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Even as a high school student in the 1920s, Jackson Pollock understood the value of art and culture. The young upstart and his friends caused a “classroom scandal” when they published a polemic criticising their school’s “overemphasis on athletics” and “disrespect” of the humanities. They called it the Journal of…

Exclusive: Lawyer Ted Hui says leaflet’s claims are ‘totally incorrect’ as Australian authorities raise concerns with China

Exclusive: The anonymous ‘wanted’ letter contained a photograph of Kevin Yam, a lawyer who has criticised the crackdown on dissent in the territory

Peter Dutton calls on PM to publicly declare when he learned of suspected ‘con job’ but declines to say whether he was also told of police theory

Questions linger over who attended key online meeting on 30 January with Australian federal police and language used by Dutton afterwards

Police say they believed soon after the caravan’s discovery in January that it was a ‘con job’, alleging it was fabricated by criminals for personal benefit

Australia is standing with Ukraine in its war against Russia, despite concerns the US could deny vital support in the wake of a White House blow-up.

James Paterson questions whether PM was across detail of live-fire drill, prompting Wong to say opposition senator ‘not actually interested in detail’

Questions relating to a caravan discovered by police containing explosives have been swatted away over fears the investigation could be compromised.

Australia's leaders have slammed Russia and urged the international community not to give "an inch" after Donald Trump attacked the Ukrainian president.

A woman charged with attacking two Muslim women in separate assaults at a suburban shopping centre has appeared in court sobbing as she was remanded in custody.