Australia's ambition to build a fleet of killer drones takes its next step, with $400 million to be spent building three uncrewed aircraft capable of carrying lethal payloads.
Low-income earners are set to benefit from a rework of the controversial stage three tax cuts under a new plan to be put before federal cabinet today.
Anthony Albanese said 78 cabinet files were missing from the 240 previously classified documents released by the National Archives of Australia on Sunday.
Harry Stead is being remembered as "kind" and "always willing to help", after the 20-year-old died while fighting an out-of-control blaze on Boxing Day morning.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese insisted Australia was contributing to the multinational naval force in the region by sending extra defence personnel.
Tuvalu, an atoll home to slightly more than 11,000 people, is one of the lowest-lying countries on the planet, and as such one of the nations at most risk from rising sea levels due to climate change.
Nine's national affairs editor Andrew Probyn said Albanese's visit comes half a century after Labor predecessor Gough Whitlam's historic trip to China.
Anthony Albanese is back on home soil, and at home in his electorate. But it comes at a time when there is so much disharmony and conflict in the world.
Australian PM welcomed to the White House by military band before jumping straight into official meeting on only the fourth state visit since the US President took office.
The Prime Minister will bring the Australian Rugby League chair and NSW Racing boss to a state dinner at the White House, which have honoured visiting heads of governments or reigning monarchs for the last 150 years.
Uber has warned prices for rideshares and food delivery could skyrocket, and workers could lose millions of hours in work, under proposed gig economy reforms.
Nine's Chief Political Editor Charles Croucher breaks down the result of the Voice referendum, revealing the only state or territorynwhere a majority Yes vote was counted.