PM on high ahead of roundtable; auction surge after rate cut; Trump to meet Zelensky

Monday 18 August 2025

Two new polls show support for Labor and the Prime Minister is soaring, just in time for the government’s reform round table. 

And more, including:

• Qantas faces a reckoning, with a judge poised to hand down a record fine. 
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to meet with Donald Trump, after Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin ends without a ceasefire. 
• Auction clearance rates jump after the RBA cuts rates
• Why Paris has seen a surge in luxury handbag heists.

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