
Delays to case of man accused of Brittany Higgins rape
A mix-up with the brief of evidence against the man charged with raping Brittany Higgins has delayed the high-profile prosecution. Acting for...

Navy crew rescued after helicopter ditches into sea
Three Royal Australian Navy crew members have been rescued with minor injuries after their helicopter ditched in the Philippine Sea. The navy’s...

Economist sounds alarm about ‘climate pork barrel’
The Morrison government has been warned any “car park rorts approach” to regional funding as part of a deal for net zero...

Coal done by mid-2030s, energy boss signals
Coal is leaving Australia’s national energy market much faster than initially thought and is expected to be offline by the mid-2030s. That’s...

Scott Morrison’s revamped cabinet sworn in
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s reshuffled cabinet has been sworn in, following the resignation of Christian Porter over accepting anonymous cash for legal...

Australia’s sub secrecy ‘childish’: France
Australia’s claim it couldn’t consult France about torpedoing a $90 billion submarine contract has been labelled “childish” by the European nation’s returning...

Collaery wins appeal against trial secrecy
Lawyer Bernard Collaery has succeeded in a bid to overturn secrecy shrouding parts of his trial for allegedly unlawfully sharing information about...

Morrison rejects NSW-style corruption body
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pointed to the resignation of Gladys Berejiklian as a reason not to introduce a NSW-style federal corruption...

Australia secures 300,000 doses of COVID-fighting drug Molnupiravir
Australia has closed a deal for 300,000 courses of an antiviral pill showing promising signs of slashing COVID-19 deaths and hospitalisations. Molnupiravir...

New anti-COVID drug set for Australian use
An antiviral pill showing promising signs of slashing COVID-19 deaths and hospitalisations is set to be available in Australia next year pending regulatory...