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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.

Attorney general Mark Dreyfus has approved expenses for six former Coalition frontbenchers

'The White Lotus' Season 2 opens with another dead body, but this time we may already know who it is.

From the time it was created, the mechanism has been subject to obfuscation. Labor is about to try and make it work, but it won’t be smooth sailing

Exclusive: Expert who has downplayed link between concussion and traumatic brain injury is accused of 10 more cases of plagiarism

Mistrust in the media is widespread among Australians, but this view becomes particularly antagonistic at the far-right fringe where mainstream media are typically viewed as “traitors” and the “enemy of the people”. This post from an Australian user on the far-right, social media platform Gab captures this common sentiment:

The publication of Plagued, by Simon Benson and Geoff Chambers, is destined to become a classic study of the perils for journalists in writing books about current political events.

Oz journalists criticised for sitting on dynamite revelations of grab for power for two years. Plus: journalism’s gender gap

The governor general’s role in Morrison’s phantom ministry should be considered further, for the secrecy is troubling

While attempting to explain why he appointed himself to five ministries in secret, the former PM raised more questions than answers