16th May 2025

Net zero without nuclear ‘impossible’: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price blast over Coalition election policies

Liberal defector Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has told her new party that net-zero emissions by 2050 is “impossible” without nuclear and migration must be slashed, as the conservative champion says Peter Dutton’s campaign “under-utilised” her and was shackled by fear.

The Australian • 9th May 2025

The next generation of Liberal talent lost in Labor landslide

Labor’s election wipe-out has stalled the arrival of a new generation of Coalition talent to parliament. Their plans in tatters, they have a lot to say about what needs to happen now.

The Australian • 20th February 2025

Double murderer ‘contract killer’ freed under new direction

A double murderer convicted over a contract killing has been spared deportation under Labor’s revised ministerial direction, after a tribunal found his ties to ­Australia and level of rehabilitation outweighed community expectations that he should never be granted a visa.

The Australian • 25th October 2024

Lidia Thorpe a no-show for third of sittings

Lidia Thorpe was absent more than a third of parliamentary sitting days and voted in just 45 per cent of divisions this year, new data has revealed, as Peter Dutton criticises Labor for being unprepared when the independent ­senator made a profane protest to King Charles.

The Australian • 19th July 2024

Defence Department compensation plan for Afghan killings

Entire villages in Afghanistan could benefit from a scheme to compensate victims of unlawful killings and abuse by Australian special forces while on deployment, with the Chief of Defence granted decision-making power.

The Australian • 7th July 2024

Federal Court convenes crisis panel to tackle NZYQ case wave

The Federal Court has convened a special panel of judges to tackle a wave of constitutional challenges engulfing the legal system in the wake of the landmark NZYQ ­decision, as dangerous non-­citizens seek to use the ruling to walk free from immigration ­detention and lift their monitoring requirements.

The Australian • 29th May 2024

Rapist attacks 25 women, teen … and allowed to retain his visa

A serial rapist who ­attacked 25 women and a child kept his visa as a result of Andrew Giles's catastrophic push to give more leniency to foreign-born criminals with ties to Australia, as it was revealed the embattled Immigration Minister was warned his policy would lead to a huge rise in offenders beating deportation.

The Australian • 27th December 2023

Employers left holding the legal bill under sex harassment reforms

Employees who sue companies over sexual harassment and discrimination claims would not have to pay their bosses’ legal fees if they are unsuccessful, under an Albanese government proposal that has sparked a fresh war with business who warn it will turbocharge activist litigation.

The Australian • 29th June 2023

Teens as young as 14 could access voluntary assisted dying in the ACT

Teenagers as young as 14 could access euthanasia in Canberra as the Labor-Greens government considers the most liberal ­voluntary assisted dying framework in Australia.

The Australian • 17th September 2022

Charles Waterstreet plotting comeback after his ‘fall from disgrace’

Five years since the firestorm of sexual harassment allegations that killed Charles Waterstreet’s high-flying legal career and left his reputation in tatters, the one-time king of the courtroom is living in a backpacker hostel plotting his comeback.