April 2023
Media rivals unite against ‘chilling’ federal privacy law proposals
Giving the Information Commissioner powers to search for and seize documents would be a “significant regulatory overreach”, a major media coalition has warned.
December 2022
Chris Dawson likely to die in jail over wife’s murder
More than 40 years after killing his wife Lynette and disposing of her body, former Sydney schoolteacher Chris Dawson will now spend at least 18 years in jail.
November 2022
Why what we read should be up to us
I don’t want the government telling me what books I can or cannot sell; and I hope I won’t be cowed by zealots.
June 2020
WA plays hardball with the AFL
WA has upped the ante on the Australian Football League, throwing out the tantalising option of hosting football matches in front of a 60,000 capacity crowd within three weeks.
March 2020
Ruby Princess coronavirus outbreak takes first victim
A cruise ship that was allowed to disembark almost 3000 passengers in central Sydney is the source of 134 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and one fatality.