The visit aims to deepen Australia’s longstanding alliance with the United States — a partnership built on shared values of peace, security, and prosperity.
Award-winning international singer Mary Millben defended Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomatic approach, calling it strategic and rooted in national interest.
The warning comes amid a legal dispute over the deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago, partly intended to protect immigration enforcement officers.
Vedam, Pennsylvania’s longest-incarcerated person to be cleared of a crime, had been convicted in 1983 for the murder of 19-year-old college student Tom Kinser, whose body was found nine months after he disappeared in 1980.
SB 509 aimed to train officers to recognise and respond to so-called transnational repression — defined as harassment, intimidation, or violence directed by foreign governments against individuals abroad.
Under the plan, free trains, trams and buses — originally due to end in April — will now continue until June 1. From that date, fares will be reduced by 50 per cent through to the end of 2026.
The constitutional amendment fell short of the required two-thirds majority, with 298 MPs voting in favour and 230 against, marking a rare legislative setback for the government.
The operation, led by the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure alongside WA Police and the Australian Federal Police, targeted more than 100 vehicles over four hours at Perth Airport.