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A man abused by notorious paedophile Christian Brother Edward “Ted” Dowlan is suing George Pell, alleging the disgraced Cardinal did nothing to protect him. The man was a student at…
Ash Barty is through to the French Open final after beating American teen Amanda Anisimova 6-7, 6-3, 6-3 in a three-set tussle on Court Suzanne Lenglen. The Queenslander is the…
A former Australian military lawyer charged with leaking classified documents at the centre of police raids at the ABC on Wednesday says he is facing life imprisonment but maintains he…
Australian Federal Police officers are raiding the ABC’s Sydney headquarters over a series of 2017 stories known as The Afghan Files. The stories, by ABC investigative journalists Dan Oakes and…
Former Labor leader Bill Shorten has been given the portfolios of the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Government Services in Labor’s new-look shadow ministry. Mr Shorten’s replacement, Anthony Albanese, unveiled…
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his ministry have been sworn in at Government House in Canberra. The Coalition politicians arrived with their partners and families for the formalities after winning…
A head-on collision involving a car and truck has killed a mother and her four children near Kingaroy, north-west of Brisbane. Queensland police said the crash happened when a Nissan…
Australia’s Labor opposition has chosen Anthony Albanese as its new leader after the party suffered an upset in the nation’s general election. Previous leader Bill Shorten resigned on 18 May,…
Ken Wyatt was chosen this week to be Australia’s minister for indigenous Australians, the first Aboriginal person ever to hold the role. It’s a historic appointment which also makes him…
After a frenetic campaign and a long count, Chisholm has finally made history. Liberal Gladys Liu will become the first Chinese-Australian woman to sit in Federal Parliament’s Lower House after…