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The government’s review of the flawed carbon credits scheme is nuanced, political and confusing.

The former prime minister’s use of secret ministerial powers in the Asset Energy gas exploration veto cannot be defended, Commonwealth court filings reveal.

George Pell, lauded at his funeral this week, was the subject of 10 abuse claims at the royal commission.

As Western Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, the state faces the vast task of post-flood rebuilding in a way that prepares for more extreme rainfall events.

New details of the ‘No’ case against the Voice reveal scrutiny of native title as one of three prongs in the alternative campaign.

As more terrible details emerge in the robo-debt royal commission, a case is being built of misfeasance in public office.

A confidential report warns that Australian academics are at risk of harassment, harm and intimidation from foreign governments and corporations.

The weather event that caused floods across much of the country is breaking down, but it may soon be replaced by an El Niño pattern of intense heatwaves and drought.

The battlelines are drawn as the Health minister promises the greatest reform of Medicare since the scheme began.

Fresh evidence to the royal commission shows how departments actively avoided legal precedents to keep robo-debt running for years.