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Other Lives: Director on the classic 1960s puppet TV series Thunderbirds

A decorated Olympic medallist is among Queensland's Australian of the Year picks, along with a men's empowerment advocate and food relief charity founders.

The Liberals have pulled ahead in the crucial seat of Terrigal, as counting continues in the NSW election. 

Many right-wing politicians and pundits seem intent on learning nothing from their defeat in NSW on Saturday.

Soul-searching starts at Liberal headquarters after a crushing defeat to Labor in the NSW election, as deputy leader Matt Kean says he won't be contesting the party's top job.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s voice cracked as he unveiled details of the Voice referendum’s wording but his determination to get it passed didn’t, and the Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus wants ‘urgent advice’ from the AFP about independent Senator Lidia Thorpe being tackled at a protest in Canberra.

A Crikey investigation into a NSW minister’s proposal to repatriate an 1885 war casualty buried in Sudan has unearthed documents and pictures shedding new light on a forgotten Australian colonial war.

Ten days before the NSW election the outgoing transport minister and his opposition counterpart have traded blows in a debate over the state's transport woes.

Cybersecurity attack ruled out as rail shutdown puts pressure on NSW government before state election