ACT

Links between Australia’s media and its legal eagles have always been close. But phone calls between a senior reporter and an ex-judge scrutinising the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann has raised big questions.

Hundreds of Australians have been recognised with a 2024 Australia Day Honour, including four who have been appointed the highest, AC, distinction.

Invasion Day and Survival Day protests are being held in every capital city around Australia with thousands of demonstrators expected to attend.

It would have been ‘desirable’ for the team behind a TV report on Brittany Higgins' alleged parliamentary rape to double check her claims, a court has heard.

A 29-year-old man has been arrested after his co-worker was found stabbed to death at the National Zoo and Aquarium in central Canberra.