PM's birthday wish granted as Labor retain Dunkley Labor is projected to retain the Melbourne federal seat of Dunkley despite a swing to the Liberals as both parties talked down their chances before the vote. AAP · Mar 1, 2024
Peter Dutton’s pre-Dunkley detainee scare blew up, but cost of living is the real electoral dynamite The opposition leader’s line of attack in question time came unstuck, but it was an irresponsible ploy all the same The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2024
Can the story of Mungo Man be the ‘healing glue’ of the nation 50 years on from the monumental discovery? He went looking for the ice age story and instead found evidence of the oldest continuous culture on Earth. At 94, Jim Bowler revisits a place of global – and spiritual – importance The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2024
Kumanjayi Walker inquest told of ‘clearly racist’ NT police awards that appear to contradict senior officers’ testimony Zachary Rolfe evidence calls into question the testimony of several senior officers to the court earlier this week The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2024
Misinformation about South Australia’s Indigenous voice to parliament spreads online Factcheckers say claims about First Nations people getting ‘special rights’ echo the falsehoods in the federal no campaign The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2024
NSW leader defends judgment after iftar event canned Leaders of the states where three in four Australian Muslims live have cancelled annual iftar dinners over community anger about the Gaza conflict. AAP · Mar 1, 2024
Linda White: Anthony Albanese leads tributes to ‘most senior backbencher ever’ after senator’s death Victorian Labor senator and former trade unionist remembered by colleagues after dying on Thursday night The Guardian - AU · Mar 1, 2024
Peter Dutton doubles down on immigration attacks despite Victoria police clearing detainee of assault charges Deputy leader Sussan Ley refuses to delete tweet claiming ‘Victorian women being assaulted by foreign criminals’ The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024
Morning Mail: secretive firm behind Coalition messaging, NZ vape ban defiance, shooting near Gaza aid trucks FOI reveals $135,000 in public money to secretive firm to help rightwing campaigns; New Zealand exporter vows to continue e-cigarette trade The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024
Australia ‘horrified’ by Gaza humanitarian catastrophe – as it happened This blog is now closed. The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024
The wanted: Australia’s approach to investigating alleged international crimes ‘not working’, Greens say David Shoebridge’s comments follow reports Rwanda issued indictments for two men living in Australia it accused of participating in genocide The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024
Secretive firm behind voice no campaign billed taxpayers almost $135,000 via Coalition MPs, documents show Exclusive: Whitestone Strategic, which has close ties to rightwing lobby group Advance, was paid to craft messaging on topics such as vaccine mandates and renewable energy The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024
Assault charges to be dropped against man released from indefinite detention hours after Dutton question time attack Police say CCTV footage indicates another man, not the 44-year-old former detainee, involved in alleged sexual assault in Melbourne The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024
‘Light and love’: family and friends to honour Jesse Baird and Luke Davies at Sydney vigil Darlinghurst event will celebrate lives of former TV presenter and Qantas flight attendant who were allegedly murdered by Sen Const Beau Lamarre The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024 Afternoon Update: MPs react to Asio claims; Greens protest Philippines president; Wonka rip-off’s forebears Following revelations from Asio chief that a former Australian politician allegedly colluded with foreign spies, MPs spent much of the day debating what to do with the intel – if anything at all
AAP · Feb 29, 2024 Senior NT cops deny Rolfe's racism allegations Four Northern Territory police officers have denied claims of ingrained racism at their annual awards night, after allegations from a former constable.
AAP · Feb 29, 2024 Defamation case not a Pauline Hanson 'royal commission' A defamation hearing into a "hateful" tweet by Pauline Hanson should not rake through the past 30 years of her public statements, her lawyers say.
AAP · Feb 29, 2024 Man 'very scared' of hospital before fatal misdiagnosis Aboriginal people fear and mistrust the hospital system, an Indigenous doctor has told the inquest into the death of NSW man Ricky Hampson Jr.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024 NSW joins Victorian government in cancelling iftar dinners after boycott announced by peak Muslim bodies Premiers say events won’t go ahead, with concern over those in the community grieving over the war in Gaza
AAP · Feb 29, 2024 Starvation in Gaza accelerates without Australian funds Australia must clarify the conditions required to restore funding to the UN's Palestinian relief agency or the situation in Gaza will worsen, independents say.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024 Senior NT police deny Zachary Rolfe’s claim unit held racist mock award, inquest hears Lawyer tells Kumanjayi Walker inquest current and former officers in tactical response group rejected claims and said they were hurtful
AAP · Feb 28, 2024 Forest wars flare after pledge to grow native logging Native forestry in Tasmania will be expanded if the Liberal government is re-elected at the upcoming state election on March 23.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2024 Labor MP calls for Order of Australia to be stripped from undeserving dead recipients Graham Perrett says it is ‘unjust’ deceased high school teacher Maxwell Howell, who is accused of failing to investigate child sex abuse, retains the honour
The Guardian - AU · Feb 28, 2024 Malarndirri McCarthy hits back at Lidia Thorpe for ‘native police’ attack in Senate Labor frontbencher accuses Thorpe of using ‘reprehensible’ language and making her feel ‘culturally unsafe’
AAP · Feb 28, 2024 Calls for Closing the Gap to be 'above politics' With only four of the 19 Closing the Gap targets on track to be met, a range of senators put forward different ideas on how best to address Indigenous inequity.