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The incident involving the 42-year-old happened last year on April 22. Two police officers stopped Pusey when he was reportedly driving his Porsche at 149kph on the Eastern Freeway. Two more officers joined them at the scene. Then a truck veered into the emergency lane, fatally injuring all four cops, …

The Australian defence forces have had a busy 12 months. There’s been the release of a high-level report alleging unlawful killings by elite troops of Afghan citizens, the announcement of the withdrawal of the nation’s final 80 troops from that field of battle and the launch of a billion-dollar, homegrown missile …

Australia’s decision to invest AU$1 billion in building its own weapons facility instead of importing them from abroad should be seen for what it really is, a distraction from a disgraceful series of sex scandals that have rocked the government and a return to the paranoid Sinophobia that has existed …

“We don’t investigate people because of their religious views – it’s violence that is relevant to our powers – but that’s not always clear when we use the term ‘Islamic extremism’,” Mike Burgess, the director-general of ASIO said. “Understandably, some Muslim groups – and others – see this term as …

The dramatic #MeToo sex scandal involving the Australian attorney general, Christian Porter, has gathered serious momentum over the past week, destroying careers, trampling over the rule of law and plunging Australian politics into complete and utter disarray. This will come as no surprise to those who understand the fundamentally irrational …

Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code, which first emerged in 2019, became the focus of a rather loud public feud between Canberra and the two digital advertising behemoths in recent weeks. The new regulations would significantly change how the Australian media and companies like Google and Facebook, which use news content …

Australia has long been the country with the second highest rate of vasectomies in the world. Since the beginning of the pandemic, however, the rate of sterilisation has doubled! According to Australian psychiatrist Dr Tanveer Ahmed, young male vegans are getting the snip because they believe it helps reduce population …

Rich lists are a funny thing – they never really give you a warm, fuzzy feeling. Quite the opposite in fact. While those who compile them are motivated by an inquisitive nature – Who owns what? Where does all the money go? – these tables ranking life’s financial success stories …

Admiral Chris Barrie, who led the Australian Defence Force from 1998 to 2002, called for a royal commission to investigate allegations that Australian special forces in Afghanistan carried out unlawful killings, and insisted that responsibility for such crimes ultimately rests with the country’s military command. A four-year investigation, led by …

The ongoing row between Australia and its largest trading partner, China, begs one simple question: since when did us Aussies become so thin-skinned? One offensive social media meme posted by a functionary of the Chinese government and the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China has launched a ‘buy Aussie wine’ campaign in …