Lawyer Clancy Dane says a shortage of legal aid, exacerbated by the state government’s tough-on-crime agenda, is leaving vulnerable people without the right to a fair trial. Now, he’s fighting to change that.
Five months into an 18-month trial to reduce aircraft noise in Brisbane, residents have voiced concerns over its uptake.
BP’s sacked chairman Albert Manifold has pushed back against what he described as a “false narrative” surrounding his removal from the British oil major.
The Federal Court has slugged Westpac with a $26 million penalty for failing to respond to customers who were facing financial hardship.
Queenslanders Adam Walton and Kimberly Birrell have caused two of the biggest sensations of the French Open, defeating marquee players at Roland Garros.
A second group of women and children linked to Islamic State has returned to Australia after years spent in a Syrian refugee camp.
Sea World rescue teams have helped save a humpback whale which became stranded on a sandbank in a lake on the New South Wales Coast.
Australia’s inaugural National Anti-Corruption Commissioner has quit his post two years early amid ongoing questions about potential conflicts of interest.
Essendon have sacked AFL coach Brad Scott with the experienced mentor paying the price for their horror AFL season.
Prisoners serving a life sentence may be kept behind bars for up to 10 years longer than their non-parole period under a state government’s proposed changes.
Neale Daniher, the former AFL player and coach who became an inspiration for his fight against motor neurone disease, has died aged 65. The PM saying “we all grieve for a great Australian”.
Ten people have been injured after horrifying turbulence aboard a Cathay Pacific flight from Brisbane to Hong Kong.
The $45.6 billion price tag for inland rail was only a modest estimate, prompting the federal government to scrap part of the project amid planning delays.
Brisbane has won its bid to host a global investment conference, with the event estimated to connect more than $10 trillion worth of assets with investors.
Tennis Australia is expected to unveil NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo as Craig Tiley’s successor.
US President Donald Trump is hosing down expectations of an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war with Iran.
Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek discusses the pressure for a national reckoning, the limits of government response and the growing concern about how violence is shaping the lives of young people.
A man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after police say he stabbed a woman and teenage boy and set fire to their home.
A coastal community has been left shocked after a spearfisherman was killed by a shark attack, despite witnesses rushing to his aid.
Independent MPs say they are open to the teals forming their own political party, but have so far declined to say how far talks have progressed.
Activists detained by Israel after being part of a flotilla delivering food and health aid to Gaza have arrived home in emotional scenes after claims of beatings and abuse.
The logics of “vampire economics” are alive and well in modern Australia – and that’s why we need vampire hunters, according to Simon Kuestenmacher.
One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce has apologised to a journalist after a staffer told her to “shut up”, in the latest in a string of run-ins between the populist party and the press.
