Adam Kennedy

Australia and Japan have agreed to cooperate more on the production of critical minerals.

Politicians returned to an increasingly chilly Canberra this week to debate tax and defence and then across the Pacific, Donald Trump flagged more tariffs - our Friday political panel discuss the week that was.

This week, there were signs that Australia-Solomon Islands relations are on the mend, when the new leader of the Solomons Matthew Wale stood alongside

After three decades in politics, Pauline Hanson is shaping the national debate more than ever, and, reshaping the electoral map.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has addressed the National Press Club for the first time in her political career. She used the speech to take aim at the major parties and the media, while sharing her views on a wide range of divisive issues.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's comments at the National Press Club about workers have laid the foundations for a battle over industrial relations leading up to the next federal election.

In a week where the Government gave ground on its tax changes and the US organised a ceasefire with Iran - Australia's political landscape was dominated by an appearance at the National Press Club.

The slight recovery in Labor's polling shifts assumptions about what's in store for the remainder of this parliamentary term. David Speers, Presenter

Federal parliament has risen for the long mid-winter break. But there's unfinished business on gambling and social media reforms - and ongoing questions around the Liberal Party leadership.

The United States has confirmed that it has launched a new wave of strikes against Iran to degrade its ability to attack commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.