Calls for boost to social security payment
An inquiry into poverty in Australia has heard calls to increase social security payments to help meet the rising cost of living.
An inquiry into poverty in Australia has heard calls to increase social security payments to help meet the rising cost of living.
Former prime minister Scott Morrison is asking for redacted documents to be opened up to the public before he fronts the robodebt royal commission.
The NSW health system is not well organised to manage long-COVID cases among children, a federal parliamentary inquiry has been told.
Human Services department officials had the opportunity to contribute to a Commonwealth Ombudsman report
A former soldier has told an inquiry her efforts to get support from veterans' affairs felt like she never left the battlefield.
Ex-soldier James Geercke has described how military training left him with lasting physical and mental injuries, with little support from Veterans Affairs.
Problems with mould led to a change in the DNA gathering process at Queensland crime scenes, but no one verified its effectiveness, an inquiry has been told.
A report by former High Court judge Virginia Bell into Scott Morrison's secret self-appointment to multiple ministries has been handed to the government.
Public hearings into the Queensland government-run Forensic and Scientific Services lab have resumed, with the final report due within weeks.
Queensland's top cop will this week start issuing show-cause notices to police officers involved in past cases of bullying, harassment, abuse or assault.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will restructure the police force to stamp out a culture of sexism, racism and misogyny, but the top cop will stay.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will restructure the police force to stamp out a culture of sexism, racism and misogyny, but the top cop will stay.
Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy has proclaimed his innocence after being referred to the anti-corruption watchdog over an alleged political donor deal.
Queensland's casino regulator is still probing Townville's Ville Resort-Casino over allegations it offered patrons illegal junkets.
A rare genetic variant affecting the heart is the focus of a second inquiry into the conviction of Kathleen Folbigg, three years on from the first inquiry.
The rare genetic variant affecting an essential building block of life was discovered nine years after Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of killing her children.
Queensland's police commissioner says she needs more time to fix the culture of sexism, misogyny and racism in the police force after three years in the role.
An ex-deputy department secretary says she should have done more to stop the robodebt scheme from running as long as it did but she "lacked courage".
Two senior public servants involved in the robodebt program have given evidence to the royal commission about how it was rolled out despite legal issues.
A free legal service for veterans and defence force members has received a large number of calls from across the country.
Tasmania's premier has delivered a formal apology to victim-survivors of child sexual abuse in state institutions after harrowing evidence at an inquiry.
The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission has hit Crown Melbourne with two fines totalling $120 million for breaches of its service obligations.
Queensland's election watchdog has asked to be excluded from parts of proposed integrity laws warning its independence could be compromised.
Queensland police should be playing a larger role in shaping laws to criminalise coercive control, the state's police union says.
Changes to Queensland's environmental laws have been criticised by gas and coal producers as a costly imposition of more "green tape".
A department overseeing the robodebt scheme was impacted by "aggressive" leadership, a royal commission has been told.
A Queensland hospital has until the close of business to respond to a show cause notice after a damning report into hospital care.
A royal commission into the illegal robodebt scheme was told the Australian Tax Office ordered the Department of Human Services to stop using taxpayer data.
A royal commission has been told a government department had failed to relay information about the unlawfulness of the robodebt income averaging calculation.
Climate 200, the group which helped with the election of teal independents, has called for changes to political donation laws.
The robodebt royal commission is trying to determine how the scheme was initiated despite early legal advice raising significant problems with the proposal.