In detention centres around Australia, scores of refugees are facing the threat of being on the next plane to Nauru.

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Fortunately there is an emergency plan even though everyone insists there will be no emergency

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State government says ‘breach bail, go to jail’ laws raise risk of overcrowding in jails, while one expert warns they may lead to ‘cruel outcomes’

Bullshit may be easy to dismiss, but from politics and gambling to advertising and public relations, it can obscure truth, shape debate and carry serious consequences.

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The modern fact-checking movement launched 25 years ago is in retreat – just as it's needed more than ever.

An Israeli commander who ordered a deadly drone strike on an aid convoy in Gaza, killing Australian woman Zomi Frankcom, says he stands by his decision.

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Labor inherited a migration system burdened by asylum backlogs, temporary visa pressures and administrative failure. Four years later, the clean-up remains far from complete.

Labor is unlikely to entertain major changes to its gambling ad crackdown despite the bill being 'friendless' in parliament.

Thousands of people in British Columbia have been ordered to flee a fast-moving wildfire that nearly doubled in size overnight.

A Palestine activist has been charged with a criminal offence for pestering his local MP with emails, and faces 5 years in jail

Defence is refusing to release a report on the links between unlawful killings by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan and senior commanders.

Rubbery Figures was a satirical puppet TV program about Australian politics produced by Peter Nicholson in his Melbourne studio for the ABC and Channel 7's Fast Forward comedy show. Source material f...

Indonesia cut the first piece of steel for its own submarine on Aug. 7, 2026, marking the moment the Southeast Asian nation moved from training its engineers in France to actually building a warship o...

Private health insurers are making their way into your doctor's office and the specialists they refer you to. It may not be to your benefit.

Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal holds power over what Australians may say, teach, report and believe. No election gave it her. Andrew Brown

Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg said he made a submission to the commission and indicated his willingness to appear as a witness.

Defence is refusing to release a report on the links between unlawful killings by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan and senior commanders.

Royal Commission into Antisemitism will not defeat antisemitism. It is a government buying absolution with $131m of public money

Legislation before NSW Parliament to allow police access to mobile phone data without a warrant, developed by Israel Defence Force veterans.

Defence Minister Richard Marles says the United States, not Australia, will decide how long its nuclear-powered submarines will remain at an Australian naval base based on American ‘operational requir...