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In short:

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said Australia is "open to consideration" of its involvement in any peacekeeping process in Ukraine, despite a government spokesperson's suggestion a day earlier that the contribution of troops to a peacekeeping force was "not under consideration".

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has said he does not see a role for Australia in sending troops as part of a peacekeeping process, echoing US President Donald Trump's suggestion that Europeans should "do more in the defence of Europe".

Western Australia's Premier Roger Cook has called US Vice-President JD Vance a "knob" during a leadership forum in Perth.

Cook, who is vying to win a third term in office during WA's state election on Saturday, was participating in a rapid-fire "finish the sentence" game with a reporter.

JOURNALIST: JD Vance is a …

COOK: Knob.

As an accountant in China, Ms Wei works in the finance sector where the government has been cutting and capping workers' pay.

China's financial sector is led by state-owned banks and institutions, which are ultimately controlled by the government.

Ms Wei's monthly salary has been reduced from 6,000 yuan to 4,500 yuan and her year-end bonus slashed by more than half.

"They [the government] started to cut everyone's salary last July. It's a heavy blow to my life," Ms Wei said.

"We stand with Ukraine," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday, just hours after the exchange ended and Mr Zelenskiy was told to leave, according to a US official cited by Reuters.

Saudi Arabia’s forces are accused of using indiscriminate force against migrants on their borders, with reports of deaths and injuries and multiple accounts of women being raped.

Ethiopian migrants attempting to cross from neighbouring Yemen between 2019 and 2024 have given accounts to the Guardian of coming under machine gun fire and of seeing bodies rotting in the border area.

Today, Australia’s 39 universities endorsed a dangerous and politicised definition of antisemitism which threatens academic freedom, will have a chilling effect on legitimate criticism of Israel, and risks institutionalising anti-Palestinian racism. They did so without meaningful consultation with Palestinian groups or diverse Jewish groups who are critical of Israel.

The Jewish Council of Australia strongly opposes the antisemitism definition developed by the Group of Eight (Go8) universities and adopted by Universities Australia. By categorising Palestinian political expression as inherently antisemitic, it will be unworkable and unenforceable, and stifle critical political debate, which is at the heart of any democratic society.

cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/17920934

A major push by Australian superannuation companies to build ties with the Trump administration begins this week in the United States.

The government is hoping the four-day showcase in Washington and New York will help convince Donald Trump not to impose tariffs on Australia, by demonstrating how heavily Australians are investing in the US through their super.

A major push by Australian superannuation companies to build ties with the Trump administration begins this week in the United States.

The government is hoping the four-day showcase in Washington and New York will help convince Donald Trump not to impose tariffs on Australia, by demonstrating how heavily Australians are investing in the US through their super.

Confidently rolling toward Ukrainian lines in western Russia’s Kursk Oblast in up-armored vehicles brazenly flying the flag of the defunct Soviet Union, an assault group from the Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade paraded right into a minefield laid by the Ukrainian 47th Mechanized Brigade.