Scott Morrison has emphatically ruled out lifting the $40-a-day rate of Newstart, warning campaigners including Barnaby Joyce they are out of touch with what voters want. The Prime Minister, who credits “the quiet Australians” with his election victory, said voters want the welfare system to work for taxpayers too. “I’m not going to lead people on about this. You ask …

Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar has used parliamentary privilege to accuse those challenging the eligibility of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to sit in Parliament of being “disgusting, disgruntled, debauched” and anti-semitic. The extraordinary attack was condemned as “a total abuse of parliamentary privilege” on Thursday night. But Mr Sukkar said he felt compelled to highlight the issue, given the rise of anti-semitism. …

Former foreign minister Julie Bishop is to become the next chancellor of the Australian National University. The retired Liberal politician will replace former Labor politician Gareth Evans, and will be the first woman to hold the role. Ms Bishop – who left federal parliament at the election in May after more than 20 years – will begin a three-year term …

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been accused of peddling porkies after claiming people on the dole secure $130 a fortnight on average in extra payments. The New Daily asked welfare groups, the Department of Social Services and the Australian National University to crunch the numbers. The Department’s figures show a majority of people on Newstart – 51 per cent – …

Challenges have been lodged against two sitting Victorian MPs in the High Court, claiming dirty tricks during the May 2019 federal election campaign. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and newbie member for Chisholm, Gladys Liu, are both facing allegations of misleading and deceptive conduct, over Chinese language posters displayed in their electorates on polling day. Meanwhile, Frydenberg is also facing a second …

Owners of units in Sydney’s Opal Tower are seeking millions of dollars in compensation from the State Government in a class-action lawsuit. In documents lodged with the NSW Supreme Court late on Friday, owners of the western Sydney apartment tower are suing the Sydney Olympic Park Authority (SOPA), the owner of the land on which the Opal Tower sits. The …

Three convicted terrorists will spend more than a decade each behind bars for firebombing a Melbourne mosque in an attack motivated by hate, intolerance and malevolence. Ahmed Mohamed and Abdullah Chaarani attempted once to burn the Imam Ali Islamic Centre at Fawkner in November 2016, before succeeding in a second attempt a month later, helped by Hatim Moukhaiber. Mohamed and …

A woman who threw an egg at the Prime Minister’s head during an election campaign event has been sentenced to an 18-month community corrections order and will have to complete 150 hours of community service. Amber Holt, 25, was sentenced at the Albury Local Court on Tuesday. Magistrate Rodney Brender said it was unacceptable for citizens to be subject to …

Labor has demanded the Morrison government reveal how many teenagers could be temporarily banned from returning to Australia after fighting with Islamic State overseas. New laws to temporarily prevent foreign fighters from returning to Australia will be debated in Parliament this week. Children as young as 14 could be banned from returning. Labor’s deputy Senate leader Kristina Keneally has called …

HWPL and partner organisations IWPG and IPYG, extensively volunteer in community services to commemorate the UN Public Service Day 2019 Sydney, June 23, 2019 – Over the month of June, HWPL Sydney has been volunteering extensively in a series of community services initiatives across NSW, to commemorate the United Nations Public Service Day on the 23rd of June 2019. The …