10+ hour, 27+ min ago   (397+ words) A bizarre alleged blackmail plot against an independent mayor has been explored at a state corruption hearing. Matthew Blackmore admitted he did not always plan on honouring agreements made with Strathfield Council colleagues at an Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing…...

13+ hour, 38+ min ago   (324+ words) A prominent athlete has looked Alan Jones in the eye as he prepared to describe how the radio king allegedly kissed and sexually touched him without consent. The athlete has elected to appear in person in a Sydney Local Court…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (445+ words) Students will be forced back to pen and paper as a state government moves to cap daily screen time to as little as 15 minutes against a backdrop of falling test scores. NSW public schools will introduce daily screen-time limits for…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (494+ words) The prime minister has mounted an emotional defence of his late mother after "nasty" comments from Pauline Hanson resurfaced, in which the One Nation leader criticised her long social housing tenure. Senator Hanson has been slammed as unfit to govern…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (488+ words) A rift has opened up in the Greens after the federal party opted not to kill off Labor's controversial carbon accounting scheme, defying calls from party elders and a handful of senators. Tasmanian senators Nick McKim and Vanessa Bleyer, as…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (441+ words) A prominent author and journalist is revealing how a radio staffer broke down in tears and was “revolted” when alleging he was groped by talkback titan Alan Jones. Peter FitzSimons entered the witness box in a Sydney court on Thursday…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (472+ words) Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie has doubled down on his attacks on Pauline Hanson after a social media post from the One Nation leader labelled him as a traitor. The former special forces soldier said Senator Hanson and One Nation MP…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (303+ words) Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce have been labelled "lying cowards" by a federal Liberal MP as a row over an alleged war criminal intensifies. Liberal MP Andrew Hastie claimed in an email to supporters this week Senator Hanson had branded…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (457+ words) A former radio staffer confided in a friend that he had been groped without consent by Alan Jones but said it was just how the radio king behaved, a court has been told. The friend testified about the conversation as…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (577+ words) Social media users could be better protected from harmful content and addictive systems under minimum standards for tech giants. Draft laws setting up a digital duty of care were introduced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday. Social media companies…...