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The Abbott government is facing widespread condemnation for siphoning funds from the Royal Commission into institutional sexual abuse while its budget continues to divide as the parliamentary week draws on. Follow the news from Canberra live... 3.5...

Today’s tales from the worlds of economics, politics and the environment — plus added Fukusihmapocalypse Now! — opens with hope for modest relief for some via the Guardian: Sallie Mae and Justice Department in $60m deal over military...

Subjects: The Coalition's plans for a stronger Australia; Julia Gillard’s carbon tax; the Coalition's $1 billion commitment to Brisbane's Gateway Motorway extension; Royal Commission into child sexual abuse; indigenous representation in Parliament; Queensland...

How Vladimir Putin’s desperate hold on power is fuelling the next revolution by Michael Petrou Illustration by Adrian Lee I. In late April, the forests surrounding Pikalyovo, an industrial city 250 km east of St. Petersburg, are still blanketed...

From Ian: Palestinians: Welcome to the World of Western-Funded Terrorism Palestinians and their families are being financially rewarded by the West for taking part in terror attacks against Jews. It does not take a brain surgeon to figure out that...