ANALYSIS: In its $2.5 billion deal to deport at least 280 people released from indefinite detention, the government shows its willingness to circumvent both the Constitution and human rights law.
As the NSW government considers backing the Shooters party on a bill that would ease restrictions on weapons, those close to the 1996 massacre warn against any move that could fuel the national surge in gun ownership.
Environment Minister Murray Watt rejects criticisms that he’s bowing to Western Australian interests on key reform, and wants to seize a window of opportunity to work with Opposition Leader Sussan Ley for a deal by the end of the year.
Amid mounting scandals and a loss of confidence in her management, the Australian National University vice-chancellor is negotiating an exit from her role.
Almost a decade after sharing information relating to the Australian Taxation Office’s aggressive debt recovery tactics, whistleblower Richard Boyle has been spared jail.
Tasmania’s commitment to stop subsidising greyhound racing raises questions as to the real value of an industry that draws tens of millions of dollars in public funding across the country each year.
A statement from the man who survived her poisoning dominated the plea hearing of mushroom murderer Erin Patterson, as her legal team detailed the conditions she is facing in jail.
An investigation by ASIO, the AFP and foreign partners steadily pieced together financial trails and communications that led to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
