Australia was among a number of other Western countries that did not attend Vladimir Putin's presidential inauguration due to Russia's war in Ukraine.

Ukraine's primary internal security agency says it has detained two men over an alleged Russian plot to assassinate president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Alleged attempted murder victim Ross Tighe, who has post-traumatic stress disorder, will have to face questioning at the trial of the man accused of killing his mother, stepfather and brother in Queensland in 2022.

Proposed powers to make deporting certain non-citizens easier and impose effective travel bans on countries that do not accept involuntary returns should be made tighter, the Coalition says, warning the laws as drafted would apply to thousands more than intended.

A slim majority of Cumberland City councillors voted to remove the book from its libraries in a meeting last week.