Tame Rejects Albanese Apology After 'Difficult' Remark
Grace Tame has dismissed Anthony Albanese's apology after he called her 'difficult', telling the PM to spare her the condescension.
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Riley Fitzgerald 
Cuba kills four on US-based speedboat in fresh flashpoint
Cuba says its forces shot dead four people aboard a US-based speedboat after those onboard allegedly opened fire during an attempted infiltration.
Riley Fitzgerald 
Albanese's 'Difficult' Remark About Grace Tame Invites Scrutiny
Anthony Albanese called Grace Tame 'difficult', then clarified he meant she'd had a difficult life. Not everyone is buying the explanation.
Riley Fitzgerald 
Zempilas Apologises After Confrontation With Labor MP Maynard
Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has apologised after footage showed him confronting Labor MP Reece Maynard in a moment observers described as intimidatory.
Victoria Crawford 
Albanese under pressure over Grace Tame remarks as comparison to Morrison surfaces
Anthony Albanese is defending comments about Grace Tame after criticism online and a pointed comparison to Scott Morrison from the advocate herself.
Tanya Birch 
NSW Protest Laws Challenged in Court Over Post-Bondi Crackdown
Three activist organisations have asked the NSW Court of Appeal to strike down protest restrictions rushed through parliament after the Bondi attack.
Aisha Khoury 
Albanese Apology Rejected After 'Difficult' Remark About Grace Tame
Anthony Albanese has apologised to Grace Tame after calling her 'difficult' in a rapid-fire interview, but Tame has publicly rejected the apology.
Grace Okonkwo 
Three Years In, Australia's Teacher Shortage Defies Easy Solutions
Three years into the National Teacher Workforce Action Plan, Australia still struggles to keep qualified teachers in classrooms, especially in regional and remote schools.
Jake Nguyen 
Beijing Condemns Lodge Bomb Threat But Brands Shen Yun a 'Political Tool'
Beijing condemns the bomb threats that prompted the PM's Lodge evacuation but uses its response to brand Shen Yun a Falun Gong political instrument.
Aisha Khoury 
Children's Health Records to Test Social Media Ban's Results
Medical and education records from thousands of Australian children will be tracked for years to evaluate the Albanese government's social media age ban.
Marcus Ashbrook 
WA Government Faces Court Over Wittenoom Asbestos Disaster
The WA government faces court proceedings over the Wittenoom blue asbestos disaster, reigniting long-running debate over state responsibility for industrial harm.
Marcus Ashbrook 
Roger Cook Can't Watch. That's Exactly the Problem.
WA Premier Roger Cook says he found fatal crash footage released by a court too confronting to watch. The real question is why that became the headline.
Riley Fitzgerald 
Queensland Rejects Needle Exchange Calls After 300 Prison Exposures
Nearly 300 Queensland prisoners potentially exposed to HIV and hepatitis C as the state rejects calls for a prison needle and syringe programme.
Rachel Thornbury 
Victorian Families Foot the Bill as State School Funding Falls Short
Victorian parents pay the highest voluntary school contributions in the nation, raising hard questions about whether the state is meeting its funding obligations.
Daniel Kovac 
AFP Probes Whether Shen Yun Tour Sparked Bomb Threat at The Lodge
PM Albanese was evacuated from The Lodge after bomb threats. AFP is now investigating whether the threat was tied to an upcoming Shen Yun performance tour.
Daniel Kovac 
Albanese Pushes High-Speed Rail Vision to Melbourne, But Questions Linger
PM Albanese has declared high-speed rail must reach Melbourne, but critics warn costs remain undisclosed and the project risks repeating decades of false starts.
Grace Okonkwo 
Canberra bar cleared after satirical posters seized under hate laws
Police have cleared Canberra's Dissent Cafe and Bar after seizing satirical art posters, finding they did not breach federal hate laws.
Tanya Birch Anthropic Refuses Pentagon Demands to Remove AI Safety Limits
Anthropic is standing its ground against Pentagon pressure to strip AI safety guardrails, with Defence Secretary Hegseth delivering an ultimatum that could reshape the US military's AI strategy.
Sophia Vargas 
Victoria Police Retreats on GP-Led Fitness Checks for Recruits
Victoria Police has scrapped a plan to use GPs to assess recruit fitness, following warnings from doctors that the policy threatened public safety.
Kate Morrison 
Russell Crowe Revealed as Hermann Göring in Stan's Nuremberg Thriller
Russell Crowe plays Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Göring in the historical thriller Nuremberg, streaming on Stan from 12 March.
Aisha Khoury