Amid the ongoing flight upgrade scandal, Coalition frontbencher Bridget McKenzie concedes she was wrong to initially be so "emphatic" in her denial of never having received any free flight upgrades.
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An emperor penguin is discovered on a beach in Denmark, Western Australia, marking the first reported sighting of the species in Australia.
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Co-deputy leader of the Victorian Greens Sam Hibbins resigns from the party to sit as an independent after being suspended from the party room following his admission to breaching party rules by havin
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A Federal Court judge rules that One Nation leader Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi when Hanson told Faruiqi to "piss off back to Pakistan" on X after
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Amid the ongoing flight upgrade scandal, federal education minister Jason Clare admits to asking for and receiving a free flight upgrade on an international Qantas flight for personal reasons in 2019.
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The High Court of Australia strikes down an emergency law requiring migrants with criminal records to wear tracking bracelets and observe a curfew, saying that only judges can impose such punishments.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton both congratulate Donald Trump for winning the 2024 United States presidential election.
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Shadow transport minister Bridget McKenzie apologises after admitting to failing to disclose 16 free flight upgrades between 2015 and 2024.
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The ACMA announces Optus had paid a $12 million fine over its 2023 network outage with the ACMA ruling Optus had breached emergency call rules and had failed to conduct welfare checks on 369 people wh
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Prime Minister Albanese confirms that the federal government will introduce legislation later in the month to ban young people under the age of 16 from using social media.
