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Washington’s ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy says it’s possible Julian Assange could get a David Hicks-style plea deal to let him come back to Australia, and Bruce Lehrmann reckons he should get $6 million compensation because he ‘may never work again’.

Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann will sue for compensation if a report finds ACT chief prosecutor Shane Drumgold acted with ‘malice’, and social anthropologist Peter Sutton says he was ‘set up’ in an ABC doco on Bruce Pascoe’s book Dark Emu.

Many freedom of information requests fall prey to obfuscation, evasion or flat-out rejection — including from the prime minister himself.

A Federal Court case on Australia’s FOI system gets to the heart of the delays suffered by journalists, politicians and everyday citizens.

A judge has rejected former independent senator Rex Patrick's case against the Australian Information Commissioner over freedom of information request delays.

Exclusive: Correspondence shows Leo Hardiman expressed frustrations to agency head Angelene Falk

All potential options for an east-coast nuclear submarine base will be back on the table as the federal government moves to restart the selection process.

Shadow attorney-general Michaelia Cash is accused of associating with the ‘far-right fringe’ after appearing on former Liberal senator Cory Bernardi’s Sky News show when the Voice to Parliament was compared with apartheid, and PM Anthony Albanese will publicly swear allegiance to King Charles III at Saturday’s coronation.

Until Australia's submarine fleet can go nuclear the navy must keep its near-retirement vessels deployable. It's been a struggle.