The government was informed of a glitch that caused more than a thousand people to be cut off from welfare payments but ignored it for more than three years because halting it would harm private providers.
A consultancy is in receivership and a senior public servant has described himself as ‘not fit-for-duty’ after a series of troubled contracts was awarded to reform Meals on Wheels.
With an increase in anti-Semitism, police and security agencies are contending with a complex convergence of different groups and the possibility that some have been recruited by foreign actors.
As Donald Trump threatens even the closest allies with tariffs, Trade Minister Don Farrell prepares to argue the case for exempting Australia – and America’s biggest rival, China.
With Robert F. Kennedy Jr nearing confirmation as US health secretary, Australian scientists are already feeling the effects of the new administration’s censorship and research funding cuts.
As the government pushes an electoral reform bill criticised for favouring the major parties, the latest figures show they jointly reaped almost $150 million in donations last year.
As the government moved this week to kill off its own environmental reform, there is anger and disappointment within Labor’s ranks over the sacrifice to economic interests.
In an exclusive interview with The Saturday Paper, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is targeting new seats in all six states and believes he can hold majority government.
Some Australian soldiers used foreign rules of engagement in Afghanistan that may have resulted in alleged war crimes – a failing not investigated by the Brereton inquiry.
