Pennywise or Bozo: Labor pounces on Liberal turmoil Sussan Ley has sought to put internal divisions in the coalition to rest but not before comments were used against them in parliament. AAP · Oct 8, 2025
Death of three-year-old boy in social housing fire could have been caused by faulty electrical wiring, inquest hears Inquest is hearing evidence about the 2023 death of Mitchell Thomas at Larapinta in Alice Springs The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2025
Top cop sacking prompts overhaul of police appointments Appointments of senior police officials in a crime-troubled jurisdiction will be overhauled after a top cop was sacked over a jobs-for-mates scandal. AAP · Oct 8, 2025
Get kids to school or have income managed, parents told Parents in communities where truancy is rife are warned they will be put on income management if they don't ensure their kids go to school. AAP · Oct 6, 2025
‘An act of bastardry’: NT overruled Aboriginal authority to allow hotel on sacred site, advocates say Film-maker Rachel Perkins says Larrakia people ‘would have never agreed’ to the planned 11-storey building The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2025
SA Ambulance received no alerts from service meant to notify authorities during Optus triple zero outage last month Exclusive: Despite being signed up to a new alert system, the South Australian emergency service was not notified during September’s triple zero outage The Guardian - AU · Oct 3, 2025
'How nervous am I': top cop's emotional farewell After five years as AFP Commissioner, Reece Kershaw has reflected on his career and said goodbye to staff at a ceremony at the force's headquarters in Canberra. AAP · Oct 2, 2025
Voluntary assisted dying to be legal across Australia Three decades after a territory's voluntary assisted dying laws were overturned, they are set to be reinstated and come into line with other jurisdictions. AAP · Oct 1, 2025
Retailer defends sale of pepper spray for self-defence Pepper spray sold to the public for self-defence is a better option than oven cleaner, wasp spray and screwdrivers, a licensed seller of the eye irritant says. AAP · Sep 30, 2025
'Decades of neglect': 'dire' state housing picture Two years on from the inception of a target to build 800,000 homes in a decade, data illustrates the "dire" housing picture continuing to confront one state. AAP · Sep 30, 2025
Pepper spray trial slammed after use in nightclub brawl A trial of the public sale of pepper spray is under fire after the eye irritant was used in two incidents at the same nightclub. AAP · Sep 30, 2025
Bacchae review – Indhu Rubasingham launches National Theatre tenure with new-gen rap tragedy This eccentric take on Euripedes by Nima Taleghani is a striking yet often frustrating opening statement The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2025
Top law officer under pressure over hit-run driver link An attorney-general has failed to declare a conflict of interest before commenting on the case of her sister's stepson, who fatally struck a man with his car. AAP · Sep 23, 2025
Calm urged as prosecutors mull death in custody brief The family of an Aboriginal man who died in custody has expressed frustration over a months-long investigation into the incident amid calls for calm. AAP · Sep 22, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Sep 21, 2025 NT attorney general criticised after confirming family link to hit-and-run driver Marie-Clare Boothby faces questions after revealing she is related to man spared prison over a crash that killed Aboriginal pedestrian
AAP · Sep 19, 2025 Fourth death during Optus triple zero outage confirmed A West Australian has become the fourth confirmed death linked to an Optus outage that prevented customers from calling triple zero.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2025 Miranda Tapsell: ‘I put pressure on myself: will this help or hinder my mob?’ Just weeks after giving birth to her second child, the actor and writer discusses Darwin, her first love and her commitment to creating complicated Indigenous characters
AAP · Sep 18, 2025 Fossil fuel industry labelled 'a criminal enterprise' Australia's future will be determined by what happens in the nation's "Great North", says Midnight Oil frontman and former environment minister Peter Garrett.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2025 ‘Most precious thing in the desert’: the fight to protect sacred sites against the NT’s largest water licence Traditional owners have lost repeated legal challenges over the 40-gigalitre-per year water licence at Singleton Station – and now they’re taking it to the high court
AAP · Sep 10, 2025 Liberals dust off and look to move on from Price saga A senior Liberal is calling for the party to move on and focus on key issues for voters after a damaging saga that began with a colleague's migration comments.
AAP · Sep 10, 2025 Senator sacked from shadow cabinet over migrant remarks Firebrand senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has been dumped from the coalition frontbench after refusing to apologise for comments about Indian migrants.
The Guardian - AU · Sep 9, 2025 Right-leaning MPs rally around Nampijinpa Price as she resists calls to apologise to Indian Australians But Liberals say party has ‘degenerated into open warfare’ over the issue and accuse NT senator of pushing her own agenda
The Guardian - AU · Sep 5, 2025 Don Dale detainee isolated for 84 hours and denied food as coercion technique, investigation finds Children’s commissioner says young Indigenous person kept in isolation for 12 hours longer than permitted under NT youth justice laws because they refused to move cell blocks
AAP · Sep 4, 2025 Senator's remarks on Indian migrants 'electoral poison' A firebrand senator's controversial comments about Indian migration are hurtful and will make it harder for the Liberals to win votes, an expert says.
AAP · Sep 4, 2025 Coalition in damage control over migration claim The opposition has gone into damage control after a senator doubled down on claims Labor was taking in Indian migrants to shore up their supporter base.