Lebanon's Prime Minister: Israeli airstrike kills three paramedics
Lebanese authorities said three paramedics were killed in an Israeli attack on a fire truck in the southern town of Faroun.
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Israel will not leave border area until it is safe: Prime Minister
According to official sources, Israel will not withdraw its troops from the border area between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt until there is a guarantee that Hamas cannot use this area.
Barnaby Joyce reveals former Prime Minister Scott Morrison vetoed nuclear plans due to poor poll results
National Party MP Barnaby Joyce says former Prime Minister Scott Morrison failed to put his nuclear energy policy forward because it was unpopular.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese explains the joke about live exports to Prime Minister Roger Cook
Western Australian Premier Roger Cook has said Anthony Albanese “clarified” his joke about live exports when the two spoke ahead of a state visit next week. But although Cook demanded an apology from the Prime Minister for the comments at a farmers' dinner last week – saying that the Labour Party had ensured that live … Read more
Former Prime Minister Mark McGowan will become chairman of publicly listed solar energy company Frontier Energy
The former Premier of Western Australia will continue his foray into the corporate world after politics with a position as non-executive chairman at Frontier Energy.
Prime Minister Roger Cook calls on striking Fremantle dockworkers to accept ‘generous deal’
Fremantle port workers striking over their demand for equal pay with colleagues in the region should accept the “generous” offer on the table, Prime Minister Roger Cook says, claiming the industrial action has not affected operations. When workers walked off the job at 5:30 a.m. on Sunday, Cook said some ships had been brought into … Read more
Teachers do not use Romeo and Juliet, claims the Prime Minister in defence of the literature purge by the education authorities
A “clean-up” of the books and plays taught to high school students – including the removal of Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet” and other texts – is being driven forward by teachers, the prime minister says. After the Sunday Times announced last week that older works had been replaced in the updated list of prescribed texts … Read more
The Thai king supports Paetongtarn Shinawatra as prime minister
The Thai king has confirmed Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of former President Thaksin Shinawatra, as the country's new prime minister.
Former Prime Minister: NT intervention “completely justified”
The intervention in the Northern Territory was “entirely justified,” said former Prime Minister John Howard after the territory's police chief apologised for the force's deployment. Michael Murphy told Garma Festival attendees that police had “made mistakes” and apologised for the suffering and injustices inflicted on all Aboriginal people in the territory in the past.
Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin will be pardoned by the king, says lawyer
Thailand's billionaire former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been pardoned by the royal government, cutting his parole period by two weeks, his lawyer said. The pardon came one day after parliament elected his daughter as prime minister. Thaksin is at the centre of a two-decade-long power struggle between the Shinawatra family and its allies on … Read more