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The Foreign Minister would have the power to rip up deals between state and foreign governments under proposed new federal laws revealed today.

The Foreign Minister, Marise Payne joined AM ahead of the unveiling of proposed new federal laws which will be revealed later today.

In the US, a third night of protests over a police shooting of a black man have dramatically escalated in the small Wisconsin city of Kenosha.

The Australian who carried out the 2019 mosque attacks in Christchurch will learn his sentence later, on what is the fourth and final day of a sentencing hearing at the city's High Court.

California has asked for help from Australian firefighters, as authorities battle to control hundreds of fires threatening lives and homes.

The Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges has launched a study into the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the ability of doctors to fulfil medical training.

As Australia's healthcare workers struggle with high COVID-19 infection rates, much of the focus has been on personal protective equipment.

A proposal to build a new coal fired power station has thrust Collinsville into the middle of an energy debate and raised concerns about whether any taxpayer money should be used.

Sentencing for the man charged over the Christchurch mosque attacks enters its final stage; after another night of protests in the US city of Kenosha, the mother of the black man critically wounded by police pleads for calm; and a program to combat Dengue Fever is yielding results in Indonesia.

Over 360 returned overseas travellers have had to be evacuated from a Sydney hotel after a NSW Police audit found the hotel "didn't meet the requirements" of the quarantine program.