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Australian police have searched a property of, but not charged, a former British military pilot who is an executive of a South African flight school under scrutiny by British authorities for training Chinese military pilots.

Global negotiators have reached a historic deal at COP15 in Montreal that will protect 30% of the earth’s land and water, and in another historic event Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong will meet her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Wednesday.

The winners of the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards were announced this morning at a ceremony in Launceston. This year’s shortlists presented a challenge for the judges, who selected 30 titles from more than 540 eligible entries.

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese mourns those lost on ‘heartbreaking day’

Global head of News Corp among Murdoch’s guests. Plus: Toni Collette reveals split with husband after Daily Mail photos

The Australian Federal Police union says officers are being unfairly smeared as a fight erupts with Canberra’s public prosecutor.

The success of teal candidates at the May election was largely due to tactical moves by voters who wanted to boot the Liberal Party, and the youth allowance, Austudy and carer allowance payments will rise by a massive 6.1% on January 1.

The recent Who Gets to Tell Australian Stories? report on diversity in Australian newsrooms revealed some grim, but unsurprising figures. The report found most television news and current affairs presenters on major Australian free-to-air networks are Anglo-Celtic. So too were most senior network news editors.

Dore was promoted to editor-in-chief of the Australian despite alleged behaviour and remained in post until WSJ event. Plus: Friendlyjordies’ fire scare