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Exclusive: document tendered in high court shows half a dozen have been in detention for more than a decade

Liberal backbencher and former PM Scott Morrison says he went to Israel because ‘Jewish Australians need to know that their cause is a right one’, and Qantas, Virgin and Crown Resorts paid no corporate tax in 2021-22 but mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP were some of the biggest corporate…

Asylum seeker boats carrying 200 people have been either turned back or those on them returned by plane seven times since the Labor government was elected in May last year, and China’s Premier Li Qiang says his constituents reckon PM Anthony Albanese is ‘a very handsome boy’.

Public drunkenness has been outlawed in three states already — here's why Victoria's reform is not only different, but better.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and China’s President Xi Jinping’s talks covered everything from the global economy and Taiwan to Tasmanian devils and pandas, and after Brittany Higgin’s allegations were made public, the AFP investigated seven sexual assault allegations against federal politicians.

Mehreen Faruqi leads boycott of question time to protest against claimed Albanese government inaction over conflict in Gaza

Former PM Scott Morrison is in Israel with former UK PM Boris Johnson ‘to demonstrate solidarity’ with its people, despite acknowledging that he ‘no longer speaks for Australia’, and Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is furious that Shore principal John Collier described Lilie James’ killer as ‘an absolute delight’ and ‘not…

Exclusive: Scams utilise phishing attacks on Centrelink, ATO and Medicare accounts using obtained login details

Experts point to social and animal harms and the cost-of-living crisis – and say for younger generations, the cup is ‘just not cool anymore’