The US Congress building in Washington DC. Photo: stock The White House has criticised Republican politicians and president-elect Donald Trump as they push to shut down the US government this weekend. White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre says the Republican party needs “to stop playing politics” with a bipartisan bill to fund government to March 2025.…
NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro (centre) with (L to R) Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, MP for Braitling Joshua Burgoyne, MP for Namatjira Bill Yan, Acting Police Commissioner Martin Dole and Assistant Commissioner Peter Kennon during her recent visit to Alice Springs. Photo: NT Government. Alice Springs police have been given the go-ahead to use drones…
Picture: stock The federal mid-year budget fails to address the housing crisis with a great deal of work still needed, says Homelessness Australia (HA). HA says the latest official data shows that 109,557 people had sought help to find long-term housing in 2023-24 with just 4937 finding a home. There has been a 15.7 per…
Disaster response team members board a C-17 at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland, yesterday. Picture: Department of Defence Australia has sent a 64-person disaster response team to Port Vila as Vanuatu starts to recover from Tuesday’s deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake. The federal government says there has been extensive damage to buildings in, and around, the capital, Port…
Ukrainian crews training on Leopard 2 tanks in Zagan, Poland. Photo: NATO EUROPE needs to adopt a wartime mindset — again, NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte says. He was speaking at a conference organised by the Carnegie Europe think-tank in Brussels, home to NATO last week (Thursday local time). “The security situation does not look good. It’s…