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An artist who defaced Frederick McCubbin's Down On His Luck during a protest against Woodside Energy will fight a charge over access to her electronic device.

A Byron Shire councillor is hoping to introduce a regulation that will see surfers fined up to $1,100 for not wearing a leg rope, likening the practice to being as easy as "'wearing seatbelts".

Former Goldstein MP Tim Wilson has a verbal stoush with a representative of sitting MP Zoe Daniel after Mr Wilson laid a wreath at an Anzac event that was to be laid by Ms Daniel's representative.

A federal Newspoll, conducted April 19-22 from a sample of 1,514, gave Labor a 56-44 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since the previous Newspoll, three weeks ago. Primary votes were 38% Labor (steady), 33% Coalition (steady), 11% Greens (up one), 7% One Nation (down one) and 11% for all…

The government has increased its two-party preferred lead in the latest Newspoll, despite the prime minister's satisfaction rating dropping slightly.

The recent media rounds of the new chair of the Australian War Memorial Council, Kim Beazley, appear to presage a major shift in the institution’s attitude to the frontier wars. Beazley explained it is “enormously important” that the current $550 million renovation of the war memorial provides significant coverage of…

The citizenship announcement in the late hours of Friday night left some New Zealand officials with the impression the Australian government was trying to quietly bury it. Now that it has finally been put to rest it means New Zealand can focus its diplomatic energy elsewhere.

Could public debate over New Zealand's potential role in a polarising security deal reach similar levels to the Iraq War or the TPP trade deal?

Parliamentary commissioner for standards urged to open inquiry that could pave way for former justice secretary’s constituents to launch recall petition

Given Australia already boasts higher incomes and lesser cost of living pressures, might the change see a Kiwi exodus across the ditch?

The incoming NSW Liberal Party leader has refused to commit to supporting or opposing the proposed Indigenous Voice to parliament