Good on 'em all, especially the newspaper salesmen. I'd love to know what the old cunt said behind the beep.

The House of Commons Defence Committee has announced it is putting the AUKUS partnership under the microscope.

The trilateral pact is supposed to see Australia acquire nuclear-powered submarines, at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars.

They should scrap uniforms entirely imo

Australia currently spends around 2.3 per cent of our GDP on the aged pension, but that figure is falling (gross domestic product (GDP) is the value of all the goods and services created in a year).

"It'll go down to around 2 per cent by 2060," says Ms Delahunty.

"This is against a backdrop of an aging population with increased health needs.

"It's bucking the trend internationally. Most OECD countries are [spending] 9 per cent and growing, and they will be above 10 per cent by 2060."

Donald Trump is preparing to unleash sweeping tariffs on US imports tomorrow, on what he is calling Liberation Day.

Australia is anticipating tariffs of up to 20 per cent on all exports to the US but the government has told industry the final outcome is still uncertain.

A fire at a gas pipeline operated by Malaysia's state energy firm Petronas has injured dozens of people on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, local authorities say.

Some residents have been evacuated from homes near the pipeline, but others remain trapped in properties impacted by the blaze, a local disaster management unit says.

"Australia does mirror some of the gender gap trends, but with a bit of a twist," said Intifar Chowdhury, a lecturer in government at Flinders University.

Youth issues will be ‘overrepresented’ this election, with baby boomers outnumbered for first time

Dr Intifar Chowdhury, a lecturer in government at Flinders University, spoke with ABC TV earlier about the generational trends on display at this election.

She said millenials and gen Z would outnumber baby boomers for the first time, who are down to 33% of the voting cohort.