Government hits back over hate laws

The Albanese Government's senior ministers are on the offensive as the proposed hate speech and gun laws face criticism from the Opposition and the Greens.

The head of Australia's peak Jewish body is pleading with the country's political leaders to come together to pass laws aimed at tackling antisemitism.

The death toll from anti-government protests in Iran has climbed to more than 2,500 people according to activists, but there are fears the actual toll is far higher.

Victorians affected by the devastating bushfires of the last week are sorting through the rubble of their homes and businesses.

The Prime Minister has announced he is recalling parliament early to debate new laws in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

Three people missing and more than twenty homes destroyed as bushfires ravage Victoria.

The Prime Minister bows to pressure and calls a Royal Commission into the Bondi terror attack.

Major European powers rally behind Greenland as Donald Trump reiterates his ambition to takeover the Danish territory.

The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is not ruling out a Commonwealth Royal Commission into the Bondi terror attack, amid growing pressure from within his own party.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese isn't ruling out a Commonwealth Royal Commission into the Bondi terror attack, amid growing pressure from within his own party.