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Federal budget 2026 as it happened:Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirms big changes to negative gearing,CGT and relief for workers

Look back on our live coverage of the highly anticipated 2026 federal budget.

  • Josefine Ganko,Nick Newling andBroede Carmody

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US Vice President JD Vance meets with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif

US-Iran war as it happened:Talks end with no agreement;Two US warships pass through Strait of Hormuz

Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.

  • Angus Dalton,Josefine Ganko andBrittany Busch
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US-Iran war as it happened:Israeli airstrike kills three Lebanese journalists;Exiled prince says he will call on Iranians to rise up at the ‘right moment’

Follow our live coverage of the conflict in the Middle East and related developments in Australia.

  • Emily Kowal,Nicole Precel andJosefine Ganko
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US-Iran war as it happened:Trump calls on countries to send warships to reopen Hormuz;UN chief urges Israel and Hezbollah to stop fighting

Follow our live coverage as the conflict in the Middle East enters its third week.

  • Caroline Schelle,Caitlin Fitzsimmons andJosefine Ganko
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US-Iran war as it happened:Trump says US bombed Iran’s Kharg Island;2500 Marines,US warship sent to Middle East;Fresh airstrikes hit Beirut

Follow our live coverage as the conflict in the Middle East reaches the two-week mark.

  • Paul Dyer,Josefine Ganko andMichaela Whitbourn
A building in Bachoura District in central Beirut is hit by an Israeli air strike.

US-Iran war as it happened:Australia releases diesel,petrol amid fuel shortages;Trump calls Iran’s leaders ‘deranged scumbags’,warns them more to come

Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei has released his first statement. Read the live blog for our continuing coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.

  • Emily Kaine,Sarah McPhee,Josefine Ganko andAlexander Darling
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The US-Israeli war on Iran continues.

US-Iran war as it happened:Player refuses to leave as Iranian women’s soccer team departs Sydney;NATO shoots down second missile heading for Turkey

The ripples of the conflict in the Middle East reached Australian shores,as players on the Iranian women’s football team were granted asylum,while others departed the country to return to Iran. Look back on our live coverage.

  • Angus Delaney,Emily Kaine,Sarah McPhee,Ellen Connolly andJosefine Ganko
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US-Iran war news updates:Israel vows to take down Khamenei’s successor;Trump considering putting ‘boots on the ground’ in Iran

The conflict in the Middle East has entered its second week as Israel and the US continue to attack Iran,Israel launches a new offensive in Lebanon,and Iran retaliates on US-allied neighbours. Follow our rolling coverage.

  • Patrick Begley,Angus Thomson andJosefine Ganko
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US-Iran war news updates:Operations partially resume at Dubai airport as missile threats continue;Iran’s president rebuffs Trump’s demand for ‘unconditional surrender’

Flights to and from Dubai have partially resumed after a day of disruptions as the UAE faced further missile threats. Tehran has also come under intense bombardment with the US and Israel continuing to trade blows with Iran. Follow our rolling coverage.

  • Sarah McPhee,Josefine Ganko andAlexander Darling
The US-Iran conflict has entered a fourth day.

US-Iran war news updates:US temporarily lifts sanctions on Russian oil;Three Australians on US submarine that sank Iranian ship,PM confirms;People ordered to evacuate southern Beirut

The conflict in the Middle East is intensifying,as reports of drone strikes spread across the region,and Iran vows revenge after a US submarine torpedoed an Iranian warship. Follow our rolling coverage.

  • Emily Kaine,Ellen Connolly,Josefine Ganko,Nick Newling andAlexander Darling