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Documents obtained by Guardian Australia show the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s choice of candidate was overruled by then defence minister

The source said: "The person I met is a dangerous terrorist, a dangerous man. He is not repentant, not regretful. He is a threat, he can cause harm to the world. He should not have been released.”

Party’s youth wing also cites failure to recruit women and to deliver national integrity commission as factors in Coalition loss

In July 2021, Jack Dempsey, the mayor of Bundaberg, delivered an official apology for Northern Queensland’s past reliance on the indentured labour of Pacific Islanders, many of whom were kidnapped (or “blackbirded”) and forced to work on the state’s cane plantations. “To say sorry,” explained Dempsey, “is a start in…

Liberal MP says he is open-minded on bill but doesn’t want it to become an ‘impost on the community’ amid high inflation

The NSW corruption watchdog says the targeted spending of taxpayer cash for political purposes could amount to corruption, and has recommended new guidelines.

If politics really is to be done differently, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised, then the way politics is reported will need to be done differently too.

Anthony Albanese has recorded the highest satisfaction rating for an incoming Prime Minister in the first post-election Newspoll released on Sunday night.

With inflation yet to peak, the treasurer and the new government are taking out political insurance against bad news