An illuminated sign is displayed in the window of an outlet for the Australian communications company Optus in Sydney on 9 November, 2023. Photo: DAVID GRAY / AFP
Australia correspondent Karen Middleton looks at the latest Optus outage that took the 000 emergency calls offline and is thought to be responsible for three deaths.
PM Anthony Albanese still hasn't managed to get a face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump - what's gone wrong with the relationship between two traditional allies and Five Eyes partners?
And a men-only club in Melbourne is seeking to overturn a trial on letting women to dine with male members - a leaked email lamented "the loud boisterous Bohemian behaviour the club is famous for will now have to be tempered for fear of upsetting a 'Karen' at the other end of the dining room".
Karen Middleton is a political journalist based in Canberra
