Australia has more billionaires than ever before, according to analysis by Oxfam. But there is debate over whether taxing them more would be better for the country.

US President Donald Trump says peace talks with Iran are continuing, while also claiming  Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to "stop the shooting" in Lebanon.

Unions are hoping for a pay rise for minimum wage workers .. as the Fair Work Commission's annual wage review is handed down today.

And Queensland's health department is assisting police with investigations into an alleged planned attack on a school by a 13-year-old.

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Lebanon's embassy in the US says militant group Hezbollah has accepted a ceasefire deal, but there's confusion over exactly where negotiations are at.

The UK govermnent's released over a thousand documents about the appointment of Lord Peter Mandelson as UK ambassador the US.

Anti poverty organisaton Oxfam says Australia has 178 billionaires - a record number.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyuhu has ordered strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut in Lebanon, citing repeated breaches of the ceasefire with Hezbollah.

Israel has been pushing deeper into southern Lebanon, which is traditionally seen as Hezbollah stronghold.

The escalation comes as the US and Iran launch fresh strikes against each other with the fragile ceasefire between the two countries strained.

A Queensland boy is facing serious charges, after an investigation involving counter-terror officers.

The 13-year-old was detained last Thursday after allegedly making threats with a knife at a Maryborough service station.

Police later seized an electronic device.

The boy has now been accused of planning a school attack, and having dangerous, radical material from the internet.

Both Labor and the Coalition have dismissed Pauline Hanson's successful polling results today, while the One Nation leader is confident she could one day be Prime Minister.

Today's Redbridge poll shows One Nation is now the preferred party among Millennials, outpolling both the major parties with more than 50 per cent of respondents believing the federal budget will be bad for the nation.

Redbridge Director Tony Barry saying Labor is losing the conversation on the budget and has work to do to recover its primary vote. 

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Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he's not surprised by a post-budget opinion poll showing One Nation is the most popular party in Australia.

The Redbridge survey for the Australian Financial Review puts Pauline Hanson's minor party ahead of Labor and the coalition.

It also shows more than 50 per cent of participants view the budget as "bad" for the nation.

Mr Chalmers says he knows the budget is contentious, but the government is determined to get more young Australians into their own home.

Melbourne woman Rayann El Houli has appeared at a bail hearing after being charged with travelling to Syria to join the self-declared Islamic State group.

Her lawyer says she was a "highly traumatised individual" who wanted it known that she did not support the terror group.

Ms El Houli is facing charges of entering a declared area and being a member of a terrorist organisation both carry a maximum penalty of 10 years' jail.The US military says it's ​conducted ‌self-defence ‌strikes ⁠on ‌Iranian targets over the weekend.

It says the strikes were in response to "aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a US drone that was operating over international waters."

Iranian state media says Iran has targeted an air base used for a US attack on a telecommunications tower.

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How did One Nation become so popular? And could Pauline Hanson become the Prime Minister?

Pauline Hanson's One Nation party has overtaken Labor to become Australia's most popular political party - according to the latest Redbridge poll - published in the Australian Financial Review.

A woman accused of leaving Australia to join Islamic State has faced a Melbourne Court, with her lawyer saying she no longer supports the terror group.

34-year-old Rayann El Houli is facing terrorism charges over allegations she travelled to Syria to join Islamic State in 2013 or 2014.

She returned to Australia in 2025 and was arrested last week.

Chief Magistrate Lisa Hannan said the charges were serious and she'd need to weigh up risks to the community when deciding whether to free her on bail. Labor's federal budget is falling flat with its target demographic of millennials, who say they would rather vote for One Nation, than Labor or the Greens.

A RedBridge Group and Accent Research poll has found that among millennials, One Nation is now out-polling Labor, at 30 per cent compared to 28 per cent.

But, its share of the primary vote remains at just 10 per cent among gen-Z voters.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson says she has the ability to lead the nation as prime minister but admits she was shocked by the poll.

A Melbourne grandmother says she's shocked to have lost her "gorgeous" grandson in a house fire in Melbourne's south-west overnight.

Three-year-old Jordan Dashwood died alongside two family dogs in the blaze at their home on Newbury Street in Werribee just after midnight.

Firefighters are still investigating the cause of the fire but police are not treating it as suspicious.

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