An overhaul of Australia’s anti-siphoning laws, which grant free-to-air television channels first dibs on broadcasting rights for major sporting events, is set to sail through parliament after a Senate committee probing the proposed legislation gave the Labor reforms the green light. The Senate’s environment and communications committee published its finalContinue Reading
Federal and state governments are being urged to reassess how trans kids can access interventionist medical treatments, as new research reveals puberty blockers can have lifelong lasting effects. The National Association of Practising Psychiatrists has called for a national independent investigation into the use of the medical practices, including pubertyContinue Reading
The ACT Integrity Commission is assessing corruption allegations regarding Walter Sofronoff, over claims he disclosed information to the media during the inquiry he oversaw into the handling of Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal trial. Mr Sofronoff was last year tasked with examining whether the investigation and trial against Mr Lehrmann, over BrittanyContinue Reading
The ACT Integrity Commission is assessing corruption allegations regarding Walter Sofronoff, over claims he disclosed information to the media during the inquiry he oversaw into the handling of Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal trial. Mr Sofronoff was last year tasked with examining whether the investigation and trial against Mr Lehrmann, over BrittanyContinue Reading
A “catastrophic failure” in senior government and Defence leadership has led to a “senseless loss of life” in Australia’s military community, the man leading the Royal Commission into Australia’s military suicide crisis has said in scathing remarks delivered at the close of the three-year inquiry. Deaths by suicide have takenContinue Reading
Australian Defence Force chief Angus Campbell has personally apologised to a Navy hero who lost his brother to suicide and then allegedly suffered mistreatment at the hands of senior officers. The apology to diver John Armfield followed Mr Armfield’s testimony before the Royal Commission Into Defence and Veteran Suicide aboutContinue Reading
Dan Andrews and his government have been slammed in a bombshell new report. Outgoing Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass took aim at the former Premier of Victoria in a scathing final report, accusing the Andrews government of ruling with a ‘culture of fear’. She also claimed that her work was obstructedContinue Reading
The Australian government says it is “ready to assist” in any future search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 as the families of the six Australians on-board mark a grim milestone a decade on. The Boeing 777 disappeared about 38 minutes after leaving Kuala Lumpur airport in Malaysia bound forContinue Reading
Richard Marles has defended the government’s decision not to give commissioners probing defence and veterans suicides an additional 12 months, saying the call had come from a genuine desire to “get moving on this”. The Defence Minister said history would ultimately be the judge on whether the government had madeContinue Reading
The country’s disability ministers will not provide their response to the landmark royal commission report until at least next month – seven months after the commissioners handed down their findings. The shocking report, published last September, was the culmination of 4.5 years of investigation and nearly 10,000 testimonies and exposedContinue Reading