Indonesia restores defence ties with Australia
After another hiccup in the bilateral relationship, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and President Joko Widodo have pressed the re-set button.
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Deborah Snow
Deborah Snow is a senior writer with The Sydney Morning Herald and a former federal political reporter for the Australian Financial Review. She has also served as foreign correspondent for ABC-TV in Moscow and London, and as a reporter on Four Corners.
'G'day mate': Netanyahu praises Turnbull for attack on UN 'hypocrisy'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has emphasised the need for Israel to retain "security control" over any future Palestinian state, and praised Australia as a "clear-eyed" nation "willing to puncture United Nations hypocrisy".
Tell Trump how 'wonderful' he is: Ex CIA official's advice to Turnbull
The former deputy head of the Central Intelligence Agency, Michael Morell, has some advice for Malcolm Turnbull next time the Australian Prime Minister has to get on the phone to Donald Trump: flatter him.
'No longer welcome': Iranian-born Sam Dastyari lashes Trump ban, says he may be affected
Iranian-born NSW Senator, Sam Dastyari, fears he may be among those caught up by the Trump administration's freeze on visitors and migrants from seven Muslim nations as confusion reigns around the world in the wake of the US order.
State and federal Labor join forces on housing affordability
Federal and state Labor have ramped up an attack over housing affordability, with shadow federal Treasurer Chris Bowen and NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley accusing Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and new state Premier Gladys Berejiklian of being "all talk, no action".
'Cabal driven by factionalism': Labor slams NSW Greens 'civil war'
Shadow federal Treasurer Chris Bowen has mocked the NSW Greens as a "little cabal driven by factionalism" in response to the increasingly open warfare within the minor party's NSW branch.
Turnbull reaffirms his support for an Australian republic
In a passionate speech marking the 25th anniversary of the Australian Republican Movement, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has reaffirmed his support for an Australian republic.
'Everywhere I go I have seen the effects of violence': Natasha Stott Despoja
Natasha Stott Despoja says her three years as Australian Ambassador for Women and Girls have been confronting at time, showing her the best and worst of humanity
Dutton's remarks risk 'creating the terrorists of the future'
Dutton is damaging the government's attempts to engage Islamic communities, expert says.
Mixed response from asylum seekers to government's US resettlement plan
There is a fear and confusion among asylum-seekers on Nauru - as well as joy for some- as they struggle to assess the impact on their fractured lives of Sunday's announcement of a resettlement deal with the United States.
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