Australia

Defence has been accused of trying to bury details of a probe into a senior naval figure, and their handling of lucrative defence contracts, by keeping the case within the military justice system. 

A Labor-affiliated union is leading a push to stop the Federal Government from outsourcing auditing work after KPMG fined individual partners up to $180,000.

Loved ones have paid emotional tribute as they say goodbye to a young teacher who died after suffering critical head injuries in a freak football accident.

The anti-Semitism royal commission this week provided a reckoning for university administrators who refused to shut down anti-Israel protests during the war in Gaza.

In a new SAS memoir, veteran Andy White has accused former Defence Chief Angus Campbell of ruining lives and damaging the defence forces by overseeing war crimes investigations.

This week, Australia reached a milestone: 25 per cent of the continent is now covered by nature reserves, a shift few Australians know about.

An advocacy group has accused universities of allowing hate to flourish on their campuses as the royal commission hears from the tertiary education sector.

South Australia Police delivered the unprecedented message after they were forced to go public with two big investigations this week.

Union officials are expected to lobby Anthony Albanese for tighter AI controls and worker protection clauses at a national conference this month.  

From creating a new poster-approval body and cutting power to pro-Palestine encampments, Australian universities went to extraordinary, yet ultimately unsuccessful, lengths to curb anti-Semitism.

The Federal Government has warned the banking and corporate regulators to avoid stifling innovation as Australia suffers a long run of weak productivity.

LORRAINE FINLAY: In our giddiness over the artificial intelligence revolution, we must not forget to value human dignity.

The Federal Opposition is doubling down on its promise to index income tax brackets after the Parliamentary Budget Office warned Australian workers would be paying a record-high tax burden within a decade.

An American defence official has dismissed an emerging alliance of ‘middle powers’ including Australia, arguing that traditional US security partners would waste time trying to be less dependent on Washington.

All Australian motorists could soon end up paying a road user charge regardless of what they drive as the Iran war sparks a surge in electric vehicle sales.

Monash university students filmed TikTok dances in the car parks of Auschwitz and concentration camps during a 10 day study tour, the Royal Commission into Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion has heard. 

The One Nation leader refuses to apologise in a tense conversation with Liam Bartlett on 7NEWS Spotlight.