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Almost every child in the Northern Territory’s youth jails is Indigenous, and as WA Liberals implode, Victoria’s Coalition is sticking to its pledge to spend $25.7 billion on 222 announced promises as it heads towards the November 26 state election. (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the…

He’s dogged, dour, the opposite of charismatic. Despite lockdowns and scandals, Daniel Andrews appears set to win another four-year term. Why are Victorians so enamoured with him?

My ‘eat the rich’ senses are tingling.

The Victorian state election will be held in four weeks, on November 26. A Resolve poll for The Age, conducted October 20-24 from a sample of “more than 800”, gave Labor a 59-41 lead over the Coalition.

The watchdog responsible for policing Medicare investigates just 0.07 per cent of health professionals each year, is chronically understaffed and underfunded, and is led by bureaucrats with strong links to the powerful Australian Medical Association, an ABC-Nine investigation has found.

Presenter Paul Barry claims ABC partnership with LGBTQ+ group could lead to bias, but staff have defended relationship. Plus: Binge follows Netflix into ads

Nine says it is "considering options" after the company's announcement it would stop printing newspapers in Tasmania was met with disappointment from local newsagents.

The $1.4 billion cosmetic surgery industry is illegally claiming Medicare rebates for medically unnecessary procedures such as facelifts, Botox, breast implants and tummy tucks.

The $28 billion Medicare system is being abused, with fraud, errors and over-servicing costing some $8 billion a year. How's it being done, and could it be happening to you?

The Year 12 students were reportedly running around in hazmat suits.

Systemic rorting of Medicare is artificially inflating official statistics that almost nine out of 10 patients are bulk-billed by their doctor and don't pay any out-of-pocket costs.