Former senator Rex Patrick with Grata Fund executive director Isabelle Reinecke.
Citing fear of upsetting Indonesia, the government has unsuccessfully attempted to suppress reasons for sealing documents related to Timor Gap negotiations.
Numerous text messages are being used to debate why Bruce Lehrmann chose not to initially sue for defamation over stories about Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape.
Sally Rugg’s case against her boss highlights some realities of life as a political staffer – the role attracts young and idealistic people who can be demoralised by its demands.
In the shadow of ExxonMobil’s multibillion-dollar gas venture, a business has cropped up in Papua New Guinea to kidnap and ransom foreigners. This week, a Queensland professor was released.
Plans for a national ID card are progressing urgently, according to the prime minister in a closed-door meeting, as Minister for Cyber Security Clare O’Neil warns that companies can’t escape their legal duty to protect customers.
Former minister Stuart Robert says he wanted to end robo-debt but he had to support it because he was a cabinet minister. The evidence from senior public servants suggests the opposite.
For the mother of Rhys Cauzzo, who killed himself after being pursued for an early robo-debt, the royal commission is a chance to look in the eyes of the people whose fecklessness and indifference contributed to his death.
