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Readers respond to writer Thomas Keneally’s argument that at 90 years of age he’s had it with Australia not being a republic.

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Rick Morton has won the Prime Minister’s Prize for Non-fiction for Mean Streak. 

How robo-debt turned this prize-winning author into a ‘vengeful god’

Rick Morton has won a Prime Minister’s Literary Award for his non-fiction book Mean Streak. He’d trade it all for justice for the victims.

  • Linda Morris

This zombie scandal will haunt the Libs, unless they eject Morrison

The former prime minister bragged about creating robo-debt. Will expelling him restore public faith in the Liberal Party brand?

  • Malcolm Knox
Felicity Button, one of the leading complainants against the robo-debt scheme, features in the SBS documentary The People vs Robodebt.

‘Fantastic, heroic story’: New series explores the human toll of the robodebt scandal

The People vs Robodebt lets victims of the unlawful welfare overpayment retrieval scheme tell their stories.

  • Bridget McManus
Attorney-General Michelle Rowland called the scheme “heartless and disastrous”.

Largest class action payout in Australian history for ‘heartless and disastrous’ scheme

Robo-debt victims and their families will receive an extra $475 million in compensation after they were wrongly hounded for welfare debt under the Coalition.

  • Brittany Busch
Trolling the trolls: Shut Your Big Fat Mouth John Safran will tackle the free speech debate.

‘He’s really asking us what we can say’: The veteran troublemaker leading SBS’ 2026 line-up

The broadcaster has revealed its slate, which also includes a new location for Alone Australia and the FIFA World Cup.

  • Karl Quinn
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The Commonwealth Ombudsman revealed on Wednesday 964 jobseekers had income support payments unlawfully terminated.

Echoes of robo-debt: Lawyer warns Labor after hundreds illegally denied payments

Hundreds of people have had income support payments unlawfully terminated by an automated system – described as eerily similar to the robo-debt scandal by one lawyer.

  • Olivia Ireland
Australia’s 47th parliament recapped.

Albanese started his prime ministership on a high. Then in one month, things started to unravel

A record-breaking election and one month that changed it all: we recap the highs and lows of the 47th parliament.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
National Anti-Corruption Commission boss Paul Brereton.

Robo-debt officials to be investigated, in anti-corruption commission backflip

Former High Court judge Geoffrey Nettle has found the commission made the wrong call in originally deciding to rebuff calls to investigate the scandal.

  • Olivia Ireland
United Healthcare chief executive Brian Thompson.

Why CEO’s New York killing was met with such dark glee

A father-of-two is shot in cold blood and yet the alleged shooter becomes a folk hero. Is this the new class warfare and, if it is, is Australia immune?

  • Jenna Price

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