Australia

Jean-Claude Perrottet, the younger brother of former Liberal premier Dominic Perrottet, has told an anti-corruption hearing he recruited ethnic minorities to the party hoping to overthrow a sitting Federal MP.

LATIKA M BOURKE: Two years after she was sworn in, a new poll finds most Australians could not name the Governor-General.

ANDREW GREENE: Just three months after the death of Kumanjayi Little Baby shocked the country, the PM has walked back on his commitment to attend every edition of the NT’s Garma festival.

Aussie motorists have been urged to ‘shop smarter’ and retailers warned not to price gouge after the Albanese government wound back its fuel excise relief on Monday — making $2-a-litre the new normal.

Former NRL star Luke Bateman has alleged he was offered drugs and alcohol by gambling company employees while he was battling a severe gambling addiction.

Indigenous leader Noel Pearson says the failure of the voice is written in blue and orange dots on the referendum map, as Garma turns its focus to the future.

The Albanese Government is exploring an unprecedented move to protect Australia’s economy from China’s increasingly aggressive trade strategy.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott, who is now the Liberal Party’s Federal president, has accused the party’s Centre Right faction of ‘weaponsing’ an anti-corruption inquiry.

AARON PATRICK: The allegation of rape in a ministerial office in 2019 had a profound impact that continues to be felt today.

A major update has emerged after a controversial segment aired on the ABC depicted violence against mining magnate Gina Rinehart.

The Reserve Bank’s one lever has been unable to bring inflation back to target range. That explains the blunt message RBA governor Michele Bullock fired at Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday.

Helena Wright was found in the ocean on Monday with her two-year-old daughter.

An anti-corruption hearing has been told Opposition Leader Angus Taylor had agreed to appear at events hosted by a right-wing group that financed Liberal Party branch stacking with conservative recruits.

Australian motorists will have to get used to new-normal fuel prices after a senior Labor minister signalled a war-assistance fuel excise will discontinue after this weekend.