The Territory Government is providing a multi-million dollar guarantee to see a new sports bar with gaming machines built, despite its heavily touted aspirations to curb anti-social behaviour.
A taskforce recommended a major rethink in our approach to illicit drug use, but the WA Government and Opposition are standing firm on their "tough on drugs" approach, writes Jacob Kagi.
Donation data reveals the Liberal and Labor parties receive $56 million from untraceable sources in what is being ...
As the Murray-Darling Basin dries up or sees mass fish kills, a royal commission finds the Murray-Darling Basin ...
A decade after Kevin Rudd was ousted as Prime Minister over his failed emissions trading scheme, Australia is still ...
The year is off to a shaky start for the Berejiklian Government, with mass fish kills, a cracking high-rise tower and raging debate about pill testing putting it on the backfoot just seven weeks out from the election, writes state political reporter Sarah Gerathy.
The Murray-Darling royal commission report was full of fury. But both sides of politics have no sense of urgency and bureaucrats are serving as scapegoats for negligence overseen and endorsed by government, writes Laura ...
Former Victorian premier John Brumby resigns from the board of Chinese technology firm Huawei just three days after the US announced it would prosecute the company on a litany of charges.
Senator Cash had challenged the subpoena to appear before the Federal Court, but her lawyer says she is now prepared to give evidence at a suitable time to accommodate parliamentary and ministerial commitments.
The Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission delivered a scathing review of the plan for the basin. Here's a look at what ...
During a wide-ranging interview, Michael Gunner denies the Territory is in financial crisis and acknowledges his ...
The LNP expels its north Queensland MP Jason Costigan, saying it was a unanimous decision to give him the boot. It comes less than 48 hours after Mr Costigan, the Member for Whitsunday, was suspended over a harassment ...
Paul Burgess, who was accused of being a member of an outlaw motorcycle gang, loses his third bid to keep his visa and stay in Australia.
Facing seemingly insurmountable odds and powerful vested interests, a whistleblower, a senator and a journalist formed an alliance that ultimately forced the Government into calling the banking royal commission.
Robert Mueller says his evidence file on Roger Stone spans "several hard drives", and the ABC's Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel writes that his indictment is more important than it might seem. ...
The latest donations made to federal political parties have been revealed, and a little-known professor is Australia's ...
Central Australian community groups invite the television host to visit their town camp, after she criticises people ...
"Scare" campaigns are distasteful but potent, and after another bad few days on the campaign trail, the Coalition judges the best way to "save furniture" is to wave the fear flags, writes Michelle Grattan.
The city's rental market is quietly surging, fuelling talk of a wider housing recovery. Some experts predict it could soon almost be cheaper to buy than rent — but hurdles still stand in the way of a broader property uptick.
A Federal Government program designed to get parents back into the workforce comes under fire from single mums who say mandatory appointments and activities for their kids go too far and are "making lives more difficult".
The Royal Commission into the Murray Darling Basin Plan takes aim at NSW Regional Water Minister Niall Blair, ...
Corrosive ageism in Australian public life is so normal it goes unremarked, as does a tendency to overvalue the new and ...
Allocating more water to the environment is one recommendation from the royal commission but that would lead to up to ...
From the celebrity to the repeat offender, a look at recent history's best parachute pollies. The post Fly in, fly out: a guide to parachute ...
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The incident in 2017 happened at the height of the battle to retake Mosul, and Australian officials concede had they known civilians were in the area the airstrike would never have happened.
Beijing opens a maritime rescue centre on a reef in the hotly contested South China Sea as it seeks to continue building up its presence in the region.
