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The head lawyer in charge of the Robodebt Royal Commission has highlighted the “human toll” of the scheme its operation, and the “impenetrable bureaucracy” victims were confronted with when they sought to understand why they had been hit…

A teenage repeat offender responsible for a stolen car crash that killed his 14-year-old friend has been handed a seven-year sentence.Queensland prosecutors expressed doubt over whether the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, could…

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has accused the Albanese Government of being “anti-WA” and “anti-farming” as it pushes ahead with a plan to shut down live sheep exports.Mr Dutton has recommitted the Coalition government “100 per cent” to…

Lidia Thorpe has claimed she was sexually assaulted four times by Labor and Liberal figures in her first six months after becoming a member of parliament.The independent senator made the allegations on Friday when addressing reports she…

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration's 2024 budget relies almost entirely on additional revenue created by raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans and corporations and by letting the Trump-era tax cuts expire.If several of the proposals,…

Anthony Albanese has refused to say how much it will cost to shore up Australia’s military capability, saying he doesn’t want to “pluck a figure out in order to get a headline in a newspaper”.With the government poised to make a series of…

Police in Utah shot and killed a 25-year-old man during a traffic stop earlier this month after he refused to obey commands.An officer yelled out that the young motorist had a gun, before five officers fired into his car, body camera…

A nondescript suite of offices in a bland building tucked in a quiet Miami suburb seemed as good a place as any for a medical supply company to rent some office space.But this company rented space two floors above a regional office of the…

The candidates in the Aston by-election are poised to find out who will take out the most prized spot on the ballot papers — and who will miss out.The Australian Electoral Commission’s draw to determine the order of names candidates will…

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., March 4, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | ReutersProsecutors in New York City…