Australia will get a new prime minister this Friday. No matter who it is, the damage to the government over the past week is beyond repair. Even though the Dutton camp abandoned collecting signatures to meet Malcolm Turnbull’s benchmark of 43 members signing up for a special meeting, it will go ahead. A clue was the PM telling colleagues not …

A religious leader accused of illegal land clearing on a rural property used for religious prayer has claimed a Western Sydney council is infringing on his group’s religious freedoms by pursuing him over the allegations. Hawkesbury City Council has launched civil action against Dr Mustapha Kara-Ali and Diaa Kara-Ali in the Land and Environment Court, alleging they carried out illegal …

How would you feel about paying $28 for a jar of instant coffee, $9 for a box of instant oats, or $16 for laundry detergent? The “inflated” prices were recorded last month at remote stores in Queensland, many of which are run by a group controlled by the State Government. Lockhart River Mayor Wayne Butcher said shoppers in remote Indigenous …

Real estate listings company Domain Holdings has experienced a 120 per cent drop in full-year profit. The company reported a $6.2 million loss in the 2017-18 financial year, which is a significant drop from the $23.5 million net profit it posted in the prior year. Domain’s loss was effected by a write-down of $29.6 million, predominantly related to its print …

Three men have been charged over their alleged involvement in the execution-style murder of former bikie boss Mahmoud “Mick” Hawi in Sydney’s south. On Friday, two members of the criminal gang Lone Wolf, aged 37 and 38, were arrested while leaving a barber shop in Bexley and charged with the former Comanchero boss’s murder. A 36-year-old Brighton Le Sands man …

And with that, it was over. The clock finally running out on “Timmy Time”. Arguably Australia’s most important player in its footballing history signed off an international career that has featured 107 games, four World Cup Finals and a record 50 goals, with a last public engagement that contained laughter, tears and a leisurely meander down memory lane. And what …

Claims by Peter Dutton that Australia does a lot of heavy lifting for New Zealand’s security have not gone down well with New Zealand’s acting prime minister. In an continuing trans-Tasman stoush over Australia’s deportation regime, Home Affairs Minister Mr Dutton last week said New Zealand needed to keep in mind that Australia was a buffer between it and boats …

Even before the small tsunami of opinion polls crashed down upon them on Monday, the major parties were already attempting to twist how the media was predicting who would win the upcoming by-elections on Super Saturday. Expectations management is the name of the game at this point, with less than a week to go until polling day. It’s always preferable …

Police are investigating how Sydney father John Edwards obtained a firearms licence and was allowed to take weapons from a gun range before shooting dead his teenage son and daughter. Jack, 15, and Jennifer, 13, died huddled together in their bedroom in West Pennant Hills Sydney just before 5.20pm on Thursday after their 68-year-old father shot them numerous times. On Saturday the children’s mother, …

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull wanted to talk about Bill Shorten and why a Labor government would not be worthy of votes and trust, but the the Liberal National Party faithful at the annual state convention in Brisbane had other priorities. While Mr Turnbull set out to paint the Liberals as the party of aspiration, compared with Labor’s “party of grievance”, …