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Housing, energy and infrastructure developments could be fast-tracked in some areas and blocked entirely in others under a major overhaul of Australia’s planning rules. The federal government is promising to…

Actors Olivia Colman, Javier Bardem and Aimee Lou Wood are among more than 1300 film workers who have signed a pledge to refuse to work with Israeli film institutions “implicated…

Officers have been told not to blame themselves for the death of a retiring policeman as the manhunt for an alleged double murderer enters its third week. Detective Leading Senior…

Australia and Vanuatu are on the precipice of signing a landmark security and economic agreement as Pacific island leaders prepare to meet. The Nakamal agreement will likely be inked on…

London’s underground rail network has ground to a halt as staff began a week of strikes over pay and working conditions, disrupting travel for commuters and tourists. Almost no underground…

Australia’s peak business lobby warns the nation’s project approvals process needs improvement under environmental law reform or significant investment will “amount to nothing”. In an address to the Business Council…

Australia’s migration programme has failed to deliver what it promised. It brings in relatively few genuinely skilled workers, while favouring family migration. Professors Alan Gamlen and Peter McDonald suggest a…

Despite being on the brink of bankruptcy as a result of court proceedings, embattled former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann has lodged legal action against the head of a corruption watchdog…

With more than half of Indigenous people dying before they can access the age pension, researchers have found simple changes to the system may reduce the disadvantage they face. University…

Idolised and adored for his “Steve Irwin gene”, a retiring policeman has been hailed for the relentless bravery that ultimately robbed him of his life. Family, friends, colleagues and political…