Treasurer Scott Morrison has outlined an "Australia first" trade policy after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to leave the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP) using similar language.

Unlike the Canadian Government, which reported the location, target and date of all airstrikes conducted in both Iraq and Syria, human rights lawyer Kellie Tranter received a chilling response to her F.O.I. request from the Australian Government.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has declared cyber security "the new frontier of warfare" and espionage, while announcing new measures to protect Australian democracy from foreign interference.

It’s not just the press – Sean Spicer also has a beef with Dippin’ Dots.

The new White House press secretary has been dishing out ice-cold insults against the tiny frozen balls of ice cream for years on Twitter.

She is a private woman who supports same-sex marriage, is compassionate towards the plight of refugees and helped sign off on the Government's signature infrastructure projects.

The new president feels absolutely no sentimentality when it comes to the alliances that arose out of the rubble of World War II. Like no other president before him, he is prepared to call them into question and even, apparently, to bring them to an end. Plus, Trump has no taboos. On the contrary: He loves to break them, he loves to provoke.´

Barnaby Joyce should be sacked for ditching a plan to return environmental flows to the Murray river, South Australia’s water minister has said.

"The policy of local government amalgamations has impacted 20 councils, 12 of which are in regional NSW causing uncertainty and anger, and others are locked in costly legal action - that all stops today," Mr Barilaro said.