Australia should take Trump's trade threats against China 'very seriously'

Australia will be forced to choose between the military security of the US and the economic opportunity of China, experts warn.

'We should all be shocked' leader of university with worst results comforts students

Australian universities have been hammered by the results of the world's largest survey into sexual assault on campus after the Human Rights Commission labelled its findings "unacceptable".

One in five students sexually harassed at university, landmark report reveals

University students are experiencing an "alarming" rate of sexual assault on campus, a survey of 31,000 Australian students has found.

'I only had one semester left': Matilda claims staff member raped her

"My degree, my chance to graduate. My career. My education. My health and happiness. Friends, trust. confidence, curiosity and hope."

Millions spent preparing for wave of sexual assault reports

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The impending release has sent universities scrambling to provide enough frontline services for students and to radically alter the culture of their campuses.

Thousands of Australian apartment blocks 'at risk of Grenfell-style fire'

A senate inquiry has been warned of potentially tragic consequences from Australia's lax building laws.

'I'm not an idiot': Senators react to Greens resignation

The shock resignation of Greens senator Larissa Waters on Tuesday has triggered a wave of overseas born federal MPs scrambling to declare their Australian allegiance.

'Cruel and immoral': One million homes left empty across Australia

Australia has 200,000 more homes sitting empty than it had a decade ago, new figures show, despite the country grappling with a housing supply shortage.

'We might wake up and find the peasants are revolting'

"Every now and then I just wonder whether this was a gathering of the Ancien regime and that we are all eating cake at Marie Antoinette's party," says Varghese. "One day we might wake up and find the peasants are revolting."