Mark Dreyfus expands jurisdiction of proposed anti-corruption watchdog to include companies awarded commonwealth contracts worth billions of dollars Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Private contractors who
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Domestic violence advocates warn drafted laws could be discriminatory if pushed through by government Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Domestic violence and legal experts say the New South Wales government’s attempt to push through new
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Operation Watts will be cited as yet another example of why politicians cannot be trusted to place the public interest first The report of a first ever joint investigation by Victoria’s Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission and the Victorian ombudsman, Operation Watts, paints
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Women’s safety minister hails ‘landmark reforms’ but there are concerns a six-week consultation process is insufficient Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast People who repeatedly subject their partner to physical, sexual, psychological or financial abuse could
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Motorcycle club wins second copyright infringement case against online merchandise company in three years Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Online merchandise store Redbubble has been ordered to pay the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club more than
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Queensland has introduced laws to crack down on ‘claim farming’, a practice where members of the public are contacted and encouraged to make compensation claims. And a new study has found ‘inconsistencies’ in the way courts consider the possible impact of media
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Medevac was supposed to give us access to medicine and healthcare but forced our bodies into small hotel rooms that we could not escape For eight years, I felt the invisible sword of the Australian government piercing between my eyes with the
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Victorian and NSW students and teachers are being urged to wear masks indoors as Covid cases surge Health workers paint dire picture of Australia’s hospital systems as more than 8,500 staff isolateGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news
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Mostafa Azimitabar was held in immigration detention for 15 months in Melbourne’s Park and Mantra hotels Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast A refugee detained for more than a year in two Melbourne hotels has spoken
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Closing submissions begin in the former SAS soldier’s long-running defamation trial against three newspapers Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Ben Roberts-Smith was a courageous soldier who sought neither decorations nor fame, but had a target
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