The National Press Club is under fire for hosting Israel’s ambassador after cancelling other speakers and remaining largely silent on the killing of journalists in Gaza.

As multinational gas companies reap huge profits from the Iran war, parliamentarians are pressing the treasurer to overhaul LNG taxes in the May budget.

As multinational gas companies reap huge profits from the Iran war, parliamentarians are pressing the treasurer to overhaul LNG taxes in the May budget.

The National Press Club should be castigated for amplifying the views of someone who is dangerously presenting factually incorrect material.

Despite denials across the NT government, the Country Liberal Party has effectively choked funding to its legal aid agency, leaving countless defendants to face court alone.

Having dropped a controversial plan to restrict FOI applications, the government faces renewed accountability concerns over inquiry reports long overdue a response.

Despite denials across the NT government, the Country Liberal Party has effectively choked funding to its legal aid agency, leaving countless defendants to face court alone.

The government will hand over $10.8bn this financial year under the scheme that makes it cheaper for miners and other industries to use diesel and petrol

After a coroner concluded 16-year-old Jeremy Webb died of a bite-induced meat allergy, we look at how to spot symptoms and preventative measures * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Myfanwy Webb remembers her son Jeremy was “always getting ticks” because he spent a lot of time in the bush, camping and mountain bike riding, around the property where he grew up on the Central Coast of New South Wales. When Jeremy began to get really bad reactions to eating meat, or even when the scent wafted through the house if she was cooking a pork roast, Webb remembered reading an article about an immunologist who identified the connection between tick bites and developing mammalian meat allergy. Continue reading...

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Internal correspondence and Senate submissions show the CSIRO is running out of money and may lose its position as a leading research agency.

Prime minister commits $3.9bn as ‘down payment’ for Adelaide facility to eventually build nuclear-powered vessels * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast At least $30bn will be spent building a construction yard to eventually build nuclear submarines for Australia under the Aukus agreement, despite doubts over the deal. The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, announced on Sunday the federal government had pledged $3.9bn as a “down payment” to secure the future of the submarine construction yard in the northern Adelaide suburb of Osborne. Continue reading...

The cancellation of Adelaide Writers’ Week has exposed how culture wars, funding pressures and climate risk are reshaping Australia’s literary festivals – and putting their future in doubt.

As more details emerge of the government’s plan to divert autistic children from the NDIS, the agency administering the scheme is still fighting to have support cut for adult participants.

Sovereign citizen ‘workshops’ are charging fees for fraudulent legal advice that is clogging up courts and leading to higher penalties for vulnerable people.

Clive Palmer was Australia’s biggest political donor, pouring $53 million into his failed campaign, while Coal Australia donated millions to third-party “grassroots” campaigns.

State transport minister says ebikes modified to exceed 25km/h speed limit will be confiscated by police and ‘end up as a twisted wreck’ * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The NSW government has announced a “crackdown” on illegally modified ebikes, with police to be given powers to seize and destroy any that exceed the legal speed limit. The transport minister, John Graham, announced on Sunday that new seizure laws will be developed to allow police to seize any ebike that does not cut power assistance at 25km/h, with non-compliant bikes to be removed from the streets and crushed. Continue reading...

The Albanese government is giving the Trump administration and agencies like ICE access to Australians' biometric data — and we're not being told anything about it.

Steve Bannon’s claim that he orchestrated Clive Palmer’s 2019 campaign against Labor throws new light on the extent of interference by the US far right.

As more details emerge of the government’s plan to divert autistic children from the NDIS, the agency administering the scheme is still fighting to have support cut for adult participants.

The former prime minister and treasurer say the changes would hurt the aspirational middle class.

New Zealand has declined Donald Trump's invitation to join his Board of Peace and is calling for "clarity" over the proposal. Here's where other countries stand.

The pro-Israel lobby is fighting to “outlaw protest" and "constrain free speech” to silence criticism of Israel, says one of the nation’s most prominent Jewish identities.

Murray Watt’s latest approval for Korea Zinc includes a table that explicitly permits the company to kill thousands of native animals a year, including critically endangered species such as the swift parrot.