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Schemes in Victoria and NSW give clubs tax cuts if they put gaming proceeds into communities – but they overwhelmingly spend it on themselves

Home affairs minister’s explanation of how Labor has handled the high court decision defies everything we know about the case

As one of Australia’s most influential voices on climate, Lesley Hughes has thought deeply about how to talk about the crisis and says hope has a key role to play

Push comes after home affairs minister said government was advised it would win legal challenge that instead saw 93 people released

Chris Minns says NSW police acted ‘responsibly’ despite condemnation from protesters and civil rights groups

Psychologist noted ‘risk factors’ for possible reoffending including ‘attitudes’ stemming from his own childhood abuse, court documents reveal

In May this year, Belinda Noble, former journalist and the founder of Comms Declare, an organisation representing media professionals who won’t promote the expansion of fossil fuels, wrote on Ampol’s sponsorship of the nation’s premier journalism prizes, the Walkley Awards.

Bill authorises previous uses of coercive powers, removing legal question mark that had dogged Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Document published by high court also confirms not all 93 had convictions in Australia