Gladys Liu’s Liberal Party branch pushed an unusual motion within the Liberal Party to relax foreign investment laws prior to her becoming a federal MP. At the 2017 Victorian Liberal Party conference, the party’s Eastern Multicultural Branch, of which Ms Liu was the president, proposed a motion that would make foreign investment in agribusiness and agricultural land easier without approval …

A push by the federal government to impose an immediate ban on mobile phones in Australian classrooms has divided education professionals across the country. The technology crackdown, raised by Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan, is intended to curb cyberbullying and follows Victoria’s decision to introduce a phone ban in all state schools from next year. Mr Tehan met with state and territory …

Detectives initially charged 17 people in May over their alleged links to a fake business called Red Roses Family Day Care. It was alleged the illegitimate company accumulated the sum in rebates in ten months alone by exploiting the federal government’s childcare subsidy scheme. Police have claimed the alleged scam could be as many as 100 childcare fraud syndicates operating …

Gladys Liu’s association with Chinese figures who were deemed a security risk was the subject of an ASIO investigation even before she entered Parliament or became a Liberal Party candidate. The ABC understands ASIO Director-General Duncan Lewis advised that then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, based on the guest list, should not attend a “meet and greet” organised by Ms Liu in …

There is a lot to Aron Baynes’s game these days, but the Boomers’ heavy-hitter is still keeping things simple. The intimidating centre was instrumental in shutting down French NBA star Rudy Gobert in Australia’s 100-98 basketball World Cup win that set up a Wednesday quarter-final against the Czech Republic. New Phoenix Suns signing Baynes (21 points) made five-of-six triples and …

Clouds of thick black smoke are billowing from a large fire at a factory in Sydney’s south-west, with one witness describing the noise during the fire as “bomb-like explosions”. More than 20 fire crews with 100 firefighters were called to Yulong Close in Moorebank after the fire engulfed the Baker & Co food factory just before 2:00pm. Aerial footage shows …

Sydney, August 24, 2019 – A peace conference to celebrate the inauguration of Afghan Peace Foundation as well as to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the September 18th World Peace Summit’ was co – hosted by the International Women’s Peace Group (IWPG), Sydney branch, Australia, Branch Chief Manager, Lydia Im and Afghan Peace Foundation, President, Tahera Jehanbeen, on August 24th, …

NSW police are investigating whether former ALP power broker Sam Dastyari should be slapped with a $2200 fine after riding a lime green share bike on a Sydney footpath. Mr Dastyari, a former Labor senator, was riding the bike in a suit and helmet along the Elizabeth Street footpath on Thursday morning on his way to testifying at an anti-corruption probe …

  For the first time, the long-term outlook for the Great Barrier Reef has been downgraded from “poor” to “very poor” by the federal government’s five-year reef report. The evidence-based report is written by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, and reviewed and released by the federal Environment Minister. The report said climate change is escalating and is the …

Worksafe are investigating the tragic death of a 22-year-old apprentice jockey after she died in a fall during pre-dawn training at a racecourse in Melbourne, police have confirmed. The female apprentice rider from Clyde fell while training at Cranbourne Racecourse in Melbourne’s south-east about 4.35am on Friday morning. Her death is not being treated as suspicious and no other riders were …