist plot." They say it was a hoax by organised crime groups, rather than anti-Semites.

Cyclone Alfred hasn't made landfall yet.....but flooding has started and tens of thousands of people are without power in Queensland and NSW.

New modelling is predicting Tropical Cyclone Alfred will cross Queensland's south coast on Saturday morning.

Tropical Cyclone Alfred is picking up speed as it heads closer to Australia's east coast. The Prime Minister says the Australian Defence Force is being deployed.

Residents of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales are preparing for the first tropical cyclone to hit their coasts for fifty years.

Residents of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales are preparing for the first tropical cyclone to hit their coasts for fifty years.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says Europe is at a "crossroads in history," as the continent's leaders vow to defend Ukraine.

The UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned US President Donald Trump not to reward Russian aggression, as the two leaders met in Washington.

The Defence Minister has rejected the Opposition's accusation the government has bungled Australia's response to Chinese war ships conducting live fire exercises in the Tasman Sea.

The latest official figures show Australia is containing inflation but economists doubt another rate cut is imminent.

The United States has opposed a U.N motion condemning Russia as the instigator of the Ukraine war.

With just two weeks till the West Australian election, the Labor Government says it will introduce rebates for households to install batteries. 

Commercial pilots have been warned that Chinese warships are conducting military exercises in the Tasman Sea and may pose a hazard in the airspace between Australia and New Zealand.

The Prime Minister and the South Australian Premier have announced $2.4 billion of funding to support the Whyalla steelworks.

The Whyalla steelworks have been forced into administration by the South Australian government after years of financial turmoil.