Paul Osborne
AEC report finds activist group GetUp not controlled by parties
Activist group GetUp has been declared independent of any particular political party, after an investigation by electoral authorities. The Australian Electoral Commission...
‘Failure to listen’: PM delivers national apology to sexual abuse victims
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia must acknowledge the long and painful journey of sexually abused children and say sorry. Hundreds of...
Facebook banishes Senator Fraser Anning’s anti-Muslim page
Facebook has taken down Fraser Anning’s page, sparking outrage from the Katter’s Australian Party senator. Senator Anning had posted a series of...
Senate panel heads off Liberal Democrat’s bid to legalise pot
A Senate committee has rejected a plan to legalise cannabis, despite an argument it would ease the burden on police and bring...
Productivity Commission releases damning banking report
Australia’s major banks have been sharply criticised in a new report for strangling smaller players in the market and pushing up costs...
Hero Australian cave rescuers to receive medals
Nine Australians involved in the heroic Thai cave rescue operation will receive medals from Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove to honour their efforts....
Labor’s prospects take a dive in vital Longman byelection: poll
Labor has a battle on its hands to retain the Queensland seat of Longman as the Super Saturday by-elections campaign enters its...
Turnbull government rejects Productivity Commission’s GST recommendations
Big states will no longer be unreasonably subsidising small states, Scott Morrison has promised in a new GST carve-up with funding boosts...
Coalition making the most of ‘rift’ between Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese
Anthony Albanese has fired the starting gun on a Labor leadership contest, the Coalition says. But Labor emphatically denies any rift between...
Financial woes hit Canberra’s National Gallery
The National Gallery of Australia’s cash-flow problems potentially endanger its art collection, an audit report says. The Canberra-based gallery, which is home...