Royal anthem gets republican twist in new ad campaign

"God save our gracious queen! Long live our noble queen! God save the queen!"

Why the TPP faced an uphill battle from start to finish

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, dead as we know it ten years after negotiations began, was designed to create major changes in the economies of the 12 signatory countries, including Australia.

'Psychographic' data firm behind Trump and Brexit considers Australia move

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They were digital team who figured out how Donald Trump could win - and they're now eyeing off Australia.

When do you give up on a mystery? The torturous MH370 question

"We will spend what we need to spend to get this job done," former prime minister Tony Abbott declared in March 2014, shortly after the multi-country effort to find recently downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.

MH370 victims' families condemn decision to end Indian Ocean search

Transport Minister Darren Chester says the underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 could be re-established but only if compelling new information came to light that pinpointed the location of the aircraft.

One Nation brands Centrelink robo-debt recovery 'malicious' and 'criminal'

One Nation senator Brian Burston has labelled Centrelink's contentious debt-recovery system "malicious and bordering on the criminal", adding Pauline Hanson's party to the chorus of concern surrounding the automated clawback.

Australian, Malaysian and Chinese governments give up search for MH370

"The decision to suspend the underwater search has not been taken lightly nor without sadness."

Half of our 12,000 refugees to be settled by just one Sydney council

Fairfield City Council, which welcomed 3000 humanitarian arrivals last year, has been told to expect the same again.

Keating condemns US secretary of state nominee's South China Sea

Former prime minister Paul Keating has rounded on the incoming US secretary of state Rex Tillerson, accusing him of threatening to bring on war with China by making "ludicrous" comments on the tense South China Sea dispute.