Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Christian Porter

MP calls for action on crime in ‘under siege’ town – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU

Victim's terror over false $65k robodebt

An aged pensioner has spoken of the terror and trauma when hit with a false $65,000 debt thanks to the unlawful robodebt income calculation method.

AAP

Morning Mail: multimillion-dollar GST challenge from councils, shark extinction fears, Greta Thunberg detained

A legal battle led by Philip Ruddock’s Sydney council could see hundreds of millions in GST payments refunded

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Former ministers Alan Tudge and Christian Porter to appear before robodebt inquiry

As human services minister, Tudge was in charge of the scheme when the accuracy of welfare debts was first questioned

The Guardian - AU

Former senator’s freedom of information battle for national cabinet papers rages on

Rex Patrick began his fight for access to national cabinet papers during the Morrison government. It continues with the Albanese government.

Crikey

Documents go missing after freedom of information request in AAT case of man with disabilities

A disability lawyer was told emails between NDIA and the Administrative Appeals Tribunal staff existed, but that was later denied.

Crikey

World Cups are fine, but rugby league's the greatest game of all

Like other fans, I don't care that my chosen sport is only played on the east coast in Australia, and by only a handful of nations overseas.

Newcastle Herald

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Key robodebt documents won't be released

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has decided only one of 12 requested documents from the failed robodebt scheme will be released to the public.

AAP

Justice Fiona Meagher announces resignation as president of the AAT

Justice Fiona Meagher has announced she is stepping down as president of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, effective immediately.

Crikey

Northern Territory set to become first Australian jurisdiction to raise age of criminal responsibility. Here's what that means

The Northern Territory is set to become the first jurisdiction in Australia to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years of age. So what does it mean, and do experts think it will make a difference?

ABC News

Bell report lays waste to Scott Morrison’s justifications for secret ministries

Former high court justice Virginia Bell said former PM’s scheme to duplicate ministerial powers ‘does not appear to have been closely thought through’

The Guardian - AU

The key revelations from the Morrison secret ministries report

The inquiry into Scott Morrison’s secret ministries has found his behaviour was ‘corrosive’ to public trust in government.

Crikey

Getting off Scott free

Taxpayers will have to fork out for former prime minister Scott Morrison’s legal fees when he appears before the robodebt royal commission, and the NSW flood crisis is the most expensive natural disaster in history.

Crikey

Taxpayers to fund legal costs of Scott Morrison and other former ministers related to robodebt royal commission

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

The Guardian - AU

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Crikey

Twittering about trust in journalism: will we miss the platform’s media watchdog role when it’s gone?

Twitter has been effective at holding journalists and outlets to account. Will the Musk restructure neuter its role as media watchdog?

Crikey

Integrity commission subject to a secrecy clause that could hide national security corruption

The National Anti-Corruption Commission bill contains a flaw that would allow an attorney-general to cover up investigations into national security or international relations.

The Guardian - AU

Conspiracy or stuff up? Robodebt royal commission probes how far up the chain of command blame falls

The first two weeks of hearings into the unlawful welfare scheme sought to answer a central question: how could this happen?

The Guardian - AU

Stepping into the mainstream: how the Herald Sun amplified conspiracy theories about Daniel Andrews’ 2021 fall

Front page story about Victorian premier’s Sorrento accident revived and legitimised theories previously contained to fringe far-right groups

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

AAP

End of the road for Gatto's legal appeal

Mick Gatto has failed in Australia's highest court to overturn losses in his defamation case against the ABC after alleging an article implied he was a hitman.

The Guardian - AU

Robodebt likely a ‘stuff up’ rather than a ‘conspiracy’, former department boss tells inquiry

Royal commission also shown key 2015 document confirming Scott Morrison’s request for welfare ‘compliance’ measures

Crikey

Morrison’s a hypocrite on secrecy, but attacks on him undermine transparency

Criticising the former prime minister for revealing cabinet information only reinforces the sort of obsessive secrecy he used to protect himself.

Crikey

COP that, Australia

Australia has won bronze in a race to the bottom of countries who haven’t kept their funding promises to poorer, climate-vulnerable countries, and Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is taking a long, hard look at bullying and harassment allegations made against AAT members.

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison warned against further cabinet disclosures in letter from attorney general

Mark Dreyfus tables letter to Senate that raises concerns over ‘apparent extensive disclosure of cabinet information’ in book by News Corp journalists

Crikey

Anatomy of a conspiracy theory: stairgate and the Republicanisation of Australian conservatism

The conspiracy theories around the 2021 accident of Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews have found their way to the front page of the Herald Sun. It might be a first for Australian journalism.

AAP

Morrison chastised for security info leaks

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has warned former prime minister Scott Morrison to stop leaking sensitive national security information.

1 … 5 6 7 8

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Sydney Morning Herald

424 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.