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While NSW has vowed to ban greyhound racing from next July, other states have opted to support the controversial industry. Either way, the lives of thousands of dogs are threatened.

Since being ripped apart by violence and civil war, Bougainville’s attempts at reconciliation have barely scratched the surface. Fresh calls for more traditional ‘truth telling’ are bringing renewed hopes for peace.

Intelligence officer turned whistleblower and politician Andrew Wilkie is calling for Australia to conduct its own version of the Chilcot inquiry into the war in Iraq.

Political realities are biting for all parties in the wake of the election, as everyone looks to explain the numbers.

As the coronial inquiry into the Lindt cafe siege draws to a close in Sydney, a litany of police errors have become apparent.

Bishop's UN move an adroit gambit; Hanoi ponders oil rig removal tactics; North Korea airs China frustration.

In the booming payday lending sector, dubious new tactics are hooking the poor and the desperate.

International AIDS Conference delegates were surprised by a Victorian government announcement to amend a law targeting murder by infection.

The pragmatic approach and active diplomacy of Australia’s UN ambassador are paying huge dividends in the wake of MH17.

Fifteen children fled community detention during a ministerial review. A month later, they are still missing.