See the free flights our most senior MPs take

See the free flights our most senior MPs take

Who flew where,how and who paid are fast becoming the defining questions in politics.

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Former no more:What Peter Costello did next

Former no more:What Peter Costello did next

Months after his departure as chairman of Nine,the one-time federal treasurer has a new gig.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andStephen Brook
Meghan Markle,Hugh Grant and new Australian laws

Meghan Markle,Hugh Grant and new Australian laws

Celebrities and royals helped shape UK privacy law. New laws will allow Australians to sue over serious privacy invasions,but with major differences.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
Labor’s promised hate speech bill will not deal with ‘hate speech’

Labor’s promised hate speech bill will not deal with ‘hate speech’

Albanese pledged to protect Australians from hate speech. Sources familiar with the legislation said it had been weakened in the final stages.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Coalition reforms have fixed the family court system. Labor should leave it be

Coalition reforms have fixed the family court system. Labor should leave it be

The results of the streamlined new arrangement speak for themselves. But Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has announced a review.

  • byGeorge Brandis
The CFMEU’s taking it to the streets is protecting corrupted turf
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The CFMEU’s taking it to the streets is protecting corrupted turf

The CFMEU is delusional in claiming the rallies around Australia are about solidarity.

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Former communist to lead clean-up of Setka’s old CFMEU branch
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Former communist to lead clean-up of Setka’s old CFMEU branch

Veteran university unionist Grahame McCulloch will have to overhaul the Victorian division of the union but current national secretary Zach Smith will stay on.

  • byNick Bonyhady andBen Schneiders
Peggy’s son stole her money and forced her to live in a shed. This is how she broke free
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Peggy’s son stole her money and forced her to live in a shed. This is how she broke free

The pensioner from NSW says her adult son “turned into the roommate from hell”. She is one of thousands of Australians who have experienced elder abuse.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn
‘Injustices ignored’:LGBTQ and faith groups fume at PM’s broken promise

‘Injustices ignored’:LGBTQ and faith groups fume at PM’s broken promise

Anthony Albanese decided to abandon religious discrimination reform with the hope of avoiding a culture war – but the call has left neither side happy.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
Senior Albanese government ministers could quit in a matter of days

Senior Albanese government ministers could quit in a matter of days

There is growing expectation in Labor ranks that a pair of cabinet ministers are poised to announce they will not contest the next election and will step down from cabinet immediately.

  • byJames Massola andPaul Sakkal
New push to end ‘ugly’ exploitation of older Australians

New push to end ‘ugly’ exploitation of older Australians

A $5 million media campaign aims to raise awareness of and eliminate elder abuse,which affects about one in six older people in Australia.

  • byPaul Sakkal