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Colbeck had cited urgent work fighting Omicron, but has now registered he was attending Hobart cricket match

A senate committee has ordered the Attorney-General’s department to show how the Morrison government has the constitutional power to enact its controversial proposed class action law reforms.

Senator Rex Patrick says release of decades-old cabinet papers won’t further damage Timor relationship after spying and prosecution of Witness K and Bernard Collaery

It’s four years since the Australian Parliament amended the Marriage Act 1961 to provide that marriage means ‘the union of two people to the exclusion of all others’. The legislation followed the plebiscite on same sex marriage.  To address the concerns of some religious groups, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull set up an expert panel chaired by long time Liberal Party minister Philip Ruddock to report on whether Australian law adequately protected the human right to freedom of religion. Ha...

It’s a good thing we’re winning the cricket because the government has collapsed, the virus is out of control and corporate mates are profiteering.

Australians will finally be able to get ahold of a rapid antigen test by the end of the week at Chemist Warehouse, as a supply shortage grips the country.

The head of the consumer watchdog has lashed out at businesses actively price gouging COVID-19 rapid antigen tests, calling the actions of retailers unconscionable.

UNSW Professor Raina McIntyre said the disease will never become endemic which would mean it is always around but does not spread out of control.

The British Government has been mailing free rapid tests to peoples homes since April but Mr Morrison has refused to adopt a similar model in Australia over cost fears.

The director of Chemist Warehouse has called on Scott Morrison to drop the GST on rapid antigen tests to help Australians afford the kits without breaking the bank.