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For many voters despairing about the gridlock and lack of integrity in Australian politics in recent years, the success of the teal independents in the May 2022 federal election was an exhilarating moment. They won six formerly safe Liberal seats, returned four independents - Zali Steggall in Warringah, Helen Haines…

Rental affordability has tanked nationwide, with tenants in many cities and regions slugged with prolonged periods of rapidly rising rents.

When gambling addicts steal hundreds of thousands of dollars for losing bets, the victims of theft have little recourse. Advocates say that must change

"I was told on my first day in the job, this is how it operates. I was horrified to begin with, but you either get on board or you get out the door, and I had a mortgage and kids."

Council officers had told me that they don't have the equipment to do the job. Well, I say they have to hire the equipment.

Australia’s patchwork of whistleblower protection laws has many holes – this week’s developments must be the beginning, not the end, of a changed approach

Wilkie's call for coal sampling inquiry

Former lab staff tell of 'picking and choosing numbers' in export coal testing 'scam'.

Energy Minister Chris Bowen says he wants to ensure the "absolute accuracy" of claims made by Australian companies about the quality of coal exports.

Claims about fraud in the coal export industry made by Independent MP Andrew Wilkie have rippled through the Hunter Valley coalfields.

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie says documents given to him by a coal industry executive reveal that exporters have been lying about their lab results, and that the regulator has failed to act on widespread "shocking misconduct".