Albanese dodges diplomatic curveballs in blitz through summit season
The prime minister has walked the diplomatic tightrope this week, holding court with Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.

The prime minister has walked the diplomatic tightrope this week, holding court with Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
Peter Ristevski has been grilled over “highly offensive and racist” comments he refused to delete from his social media pages.
OpenAI says its latest models can provide support for vulnerable people, but some experts still have concerns.
The brazen underworld shooting of two Australians at a luxury villa in Bali was allegedly ordered from Australia via an encrypted app, and was months in the planning.
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Vladimir Putin’s predicament is deteriorating fast as the money starts to dry up. The West is finally going for the jugular.
There has been more outrage over the demolition of a boring building than there has been over the US president’s musings about a third term.
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Litchfield Minerals has intersected a huge 189m interval from 36m averaging around 1 per cent copper sulphide and 1.5 per cent zinc sulphide in Australia’s NT.
The actions of police will be investigated after a motorcycle rider was seriously injured near Newcastle.
CCTV vision has captured the moment residents and neighbours tackled a suspected drunk driver to the ground after a car ploughed into a driveway in Melbourne's south-east.
Two men charged over the death of Brunswick teenager Isla Bell will stand trial after failing in their bid to have their charges thrown out.
The tragic death of young cricketer Ben Austin is touching people around the world, with teams here and overseas paying tribute to the Ferntree Gully teen.
Sushi Takezo is one of the hottest tickets in town.
Donald Trump is back on home soil after meeting with China's President Xi Jinping and describing it as a '12 out of 10'.
Former Kiama state MP Gareth Ward was found guilty of sexual intercourse without consent and three indecent assaults in July.
High country killer Greg Lynn has launched an appeal against his conviction and sentence a year after he was jailed for 32 years over the 2020 murder of 73-year-old camper Carol Clay.
Two brothers from WA have been arrested and charged after more than five tonnes of illicit cigarettes, vapes and loose tobacco were discovered in a warehouse in Perth’s northern suburbs.
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The former pilot is appealing his conviction and sentence for the murder of missing camper Carol Clay, and argues prosecutors repeatedly broke rules that govern fair trials.
A Liberal party meeting on energy policy has spurred hopes the Coalition can unite on the contentious issue of net zero emissions, although deep divisions remain.
Even before soap operas the royals have long starred in credibility-sapping scandals.
Teachers have shot down the government’s last pay offer, hoping that hashing it out before the Industrial Relations Commission will bring them a better outcome.
Industry Minister Tim Ayres declared the government had nothing to do with Ley’s cancelled tour.