Download IPFS United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese discussed a two-state solution for Gaza, emphasizing a ceasefire and humanitarian aid, during a July 30, 2025, call. On July 30, 2025, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer held a phone call with Australian Prime Minister[Read More…]

Download IPFS Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faces mounting pressure to recognize a Palestinian state, following the United Kingdom’s lead, amid growing concerns over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is under scrutiny to align with the United Kingdom’s push toward recognizing a Palestinian state, as[Read More…]

Download IPFS Sam Mostyn AC, sworn in as Australia’s 28th Governor-General on July 1, 2024, was announced as a patron of Equality Australia on February 27, 2025. Equality Australia is a national organisation focused on matters affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, and other gender-diverse communities. Mostyn’s appointment as[Read More…]

Download IPFS Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Sussan Ley are facing renewed attention over their earlier involvement in the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine, a bipartisan group in the Australian Parliament established to promote engagement with Palestinian issues. Albanese played a founding role in 1999, serving as the group’s[Read More…]

Download IPFS On July 28, 2025, United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell delivered a speech in Sydney, urging Australia to adopt a more ambitious 2035 emissions reduction target. Speaking at a Smart Energy Council event, Stiell warned that failure to curb emissions could result in “mega-droughts” and severe impacts on[Read More…]

Download IPFS Westpac has submitted a comprehensive set of policy recommendations to the Economic Reform Roundtable scheduled for August 2025. The submission focuses on addressing Australia’s long-term economic stagnation through reforms aimed at improving productivity, easing housing pressures, and encouraging regional development. The bank highlights that the country’s productivity growth[Read More…]

Download IPFS A decade after the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) began prioritising automation over human expertise, the agency continues to grapple with significant challenges in fraud detection and system reliability. Under intense pressure from the Coalition government to reduce costs, the ATO cut approximately 4,600 jobs between 2013 and 2017,[Read More…]

Download IPFS On July 29, 2025, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that Canadian beef exports to Australia have resumed for the first time since 2003. The original suspension followed a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), which led to strict biosecurity restrictions. Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and[Read More…]

Download IPFS Sydney’s Lord Mayor Clover Moore has endorsed a proposed pro-Palestine march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, calling it a “powerful symbol” if community support is strong, igniting debate over public safety and protest rights. The proposal, backed by some activists but opposed by the New South Wales (NSW)[Read More…]

Download IPFS One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson unleashed a scathing attack on the Liberal Party, branding most of its senators “gutless” and “cowards” after her motion to scrap Australia’s net zero by 2050 emissions target was overwhelmingly defeated on the Senate floor. The failed vote exposed deep divisions within[Read More…]