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Parliament House in Canberra. The number of people employed by government departments has risen sharply since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Butting out: Parliament House crackdown on political puffers

New changes to federal parliament’s smoking policy have some hacks up in arms. But no pollie will admit to smoking any more.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Gemma Grant

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Opposition Leader Brad Battin on Friday.

‘The entire party is imploding’: Groth, Pesutto, Deeming turning Liberal headache into a migraine

Opposition Leader Brad Battin was putting out spot fires on Friday as his deputy defended a chauffeured ride home, and a deadline was missed in the saga threatening to bankrupt a former leader.

  • Rachel Eddie
Moira Deeming on Wednesday.

Deeming chases colleagues, ex-Liberal premiers for Pesutto costs

Moira Deeming’s lawyers say donors who supported John Pesutto in his legal defence may be liable to pay his $2.3 million costs.

  • Rachel Eddie
Ben Roberts-Smith outside the Federal Court earlier this month.

Roberts-Smith war crime suggested ‘recklessness or brazenness’, court says

An appeal court said it was “a rare murder that is witnessed by three independent witnesses” as it upheld a finding the former SAS soldier committed unlawful killings.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
The CCTV image posted to Facebook showing two women walking with a small black dog.

Thieving vet ordered to pay $660,000 after losing puppy defamation claim

Two women hoped they would hit pay dirt with their defamation claim. Instead, they were left with a hefty bill.

  • Harriet Alexander
Jasmin Newman at home after the Supreme Court verdict.

‘I still have trouble sleeping’: The impact of ‘relentless’ online defamation

Self-styled child recovery expert Adam Whittington came to the public’s notice in 2016 when he was involved in 60 Minutes’ bungled attempt to extricate Australian children from Lebanon. He has now come to the attention of the Supreme Court.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
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Ben Roberts-Smith has lost his appeal over the finding that he is a war criminal.

The seven words that ended Ben Roberts-Smith’s $1.5m appeal bid

The former soldier hoped a secret recording would salvage his legal case, but it was a siren call that dashed him on the rocks.

  • Harriet Alexander
John Pesutto.

John Pesutto facing bankruptcy after order to pay $2.3 million in Moira Deeming’s legal fees

The former Victorian opposition leader says he is determined to stay in parliament and hopes to fundraise enough money to avoid bankruptcy, which would force him to leave parliament.

  • Rachel Eddie
Ben Roberts-Smith outside the Federal Court earlier this month.

Ben Roberts-Smith loses appeal over war crimes judgment

After a seven-year defamation fight and tens of millions of dollars in legal costs, the former elite soldier has lost his bid to overturn the landmark decision.

  • Michaela Whitbourn and Sarah McPhee
Ben Roberts-Smith (left) and Nick McKenzie outside the Federal Court in Sydney earlier this month.

Court rejects Ben Roberts-Smith’s attack on star reporter

The former SAS soldier failed in a bid to widen his defamation appeal to include evidence of a “secret recording” of investigative journalist Nick McKenzie.

  • Michaela Whitbourn

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