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Port Augusta is turning into a battleground for Labor and the Coalition's opposing solutions to reducing carbon emissions, with some threatening legal action if the Coalition wins government.

The CFMEU's history gives us a window into Australia's economic, political and industrial landscape over the past 40 years.

Australian government agencies, retailers, banks and airlines call an emergency meeting after a widespread IT outage grounds flights, interrupts payment systems leaves and media outlets unable to operate.

No doubt the administrators will clean out the CFMEU. But you'd be an optimist to feel confident that one collection of bad applies won't eventually be replaced by another. 

The message is clear: the honeymoon period is now over for businesses that were extended during the COVID-19 pandemic, as the ATO works to recoup more than $50 billion in debt.

The number of refugees being held on Nauru has increased sixfold in six months, even though the centre was empty at one stage last year.

Canadian experts say it's not too late for Australia to build a nuclear power industry. But should we?

The CFMEU saga has meant Anthony Albanese has again spent his week fielding questions about internal Labor matters, when he'd rather be talking about anything else.

Amid growing pressure from state premiers, Labor's federal leaders have suspended its links to the construction division of the CFMEU, which has been engulfed in scandals in recent days.

After once describing Donald Trump as "nuts" and a "traitor to the West", former prime minister Kevin Rudd has changed his tune.

Mental health problems can overlap with trauma, complex trauma and disability, making simple diagnoses and treatment difficult.

Cabinet minister and former union leader Bill Shorten says he expects the ALP to ban all donations from the embattled CFMEU when the party's executive meets today.

Marking 10 years since MH17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the grief steels Australian hearts in the fight to hold Russia accountable, just as it did a decade ago.

The former French prime minister has been appointed to a 'caretaker government', responsible for running the Paris Olympic Games next week.

The peak union body has voted to suspend the construction division of the CFMEU and urged its leadership to support plans to install an independent administrator to clean up the union. 

They've labelled a campaign backed by the NSW government, the alcohol industry and the NRL as a "slimy tactic".

Senior government ministers will not say whether donations from the CFMEU's construction division should be banned amid allegations of criminal links.

Even without nuclear power and submarines in use, the nation is already producing, processing and storing radioactive waste.

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump has Australian politicians calling for a calming of public debates, amid fears attacks on elected figures here could see a greater need for police protection.

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has warned that democracy in Australia and overseas is under threat due to populism, misinformation and foreign interference.

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has labelled alleged behaviour by the state's construction union as "thuggish and appalling".

There are calls for stronger protection for passengers. But some airlines say it won't improve outcomes for passengers, instead saying it could increase airfares.

Donald Trump was still receiving treatment from a failed assassination attempt when senior Republican politicians started demanding answers from the US Secret Service. 

ABC's Global Affairs Editor John Lyons says that it is 'incumbent on everybody' to try and lower the political temperature in the United States.

Acting Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has called on Australians to show care and support for America in the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.