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The government will unveil legislation to impose a minimum 30% tax on distributions from some trusts today. 

Last week, the government announced it would cover the cost of the Australian Tax Office delaying the implementation of its ban on credit card payments for tax bills.

Global criticism is mounting over the Palestinian President's decision to postpone legislative elections and a presidential ​poll.

The federal government will today introduce legislation to parliament to establish a national gas reservation scheme.

Pacific leaders hailed the pre-COP talks in Fiji and Tuvalu last week as a reinforcement of "international cooperation and collective climate action". 

The eSafety Commissioner says the office doesn't have the power to "proactively prevent a live stream" being broadcast. 

The Saudi-led coalition has reportedly launched new air strikes on Yemen’s Houthi-held capital, Sanaa. 

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.

Ros Rogers is the founder of Knit One Give One - a charity connecting hobby-knitters with organisations supporting Australia's most vulnerable people.

Senator Shoebridge defeated former deputy Mehreen Faruqi and long-serving senator Sarah Hanson-Young to become leader last month. 

In his memoir released today, former treasurer Josh Frydenberg writes that the Liberal Party is on "the brink of extinction" thanks to "private feuds and ideological vendettas."

The government has proposed a minimum 30% tax on discretionary trusts, but it has been opposed by businesses that use them for flexibility in income distribution.

Three weeks out from the US mid-term elections, voters consider President Donald Trump's handling of the economy and the war in the middle east.

This comes despite opposition from the tertiary sector. 

Australians in the Saudi capital Riyadh are being urged to take shelter as Houthi fighters continue to fire missiles towards Saudi Arabia from Yemen.

Milton Dick is the first Australian and person from the Pacific to lead the world's oldest multilateral organisation. 

Music education can form an important part of a child's learning and development, but as school curricula become crowded and access to classes and instruments become too expensive for families - many kids in Australia are missing out.

Coverage and analysis of national and international events.

The government is expected to introduce legislation this week, on taxation changes to discretionary trusts. 

The government is expected to bring legislation that would make changes to the taxation of discretionary trusts this week. 

The US has struck a deal with Russia to import diesel and lift sanctions on the energy export until April 2027. 

US President Donald Trump claims Russia and Ukraine have agreed to an "energy ceasefire" - just a day after suggesting the Ukrainian president should go. 

This is the third attack on the airport within a week and has left 13 people dead and more than 300 injured. 

Navi Pillay is a former substitute judge of the International Court of Justice, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and a former judge on the International Criminal Court.

Some councils have suggested raising rates, or even cutting back on services, as the card surcharge ban comes into effect.