Brisbane Christian school reviews guest speakers after disputed ‘hell’ message sparks backlash

A prominent Brisbane Christian school is reviewing how outside speakers are selected after a chapel presentation to young teenagers triggered complaints that students were left believing gay…

Former Queensland Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski dies aged 67 after courageous cancer battle

Former Queensland Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski has died aged 67 after a lengthy battle with cancer, prompting an outpouring of tributes for a police leader whose career…

Tax lawyer warns complex reforms could drag compliant Australians into costly disputes

A leading Australian tax lawyer has warned that sweeping changes to capital gains tax, negative gearing and discretionary trusts could leave ordinary taxpayers and advisers struggling to…

Chris Minns calls 2023 Opera House protest strategy ‘bullshit’ in stark ‘baby Premier’ admission

NSW Premier Chris Minns has delivered one of his strongest retrospective criticisms of the handling of Sydney’s controversial October 2023 pro-Palestinian protest, saying the policing strategy that…

One Nation takes Secret Harbour in historic WA upset as Labor vote collapses

One Nation has pulled off one of the most striking political upsets in recent Western Australian history, capturing the traditionally Labor-held seat of Secret Harbour and installing…

Labor’s $3bn health rebate overhaul sparks warnings of hospital closures and higher maternity costs

A federal plan to redirect about $3 billion from private health insurance subsidies into aged care has triggered warnings that it could produce the opposite of what…

One Nation targets ‘soft’ sentences as Warren Pickering puts crime at centre of Victorian election campaign

Victorian One Nation leader Warren Pickering is preparing an extraordinary proposal to give ordinary citizens a role in scrutinising sentences they believe are too lenient, placing crime,…

Labor’s climate misinformation push ignites free-speech row as broken $275 power promise haunts Bowen

The Albanese government’s attempt to counter climate and energy misinformation has opened a new political front over free speech, government trust and the cost of Australia’s energy…

One Nation surge forces Labor and Coalition to confront the voters behind Australia’s ‘orange wave’

Pauline Hanson’s extraordinary political resurgence has left Labor and the Coalition facing a problem neither can solve simply by attacking One Nation: millions of Australians are now…

Ben Roberts-Smith defence funding gap sparks fairness row as war crimes case moves deeper into court

A widening gap between Commonwealth funding rates available to Ben Roberts-Smith’s defence and the rates government agencies can pay their own barristers has triggered fresh questions over…