Government and Politics

Laws allowing authorities to use ankle bracelets and curfews to monitor 93 people released from immigration detention are now subject to a High Court challenge.

A "generational" piece of water infrastructure for Queensland has been completed after years of construction plagued by cost blowouts, inundations and COVID-19 disruptions.

It took just 14 words from Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil for ears to prick up. Innocuous to many, they were shocking to those in the know and again left Labor having to correct the record, writes Brett Worthington. 

Australian officials are increasingly worried about the Pacific's vulnerability to cyber attacks, with the government spending $26 million to set up "rapid assistance" teams made up of experts from the private sector and specialists from intelligence agencies like the Australian Signals Directorate.

The Australian government has granted hundreds of temporary visas to Palestinians in the weeks since Israel began its bombing campaign of Gaza, which has killed thousands of civilians and flattened large swathes of the densely populated strip.

The fight over the looming closure of a critical women's crisis centre in Perth next week escalates, with Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas insisting it is what his community wants.

Education ministers from around the country are proposing major changes at universities to bring down rates of sexual violence in tertiary education settings.

The government says it was considering releasing a child rapist from detention to avoid a legal challenge that would see the release of other indefinitely detained criminals. 

Meanwhile, the territory's government has copped criticism for announcing extra tourism flights between the east coast and Uluru.

LNP leader David Crisafulli has pitched his vision for the quarter of a million Queenslanders in the public service if he is elected.

Critics of a plan to buy back water entitlements, as part the Murray-Darling Basin Plan have taken to the streets of the Riverina.

A ransomware playbook for small businesses and attracting migrants with cyber expertise are some of the ways Australia will look to bolster its cybersecurity, according to a new federal government plan.

When an ambulance took Jake to the PA Hospital, he was told there were no beds available and was parked in a hallway on a trolley. It would be more than eight hours before he'd see a doctor.

Us President Joe Biden 'pardons' White House turkeys Liberty and Bell. 

China's denial that it sent sonar pulses that left Australian naval divers with minor injuries has been labelled propaganda by the opposition. 

Questioning what benefit the resignation of Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin will have, Australia's first national anti-corruption commissioner warns a "blame culture" has led to scapegoating leaders for mistakes, rather than focusing on fixing problems.

The South Australian government will rollout its $25 top-up lifting fee for wheelchair accessible cabs to the state's regions following heavy criticism. 

The Safe Night Space has been keeping vulnerable women off the streets and out of violent homes for more than two years, but with its doors set to close in days, women who use it are left fearing what happens next.

The former NSW government minister will be prosecuted for misconduct in public office for allegedly feeding confidential information to a company linked to ex-coal baron Nathan Tinkler.

A second Australian member of a foreigners military unit in Ukraine known as "The Chosen Company" has been killed while fighting against invading Russian forces in the country's east, sources have confirmed to the ABC.

More Australians are struggling under the weight of a cost of living and housing crisis and on Q+A a leading economist and the assistant treasurer agree a cap on foreign university students might be necessary to help curb that.

The protesters dispersed after two hours, as Premier Chris Minns announced earlier in the day that police will use emergency powers to prevent pro-Palestinian car convoys travelling through Jewish suburbs.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will not say what he raised with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at their meeting last week, days after the Chinese navy used "dangerous" sonar pulses that harmed Australian defence personnel

Tensions over Gaza conflict continue to boil across Australia, as the Israel-Gaza war enters its seventh week.

The expanded scheme could benefit up to 12,000 Queenslanders but the opposition says it will do little to fix the housing crisis.