As Israel celebrates a hostage rescue mission during which hundreds of Palestinians were killed - a blow to Benjamin Netanyahu's Government as a key member of the war cabinet resigns.
Israel's Government on the brink of collapse as rightwing ministers threaten to quit over a ceasefire deal as the military reveals four more hostages have died.
As Josh Frydenberg considers reprising his political career, the Liberal Party has to deal with the optics of pushing a woman aside to allow him to do so.
Israel says its weapons alone could not have ignited a deadly fire which killed 45 at a tent camp in Rafah - drawing widespread international condemnation.
Political instability hits Papua New Guinea as a deadly landslide kills hundreds of people in the country's highlands - survivors are in a desperate search for food, water, and shelter.
Serious concerns about Iran's President and Foreign Minister who are missing after a helicopter crash - adding more tension into a region already wracked by conflict.
It was a big Budget for health with new money for urgent care clinics and a digital counselling service but doctors and psychologists aren't convinced it's enough.
Energy bill relief, increased rent assistance and tax cuts for all - it's a Federal Budget aimed at easing cost-of-living pressures but the big question for economists is whether it's going to help the Reserve Bank curb inflation?
For the first time in nearly 20 years, a federal government will claim a back-to-back surplus. The Treasurer is forecast a surplus for the current financial year of close to ten billion dollars.
A gloomy economic outlook is set to dominate tomorrow's federal budget, as the Albanese government attempts to balance cost-of-living relief with the need to keep inflation down.