Australian ambassador to the US, former prime minister Kevin Rudd, has categorically dismissed any claim that he or a think tank he formerly led had received funding from the US foreign aid agency.
LNP MP and chief opposition whip Bert van Manen scored free flight upgrades to Japan from Virgin Airlines for himself and five family members, interest registers reveal.
Macquarie University vice-chancellor Bruce Dowton has conceded his university’s anti-Israel academic Randa Abdel-Fattah had made ‘anti-Semitic’ statements, but said there was limited capacity for disciplinary action.
Peter Dutton has alleged in question time on Wednesday the Prime Minister didn’t receive a briefing on the caravan bomb plot ‘for at least seven days’ after NSW Premier Chris Minns had been briefed.
The forward estimates for public service wage growth is near zero despite a hiring boom and baked-in wage increases.
QUT and Macquarie Uni will be grilled by parliamentarians in a specially scheduled hearing of the inquiry into campus anti-Semitism.
Five current and former mayors have urged Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan to permanently boost the police presence in Glen Eira, saying a long-term solution is needed to ensure the community’s safety after a spate of anti-Semitic attacks.
The Australian’s analysis shows the source was unknown for some $75.6m donated to political parties and independent MPs – so-called ‘dark money’ that fell under the disclosure requirement.
Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles will travel to the US this week to meet his new counterpart, Pete Hegseth, in a move to strengthen security ties with the second Trump administration.
Labor will launch the start of federal parliament for 2025 with a multi-broadcast scare campaign against Peter Dutton, as the Opposition Leader signalled he would not accept a public service workforce above 200,000.
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