Cults, setups and rumours: years after their downfalls, former NSW Liberal MPs are exacting revenge
David Elliott and Eleni Petinos believe they were brought down by their own party. The Icac hearing has given them a chance to set the record straight
One Nation described as ‘all over the shop’ with migration targets as Joyce says MP made rookie mistake
Liberal senator says rightwing party ‘falls down on the details’ after David Farley claimed it wanted additional 100,000 migrant workers
The new Halloween video game has been banned in Australia – and not because of the violence
Academics and a former classification board director say Halloween: The Game’s ban due to ‘incentivised drug use’ highlights an incoherent set of standards
US territories hit out at Trump plan to explore deep sea mining in the Pacific
US agency releases plan to lease millions of hectares of seabed off the coast of the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam
After more than 15 years of laptops in the classroom, do Australian schools need a rethink?
Many teachers and parent groups think its time for a ‘digital detox’
Ian Kennedy Martin obituary
TV writer who created the 1970s police drama The Sweeney and later worked on Juliet Bravo and The Chinese Detective
Sir Christopher Ondaatje obituary
Businessman and philanthropist who helped fund a new wing for the National Portrait Gallery
Spain to allow 500 children in Ceuta to go to mainland in immigration U-turn
Madrid government changes stance after previously saying anyone who entered territory illegally would be sent back
Apartment rents now cost more than half a typical worker’s take-home pay in all Australian capital cities, report finds
Advocacy group says rents have been ‘running away for years’ and warns of widespread housing stress
Families release pictures of police officers killed in A66 crash in which five others died
Tributes paid to PCs Matthew Blades and Tom Clough whose vehicle was in a head-on collision with car travelling wrong way
Burnham to visit Ukraine with promise of boost for Kyiv’s long-range missiles
PM will use independence day trip to announce sharing of classified information about Storm Shadow components
Trump’s continued distrust in election integrity has experts eyeing his next move
President’s speech, declassification of documents and heightened claims of noncitizen voting have experts concerned
Fast-moving wildfire in Reno, Nevada, forces tens of thousands to evacuate homes
Human-caused Hawk fire covers more than 13,000 acres as blaze approaches University of Nevada campus in Reno
Australia’s marine parks protect ‘places no one goes’ rather than fragile waters near the mainland, scientists say
Hundreds of experts write to environment minister calling for stronger protections for ‘unique and distinct’ marine ecosystems
‘Pent-up demand’: first home buyers chase more loans as property investors step back, data shows
Exclusive: New entrants the only cohort making more loan applications amid interest rate rises and tax changes, mortgage broker says
Eight-year-old dies after contracting rare brain-eating amoeba in Louisiana
Lillian Smart of Ruston infected with fatal Naegleria fowleri, likely after swimming in Lake Claiborne, health officials say