
Melbourne family planning private jet flight to New Zealand to secure Australian visa
A Melbourne family is looking at hiring a private jet to fly from Australia to New Zealand in a desperate bid to...

Attorney-General Christian Porter orders probe of latest Dyson Heydon sex-harassment charge
Federal Attorney-General Christian Porter has demanded an investigation after fresh sexual harassment allegations were made against former High Court judge Dyson Heydon....

Autonomous suicide drones the latest threat facing Australian soldiers
Troops on the battlefield could soon face a new threat — swarms of autonomous kamikaze drones loaded with explosives. That is the...

Referendum on Indigenous constitutional recognition within three years
A proposal to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution will be put to a referendum within three years, the federal government has...

Government shuts Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre
The Federal Government has shut another immigration detention centre as it intensifies attacks on Labor over border protection ahead of the election....

Scott Morrison’s Question Time video featuring Fatman Scoop song to spark wider crackdown
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s offbeat Fatman Scoop social media post breached Parliament’s strict rules about video use and will spark a wider...

Liberal MP Tim Wilson opts out of My Health system
The controversial My Health Record system has been dealt another blow, with a Federal Liberal MP abandoning his government’s own scheme. Labor...

Border Force staff have little faith in senior management, survey reveals
Australian Border Force (ABF) staff have delivered a scathing assessment of their senior leaders, internal data obtained by the ABC has revealed....

Centrelink wait times grow as callers spend up to an hour on hold
Centrelink telephone wait times ballooned last financial year, amid horror stories of people waiting more than an hour for help. People calling...

Treasury public servants wanted negative gearing documents kept secret from ABC
Senior bureaucrats threatened to stop giving honest advice to the Federal Treasurer if negative gearing documents were not kept secret from the...
