The age of criminal responsibility is set to rise above 10 in the Northern Territory – a move the new attorney-general hopes the rest of the country will follow to get us closer to UN standards for children’s rights.
As the number of climate-related disasters almost doubles, and refugee numbers surge, the UN climate summit is finally asking a key question: How do you make the countries that caused the crisis pay?
Fresh details have emerged about Scott Morrison’s first briefing on robo-debt, but notes that may reveal exactly what was said at the meeting have been destroyed.
New details in the governor-general grant saga reveal the haste with which Scott Morrison allocated funding – and show that support was also sought from TAB and British American Tobacco.
The Democrats’ prospects in the November 8 midterm elections are looking shaky. If Republicans take the house they will likely impeach Joe Biden and default on debt.
The surge in energy costs is pressuring the Labor government to find a way to stop gas producers gouging households and businesses and to claw back some of the windfall profits flowing to mostly foreign-owned corporations.
The Star’s involvement in fraud, money laundering and improper tax dealings hasn’t stopped the NSW government making planning and development decisions that facilitate the casino’s expansion.
Departmental and legal advice both showed the robo-debt scheme was unlawful – but once Scott Morrison had seen the proposal, he wouldn’t give up on it.
New documents in the case against Scott Morrison’s use of a secret ministry to reject a gas project show he claimed there was ‘sufficient supply’ on the east coast.
South Australia is hammering out what could be a model for preschool education nationally, with a royal commission headed by former prime minister Julia Gillard.
