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As Israel celebrates a hostage rescue mission during which hundreds of Palestinians were killed - a blow to Benjamin Netanyahu's Government as a key member of the war cabinet resigns. 

Dozens killed in an Israeli attack on  a UN school inside Gaza. A big blow-out in the number of elderly Australians waiting for home care assistance. .

Our sluggish economy - can energy rebates and a tax cut keep Australia from falling into a financial abyss.

Money stolen to buy drugs, cars and holidays - how millions of dollars are being rorted out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Israel's Government on the brink of collapse as rightwing ministers threaten to quit over a ceasefire deal as the military reveals four more hostages have died.

As Josh Frydenberg considers reprising his political career, the Liberal Party has to deal with the optics of pushing a woman aside to allow him to do so. 

Former US President, Donald Trump found guilty of falsifying business records in criminal 'hush money' trial.

The Immigration Minister Andrew Giles scrambles to stop rapists and murderers being allowed to stay in the country - he's also trying to save his job

Israel says its weapons alone could not have ignited a deadly fire which killed 45 at a tent camp in Rafah - drawing widespread international condemnation.

International condemnation as Benjamin Netanyahu orders an investigation into an airstrike on a tent camp in Gaza which killed 45 people.

Political instability hits Papua New Guinea as a deadly landslide kills hundreds of people in the country's highlands - survivors are in a desperate search for food, water, and shelter.

Courts find social media company X can be held liable for hate speech published on its platform.

Courts find social media company X can be held liable for hate speech published on its platform.

With polls showing Labour's set to sweep the Conservatives out of Downing Street, the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calls an early election.

Twice as expensive and 15 years to build - Australia's peak scientific body assesses the viability of nuclear power against renewable energy sources.

Britain's High Court hands Julian Assange a legal lifeline, ruling he can appeal his extradition to the United States.

Serious concerns about Iran's President and Foreign Minister who are missing after a helicopter crash - adding more tension into a region already wracked by conflict.

In his budget reply, Peter Dutton calls for a drastic cut in immigration to solve Australia's housing crisis.

It was a big Budget for health with new money for urgent care clinics and a digital counselling service but doctors and psychologists aren't convinced it's enough.

Energy bill relief, increased rent assistance and tax cuts for all - it's a Federal Budget aimed at easing cost-of-living pressures but the big question for economists is whether it's going to help the Reserve Bank curb inflation?

For the first time in nearly 20 years, a federal government will claim a back-to-back surplus. The Treasurer is forecast a surplus for the current financial year of close to ten billion dollars.

A gloomy economic outlook is set to dominate tomorrow's federal budget, as the Albanese government attempts to balance cost-of-living relief with the need to keep inflation down.

The Federal Government faces a backlash from its own backbench over it's plan for more investment in gas.

As the federal government is releasing its future Gas strategy

Besieged Palestinians cut off from aid as Israel's seizes the main border crossing into Gaza.