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From Scott Morrison’s ‘on-water matters’ to the Albanese government’s MOU with Nauru, successive governments’ attitude to legitimate scrutiny has been one of hostility

Ita Buttrose is a consequential figure in Australian public life for many reasons, most of all because of her work as a journalist, so it is odd that only one chapter of her memoir Unapologetically Ita is wholly devoted to this.

In May, immediately after the 2025 election, debate swirled about whether the Coalition agreement would survive. The consensus was that it would be madness for the Liberals and the Nationals to part ways. Nonetheless they did so, briefly, before awkwardly reconciling. It was not a convincing display.

Papua New Guineans are draping themselves in the national colours to celebrate 50 years since the country's flag was first raised to mark its independence.

Hundreds of thousands of Australians wrongly accused of owing welfare debts to share $475m compensation

Brittany Higgins has used social media to reach out to her ex-boss Linda Reynolds after losing an expensive defamation battle with the former senator.

The bipartisanship about the path to a long-term settlement in the Middle East has finally been irrevocably broken.

The PM’s escalating criticism of Israel comes as the French president overnight welcomed Australia’s plan to recognise Palestinian statehood

Australia’s political landscape is barely recognisable from four years ago. Will Labor abandon its risk-averse past and take an aggressive stance on emissions?