Prime Minister Anthony Albanese describes recent actions in Gaza as "completely indefensible" and says he told Israeli President Isaac Herzog directly that Israel was losing support by its own actions.

The visit was a textbook case of China trying to portray itself as the steady and calm adult in the global room.

It comes hours after The Wall Street Journal reported on a 50th birthday greeting to Epstein that Mr Trump allegedly sent in 2003. 

In an industry brimming with rumours of dodgy operators, cotton grower John Norman was staking his claim as an honest broker. But while being publicly celebrated as a farming success story, he was secretly defrauding the taxpayer. 

The amount of leverage or borrowing tied to bonds at present is inching closer to what we saw prior to the global financial crisis.

Victoria's children's commissioner has conceded "no-one" is overseeing key decisions of her office after revelations it failed to act on red flags raised about accused child abuser Joshua Brown.

The public service briefs prepared for ministers in the returned Albanese government are heavily redacted, but still offer some interesting insights into the challenges it