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The journalists who signed an open letter to Australian media organisations last week calling for ethical reporting on the war in Gaza have succeeded in intensifying the dispute over whether the coverage has been fair. At the same time, they’ve called their own impartiality into question.

"This result is a continuing source of Australian democratic pride.” The Australian Electoral Commission has recorded the largest enrolment in history. The roll reportedly increased by 447,447 people since the 2022 federal election.

At least it was a night to remember?

Figures in Melbourne's underworld scene have commented on the broad daylight shooting of Gavin “Capable” Preston.

March this year marked the 60th anniversary of a famous “gotcha” moment in 1963, when Labor leader Arthur Calwell and his deputy, Gough Whitlam, were photographed outside the Hotel Kingston in Canberra.

The plan has been compared to the 2018 "bonk ban", implemented by Malcolm Turnbull.

The Queensland state election will be held in October 2024. A Resolve poll for The Brisbane Times, conducted from May to August with a sample of 947, gave the Liberal National Party 38% of the primary vote (up five since January to April), Labor 32% (down three), the Greens 11%…

Police have arrested a man in Melbourne after he allegedly threatened to kill passengers aboard a tram in the city's CBD.

A Victorian state Resolve poll for The Age, conducted with the federal May and June Resolve polls from a sample of about 1,000, gave Labor 41% of the primary vote (down one since April), the Coalition just 26% (down four), the Greens 15% (up five), independents 12% (steady) and others…

The Victorian government will scale back advertising in the print editions of Melbourne's two biggest newspapers as it shifts to online and television media.

Ben Roberts-Smith has lost one of the most expensive defamation trials in Australia, and along with it his reputation. There are other factors that now need to be considered too.