Non-lawyers should be barred from AAT,former High Court judge says

Non-lawyers should be barred from AAT,former High Court judge says

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal has been a source of controversy in recent years and the Coalition has come under fire over a recent spate of Liberal Party-linked appointments.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn

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'Limited information available to me':Attorney-General walks away from AFP claims
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'Limited information available to me':Attorney-General walks away from AFP claims

Christian Porter has backed away from earlier assurances journalists aren't being targeted by police,as News Corp hits back at Peter Dutton.

  • byBevan Shields
Morrison risks free speech clash over religious protection

Morrison risks free speech clash over religious protection

The Morrison government risks a clash with churches and free speech advocates over controversial changes to discrimination law.

  • byDavid Crowe
'They need to explain':Albanese demands answers over AFP request for reporter travel records

'They need to explain':Albanese demands answers over AFP request for reporter travel records

The Morrison government is being urged to confirm whether journalists who published top secret documents will be prosecuted.

  • byBevan Shields andKylar Loussikian
Scott Morrison urges colleagues to avoid another religious freedom row

Scott Morrison urges colleagues to avoid another religious freedom row

In a revival of an issue that split the Coalition party room at the time of marriage equality reform,a new bill raises the risk of another division.

  • byDavid Crowe
Commonwealth Integrity Commission doesn't go nearly far enough
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Commonwealth Integrity Commission doesn't go nearly far enough

The time has come to stop dismissing,in a derogative fashion,the views of experts and to establish a federal anti-corruption integrity commission.

  • byColleen Lewis
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'The proposition is nonsense':Turnbull hits back at Christian Porter in leadership row

'The proposition is nonsense':Turnbull hits back at Christian Porter in leadership row

Malcolm Turnbull has taken on Peter Dutton and Christian Porter in a deepening dispute over the Liberal Party leadership spill.

  • byDavid Crowe
Christian Porter launches review of industrial relations system

Christian Porter launches review of industrial relations system

The new Industrial Relations Minister has launched a review of workplace laws,seizing upon the Coalition's electoral victory as a mandate for reform.

  • byDana McCauley
Attorney-General'seriously disinclined'to approve prosecution of journalists
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Attorney-General'seriously disinclined'to approve prosecution of journalists

Christian Porter says journalists are not the target of current investigations being carried out by the AFP.

  • byFergus Hunter
Journalists in the firing line after AFP changes statement on media raids

Journalists in the firing line after AFP changes statement on media raids

The altered statement indicates police are pursuing breaches of the law for which journalists could be prosecuted.

  • byMichael Koziol
Attorney-General Christian Porter pushes back on'Folau's law'idea

Attorney-General Christian Porter pushes back on'Folau's law'idea

The Attorney-General said the government was not necessarily interested in"trying to prevent individuals privately contracting the terms of their employment".

  • byJudith Ireland