There is uncertainty about who is calling the shots at the heart of the Trump administration. That presents risk, and opportunity, for allies like Australia.

A ustralia's leader Anthony Albanese will visit China and meet with President Xi Jinping this weekend as he seeks to strengthen ties with Canberra's largest trading partner. Regional security and trade will take centre stage during the prime minister's six-day trip spanning three cities - Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu.

Australia is distancing itself from the United States in Southeast Asia amid a flurry of tariffs and aid cuts, pledging "we are here for the long haul".

Former Sydney councillor and self-described “alpha male” Nick Adams has been named as America’s next ambassador to Malaysia. Childcare worker Joshua Dale Brown was working in the kitchen at a Melbourne childcare centre days before he was charged with more than 70 offences.

Australia is “urgently seeking more detail” on U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to raise tariffs up to 200% on pharmaceutical imports, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on Wednesday.

President Donald Trump nominated Nick Adams, an Australian-born conservative commentator, to be the next U.S. ambassador to Malaysia.

As Trump tries to dial up the pressure on his northern neighbour again, his tariff threats have ebbed and flowed so much they no longer have the same effect.

RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser says Australia needs a new "Golden Age" of economic thinking to solve the acute problems hitting our economy.