Chinese ownership of agricultural land soars

• EXCLUSIVE

The amount of agricultural land owned by Chinese interests has soared above three million hectares, more than double the 1.46 million declared by the Australian Tax Office last month, according to a Fairfax Media analysis of reported land sales.

Doctors criticise handling of medical cases on Nauru and Manus Island

The AMA has detailed shocking cases of apparent medical neglect, wasting and severe ill-health among asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru, and accused immigration bureaucrats of failing to adequately follow up cases.

Court to hand down watershed 18C racism judgment

A watershed moment in the push to wind back racial discrimination laws is set to unfold on Friday.

Found! The tow truck driver and the $7.50 key that could bring down a senator

• EXCLUSIVE

"I've never struck anyone with his strange attitude, I'll say," says tow truck driver John Dunn.

New MH370 report suggests plane dived rapidly

A new report by Australian investigators into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 effectively rules out the possibility of a controlled descent into the Indian Ocean.

Indigenous Affairs Minister 'disappointed' Tony Abbott wants his job

A 'disappointed' Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion says he won't make way for former prime minister Tony Abbott.

Dump minister, install Abbott to heal rift, says close friend Cate McGregor

"Only the discipline of the cabinet can completely align Abbott with his own avowed mission, the re-election of this government."

'Criminals': Liberal Party members call for blanket immigration ban

"Also, all the jihadists here! Surely, this crap must stop! Shut the door NOW! Do we NEED these people?"

Government frees up its own hand and tries to force Labor's

• ANALYSIS

Malcolm Turnbull began Sunday's press conference with a fairly unabridged account of Australia's asylum seeker policy since 2008, strewn with a Halloween horror show of unauthorised arrivals, budget blowouts and deaths at sea.