KOROR, Palau, Aug 31, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - At least five leaders will skip the Pacific Island region's annual summit, officials said Monday, hours before the opening of talks overshadowed by Taiwan-China tensions. The gathering aims to grapple with challenges such as climate change, drug crime, and the»»»

KOROR, Palau: At least five leaders will skip the Pacific Island region's annual summit, officials said on Monday, hours before the opening of talks overshadowed by Taiwan-China tensions. The gathering aims to grapple with challenges such as climate change, drug crime and the Chinese test-firing of»»»

Pauline Hanson has hit back at Anthony Albanese after he attacked One Nation and accused them of dividing the country following the party's historic win in Western Australia's Secret Harbour by-election. Addressing the Queensland Labor conference on Sunday, the Prime Minister warned that 'hard righ»»»

Neither Labor nor the Liberals needed the bruising Secret Harbour byelection to tell them One Nation had become a major player. But Saturday’s result in the Western Australian state seat will raise a couple of notches in the major parties’ perception of the political threat level it represents. In »»»

Our prime minister was quite right when he recently pointed out that diminishing public trust in our politicians and political system is a matter of pressing public importance. We all know this to be true: there is a sense that politicians are inaccessible and remote from our everyday problems, whe»»»

Western Australian Liberal MP Andrew Hastie has publicly criticised WA Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas’ strategy ahead of Saturday’s Secret Harbour by-election, accusing the party of effectively conceding defeat. Hastie rejected Mr Zempilas’ suggestion that a Labor loss would benefit the Liberals »»»