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A sweeping review of Australia’s national security laws has recommended a new single legislative framework governing electronic surveillance activities.
Seventeen prizes were awarded in this year’s ceremony, recognising a diverse group of scientific minds devoted to solving key 21st century issues.
The opposition leader takes the extraordinary step of advising Scott Morrison to ring the US president to ask him to respect democratic processes.
The 2020 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science have recognised momentous achievements in astrophysics, sustainability innovation, epigenetics and primary and secondary teaching excellence.
The Qatari government has expressed its regret for distressed caused to female travellers who were subjected to invasive examinations after a newborn baby was found abandoned at Doha airport.
Foreign Minister Marise Payne has described the invasive searching of 13 Australian women as “grossly disturbing”.
The 2020 budget explained in 7 charts: the major cuts and spends, the new tax rates, and that almighty debt.
The much-mooted trans-Tasman travel bubble will begin on October 16, but will be very limited.
After a disastrous week in which Mikakos’ evidence to the hotel quarantine inquiry came into question, she has resigned her position and says she will also quit parliament.
Volunteer firefighting crews are struggling to cope with increased pressures on time, training and resources. As the bushfire season approaches, new policies and plans are critically important.
The much-heralded success of the national cabinet is more related to the extraordinary circumstance in which it operates than its revolutionary design.
There has not yet been an explanation for the detention of the CGTN news anchor, but it is difficult to untangle it from deeply strained relations between China and Australia.
The departure of journalist Emma Alberici from the national broadcaster is the latest example of the ABC being unable or unwilling to push back against hostile governments.
English-born Berry emigrated to gold-rush Victoria, where he helped to shape modern Australian democracy.
The ministers have written of their desire to “find every possible way to advance shared interests”. But this should stop short of following the US down its hostile path with China.
A look at the week in politics, focussing on what Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has described as “without doubt, the biggest shock this country has ever faced”.
The mission of Voice. Treaty. Truth in the Uluru Statement represents very carefully sequenced reforms. A proper understanding of these should guide any constitutional changes.
New research shows some stereotypical ideas about what it means to be a man have a particularly harmful effect on men’s behaviour.
The tough line on returnees comes as Victoria announced its latest daily tally of a record 288 new COVID cases.
With the US exercises in the South China Sea, the security and political environment is treacherous at a moment when China itself feels under siege.
There are many ideas on how Indigenous recognition can be achieved in line with the Uluru Statement from the Heart. We need to keep exploring them until we find one that will work.
Allowing the senator to appear on the show spouting ill-informed, racist arguments might make for good ratings, but it damages us all.
Over the course of the campaign, nearly 20,000 of you made donations. We couldn’t be more thankful.
It has been another huge week in news, with coronavirus spikes in Melbourne, an investigation into former High Court judge Dyson Heydon, and a Labor plan for an energy policy framework.