Michelle Rowland
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Anthony Albanese to cauterise MPs’ expenses furore as Michelle Rowland moves to repay part of family trip
A fortnight into the furore over politicians’ travel, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland will repay some of a $22,000 trip to Perth.
- Shane Wright
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- Political expenses
Politicians work damn hard. Let’s be careful about shredding their ‘perks’
We need women in politics. While questions are rightly asked about Anika Wells’ expense claims, the rules were designed to make family life manageable for politicians.
- Alexandra Smith
The MPs who spent more than $100,000 – and the ministers who spent $0 – on family travel
Australian taxpayers have spent more than $4 million on travel for politicians’ families and spouses since the election of the Albanese government.
- Natassia Chrysanthos, Brittany Busch and Nigel Gladstone
Queensland (and everyone else) reject call to weaken bail laws
The nation’s attorneys-general met today in Brisbane before the release of a report recommending nationwide bail law changes.
- Julius Dennis
Nine accuses AI firms of ‘illegal scraping’ of journalism
One of Australia’s largest publishers says AI giants “scrape” content produced by its newsrooms, as the media industry backs the government’s stance on not allowing tech firms to be exempt from copyright laws.
- Elias Visontay and Brittany Busch
- Opinion
- Press freedom
I was wrongfully jailed in Egypt, but Australia’s culture of surveillance takes the cake
Australia is the most “reflexively secretive” country that this former foreign correspondent has dealt with. If we don’t defend our freedoms, we will lose them.
- Peter Greste
Court says Palmer not a foreign investor and must pay $13m
The man who wanted to “wake up Australia” owes the Commonwealth more than $13 million after an international tribunal put his “foreign investor” claim to bed.
- Jack Gramenz
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- Robo-debt royal commission
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
‘A tax on truth’: Ley slams Labor move to charge for government docs, bury debate
The Albanese government will seize time usually allocated to the Coalition to raise issues for debate in parliament.
- Brittany Busch
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- Media & marketing
Leaked letters and closed-door talks with PM: Media bosses’ AI fight
A united front of news media bosses are raising the alarm about the issue of AI and altering copyright laws – “to even contemplate making this behaviour legal is beyond comprehension”.
- Paul Sakkal
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