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A former state Labor candidate has admitted lying to Victoria's corruption watchdog over the purpose of more than 700 taxpayer-funded envelopes.

The Poll Bludger covered findings from the 2021 Census on June 30. The most striking finding was that the Coalition won the ten seats with the lowest household income at the federal election. These seats are all in regional Australia.

Monday: An unprecedented leak has laid bare the inside story of the tech giant. Plus: could positive thinking be making us feel less secure?

One aspect of May’s federal election has been strangely overlooked: Labor’s win follows a pattern among the main centre-left parties in Europe and comparable countries. Traditional social democratic and labour-based parties are resurgent, and now hold office (on their own or in coalition) across all of Scandinavia and in Germany,…

Increasingly cybersecurity graduates are opting for private industry over government, which could create issues for the government.

One expert says that, if the application reaches the courts, it may set an important precedent, forcing the consideration of climate change in assessments of fossil fuel projects.

Australia Institute survey finds Coalition’s treatment of women seen as ‘weakness’ by two-thirds of voters

Environment minister Tanya Plibersek says she would be ‘carefully considering’ projects referred under EPBC Act

Newcastle Herald readers have their say.

In meeting with Penny Wong after G20 summit Chinese foreign minister says past Australian governments ‘root cause’ of strained relations

Leader David Crisafulli’s announcement drew immediate criticism from environmentalists saying the move is not science-based