Bernie Fraser tells a Senate committee removing the discount would be a “step in the right direction”; Bondi royal commission begins. Follow live updates.

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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has cleared Senator Lidia Thorpe of any criminal offence after she said she would “burn ...

Former minister helped develop Australia’s first Aboriginal education policy in the 1980s and brings decades of expertise to embattled university ...

The AFP has revealed whether Lidia Thorpe will face charges after controversial comments made at a Palestine solidarity rally ...

A West Australian minister has been forced to apologise for calling an opposition MP an “arsehole” in parliament.

From the coast of Queensland to the bush of the Northern Territory, something rather odd has happened in some homes in Australia: Smartphones lie unnoticed on the kitchen table in the morning, ...

Labor is cutting immigration, and the Coalition is talking about ‘good and bad’ migrants, as One Nation’s rise influences the debate ...

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Pete Shmigel’s lifelong efforts to support Ukrainian independence through activism, journalism and literature have been acknowledged by Ukraine.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is also facing accusations that he used taxpayers’ money for massages during his time as the UK’s trade envoy.