As Albanese celebrates 30 years in parliament, what would the leftwing warrior of 1996 think of today’s PM?
He was once a ‘scrappy’ young firebrand and is now the longest-serving member in the Labor caucus. But Anthony Albanese’s journey to the top was not always a sure thing
Rachel Reeves’s plans could be hit by Middle East conflict, say economists
Warning comes as OBR projections in the spring forecast are expected to show public finances moving in the right direction
‘The Epstein files won’t knock him out’: what Anthony Scaramucci learned in Trump’s inner circle
He lasted just 11 days as White House communications director, before being fired from the Trump administration. The financier and broadcaster discusses working for the president – and becoming his biggest critic
Starmer vows to avoid ‘mistakes of Iraq’ that have haunted Labour for decades
Prime minister does not believe US has a plan beyond ‘shock and awe’ stage, as some MPs dread what lies ahead
Evil Dead’s Bruce Campbell reveals he has cancer: ‘Fear not, I am a tough old son-of-a-bitch’
Actor and horror icon says he will need to withdraw from work to receive treatment, telling fans, ‘I’m sorry if that’s a shock – it was to me too’
Waitrose suspends sale of mackerel because of overfishing
Supermarket chain says it will point customers to herring and other species to protect threatened Atlantic stocks
This is how we do it: ‘We schedule sex ahead – being organised has reaped massive dividends’
Being spontaneous is overrated, say Mia and Elijah, who find timetabling sex means it never gets forgotten
Fly-tipping across England reaches record high
Fines for illegal dumping decreased over past year with only 0.2% of incidents resulting in court action
Trump’s show of force in the Middle East creates a weakness China can exploit
Beijing can again leverage its critical minerals dominance over an increasingly busy US military, as Taiwan slides further down the White House list of priorities
Man shot dead by police in Potts Point after allegedly assaulting two women
New South Wales police allege man entered inner Sydney apartment complex on Tuesday morning
Australia’s shameless support for the US attack on Iran makes us gullible, duplicitous, or both
For Anthony Albanese – as well as Mark Carney and Keir Starmer – to go along with Trump and Netanyahu’s cynical ploy negates any sense of moral authority we possess – a catastrophe for the rules-based order
US House committee releases videos of the Clintons’ Epstein testimonies
Bill and Hillary Clinton last week faced hours of questioning from lawmakers about the convicted sex offender
Disbelief as crocodile captured in Newcastle creek thousands of kilometres from natural habitat
The small freshwater crocodile was first spotted by a group of teenagers in Ironbark Creek in the Australian city on Saturday
Sydney to get its first new inner-city suburb in decades as Glebe Island becomes Bays West
‘City-shaping’ transformation of industrial precinct to include more than 8,500 new homes and public waterfront access
Police improperly granted Kelly Wilkinson’s estranged husband bail days before he murdered her, inquest hears
Rape allegations meant magistrate should have determined Brian Earl Johnston’s bail, Queensland coroner’s court told
Victorian government faces backlash from small businesses over right to work-from-home laws
Small employers won’t be exempt from proposed legislation designed to allow off-site working two days a week
Hoppers review – fun Pixar flick about a teen trying to talk to the animals and save them from an evil developer
Sprightly animation about a student’s attempt to stop the destruction of a woodland leans into Disney’s love of anthropomorphism and riffs amusingly on Avatar