As the gas industry wages a campaign of misinformation over her government’s stance on cooktops, the Victorian premier is navigating a course that could set a national standard for household electrification.
When Luke Stickels found an organisation ‘farming’ his brother for NDIS invoices, it set him on a path towards a more just system – one the Albanese government’s latest reforms may put further out of reach.
As she awaits a Supreme Court decision on an appeal against a ruling to allow men into a women-only space at Mona, Ladies Lounge creator Kirsha Kaechele says she feels ‘inspired’ and ‘optimistic’.
Moira Deeming’s defamation case is a symptom of greater dysfunction within the Liberal Party, exacerbated by an influx of right-wing religious members who flowed out of Family First.
Only five people have been given access to the royal commission’s sealed section. One is the attorney-general, who is ‘giving consideration to questions relating to the release of the confidential chapter’.
Bill Shorten’s move to the university sector will more than double his income – and will put him at the centre of a fight about vice-chancellor salaries, international student numbers and government funding.
The government is increasingly using non-disclosure agreements as a condition of consultation on reforms, threatening advocates and social welfare groups with imprisonment if orders are breached.
It’s a country deeply divided – by politics and poverty – but when Pope Francis visited Timor-Leste this week, almost half the population united peacefully as one.
A flaw in Australia’s refugee laws means asylum seekers in the country on so-called fast-track visas are barred from universities or charged the same fees as international students.
