Labor's spending addiction is hurting Australians. Now your mortgage is rising again as politicians gaslight you about who's really to blame: Peter Van Onselen

North Korea on Tuesday accused the United States of driving the global nuclear order into "the worst crisis" through its "nuclear proliferation activities" and used the accusation to defend its own nuclear program. The accusation came in a foreign ministry's "memorandum" carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), hours after Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son-gyong told the U.N. General Assembly in New York that North Korea's nuclear program is an "irresistible" force needed to protect its sovereignty and security against external threats. Washington has "irresponsibly abandoned its disarmament obligations as a nuclear-weapon state," the memorandum said. Its rapid buildup of nuclear forces and "blatant" nuclear proliferation, it said, left Pyongyang no choice but to "play a more active role" "as a responsible nuclear-weapon state." The document cast the U.S. as the main culprit behind global nuclear proliferation, citing its nuclear buildup and modernization and its withdrawal from arms-control treaties. North Korea also pointed to U.S. nuclear-powered submarine cooperation with Seoul a

Rates will hit a 15-year high if there's a hike this afternoon. Follow our live coverage.

News of OpenAI’s decision came as the giant chipmaker Nvidia announced a new tool it claimed would ensure bots stayed within their instructions.

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The Brisbane 2032 emblems will be revealed in a multi-day rollout along the Queensland coast.

The Brisbane 2032 emblems will be revealed in a multi-day rollout along the Queensland coast.

An industrial property giant’s plan for a hyperscale data centre on Sydney’s north shore has been abandoned in a case that has been an AI flashpoint.

US soybean farmers have described the exclusion of US soybeans from China’s import list under the newly announced Board of Trade mechanism as a “missed opportunity”, even as Beijing ramped up purchases of the crop ahead of last week’s summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump. The trade forum, unveiled by both sides on Sunday, covered a range of US agricultural products for export to China, including meat, dairy, corn, wheat, sorghum and vegetable oils, but...

The teenager is already facing murder charges after allegedly using a drone in a mistaken identity shooting earlier this month.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has defended the government's economic efforts despite a rate hike looking all but certain.

This time the Beeb has gone too far. It's cancelled Santa. A ludicrous accusation? Yes, but not as ridiculous as the BBC's decision to censor the children's show Horrible Histories.

Even by the usual grim standards of party conference speeches, John Healey's first address as Chancellor to a Labour conference was a pretty dismal affair.