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Every one of Australia's universities has committed to simultaneously releasing data on sexual assaults on their campuses after concerns were raised about a landmark survey of 39,000 students that would only reveal nationwide data.

• 12 mins ago

 As the Fitzroy River inches closer to a nine-metre peak that will swamp Queensland homes and businesses, 1500 kilometres away in Canberra, hundreds of Centrelink staff are swinging into action.

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Former Family First senator Bob Day was ineligible due to an inappropriate pecuniary interest with the Commonwealth.

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"Quite frankly there are worse people than Assad and you simply don't know what you'd get if he were to be replaced".

Labor demands a major IT review as Taylor turns to banking sector to get digital transformation back on track.

"Banks understand that they are swimming against the tide of powerful global forces that can be extremely exhausting and dispiriting".

Photos and videos show victims choking and foaming at the mouth.

Treasurer Scott Morrison has hit back at suggestions the government should tighten tax breaks for investors to improve housing affordability in Australia, arguing increased supply is the best way to manage the problem.

Controversial anti-Islam activist and former Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali says authorities need to more effectively "assimilate" Muslim immigrants already settled in Australia.

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe intervenes in the debate over tax and home prices before the May budget.

Meet woman who de-radicalised nearly 200 potential terrorists.

Live reptiles, venomous vipers and two large tarantulas have been found inside a box shipped to Australia from northern Europe.

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Black economy is hard to tackle because Australians see cash-only payments as 'almost a national sport'.

The Australian Electoral Commission has been asked to investigate claims that Pauline Hanson's One Nation party breached electoral disclosure laws by failing to declare a private plane allegedly donated by a Victorian businessman.

In her years as Governor-General, Quentin Bryce wrote 50 letters a week to Australians from all ranks of life.

The people of Talbingo (population 390+1, according to the sign) have seen a lot of politics lately. A few weeks ago they hosted the Prime Minister. Now they've got the prime minister in exile.

Victoria is growing increasingly frustrated with Canberra over progress on a national redress scheme for victims of abuse in institutional and state care.

The Turnbull government's $24 billion company tax cut will boost the economy by less than 0.2 per cent when fully implemented, according to a preliminary analysis by the Grattan Institute.

'I tell you what, if you go down the pub and you talk to small business people, they're not talking about econometric models. What they're talking about is how they're going to grow their businesses,' said Scott Morrison.

Acrimony over the future of school funding has deepened, with federal and state education ministers to meet later this week.

Malcolm Turnbull has copped an extraordinary spray for the "insensitive" and "dangerous" timing of his trip to PNG ahead of local elections.

A member of Bill Shorten's frontbench team has been drawn into a corruption inquiry into dodgy political donations but says he has nothing to hide.

Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen is on a collision course with his own party.

One Nation has been accused of buying a private plane with money donated by a Victorian businessman and using it to "ferry Pauline Hanson around" without properly disclosing the donation to authorities, possibly placing the party in breach of electoral laws.

A renowned Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist and entrepreneur, who is considered the father of microfinance, has warned that growing inequality is a "ticking time-bomb" that will "explode" the political system if it is not addressed.

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Australian Human Rights Commission accused of "betraying" thousands of university students through "unconscionable research" that never received full ethics approval.

Former Labor leader promises "Australia's most politically incorrect news" on new Facebook page.

Unions will campaign against the Turnbull government's $24 billion in company tax cuts all the way through until the next election, putting pressure on Labor to agree to reverse the measure.

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The $5 million campaign encourages customers to order a ring that says "until we all belong".