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Politics is once again dictating Covid-19 settings, as national cabinet dumps mandatory isolation and paid pandemic leave.

Former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins gave emotional testimony in the first days of the trial of her alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann, whose defence focused on ‘massive inconsistencies’ in her version of events.

The power of the American dollar is driving up interest rates in Australia, as the Reserve Bank continues its unfounded approach to cutting inflation.

In a major speech to private welfare operators, Tony Burke has warned there is ‘flexibility’ in contracts signed by the Coalition to establish the current welfare system.

The head of Australia’s vaccine procurement review sounds an alarm about what could still lie ahead.

Nigel Farage’s Australian speaking tour is part of a global conservative network being run here by the financially troubled former publisher of Penthouse Australia.

A standardised test for graduating teachers, informed by management consultancy firm McKinsey, is contributing to the crisis in schools.

As Optus scrambles to explain how data from millions of users could have been stolen, it is also clear that federal data retention laws contributed to the build-up of vulnerable information.

Although it still enjoys support from the Murdoch family and Gina Rinehart, the Institute of Public Affairs has fallen to its lowest point in history.

As the Albanese government introduces its integrity commission bill, Liberal MP Bridget Archer says she will move to the crossbench if her party does not support the legislation.