Brandis announces inquiry into Indigenous incarceration rates
The national law reform commission will investigate ways to reduce high indigenous incarceration rates, which Attorney-General George Brandis has described as a "national tragedy."
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Jane Lee
Legal affairs, health and science reporter
Liberals refer Labor 'Medicare' text message to police
The Liberal party has filed a police complaint over Queensland Labor's election day text message to voters, which appeared to be from Medicare.
ALP sends voters text messages as 'Medicare'
Labor's Queensland branch appears to have posed as Medicare to send messages to voters' phones on election day, urging them not to vote for the Coalition.
Abbott would have campaigned on zombie savings
Tony Abbott has taken an apparent swipe at the campaign strategy of Malcolm Turnbull.
Coalition voters 'more divided' on key issues
Coalition voters are more divided on key policy issues than Labor voters, including on same-sex marriage, climate change and constitutional recognition of indigenous Australians, according to a poll.
Big health challenges missing from campaign
Whoever wins the federal election will eventually have to confront major health reforms, including changes to Medicare.
Turnbull's firefighter plan 'unconstitutional'
Prime Minister's Malcolm Turnbull's promise to change workplace laws to protect volunteer firefighters would put him on the losing end of a High Court battle with both Liberal and Labor state governments, a legal expert says.
Signs Medicare claims 'damaged Shorten'
Labor's claim a Coalition government would privatise Medicare appears to have backfired, causing more damage to leader Bill Shorten's standing than that of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, a weekly media analysis shows.
Lawyers call for women barrister target
Australia's peak lawyers' group is calling on government and company lawyers to raise the number of women barristers they brief to represent them in court to narrow the gender gap at the bar.
Parties go missing on health, immigration
Coalition and Labor unlikely to debate health and immigration, two biggest issues in final weeks of election campaign, with both parties' negotiations with National Press Club coming to a standstill.
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