Claire Bickers
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Perth, WA, Australia
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Allies threatened to cut off intelligence: Australian Federal Police
Foreign spies are using journalism ‘as a cover’ in Australia, spy agency ASIO has told a press freedom inquiry as the nation’s top cops revealed an allied country had threatened to stop sharing intelligence over one leak to the media. → Read More
Peter Dutton implies journalists committed crimes following media raids
Peter Dutton has come under fire after he refused to drop the AFP probe into three journalists subject to recent raids. → Read More
How a tense dinner between Luke Howarth and Craig Laundy set the scene for the rolling of a PM
An explosive documentary has revealed new detail about the knifing of Malcolm Turnbull — and suggests the party’s wounds are far from healed. → Read More
Celebrity scams are on the rise as social media users are ‘conned’ out of $64,000
Fraudsters are ripping off Australian social media users via fake news, with the consumer watchdog seeing a huge spike in celebrity endorsement con jobs. → Read More
ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie sacked
MICHELLE Guthrie is considering taking legal action after her shock sacking, but at least one ABC staffer has applauded the decision. → Read More
Chaos in Indonesia as tourists scramble to get evacuated after massive earthquake
SHOCKING vision from Lombok shows thousands of panicked tourists boarding tiny boats in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake, as Julie Bishop issues an urgent message to Australians on the island. → Read More
Weigh kids at primary school to fight Australia’s obesity crisis
OFFICIAL figures show one in five children aged two to four is overweight and one in four children aged five to 17 is overweight or obese — but experts predict the real number to be higher. → Read More
Thailand cave rescue: Richard Harris opens up about experience on flight home to Australia
AUSTRALIAN diver Richard Harris has penned a touching account of how the Thai cave rescue mission became a reality. → Read More
Coalition MPs give verdict on Barnaby Joyce’s $150,000 paid interview on his new son Sebastian
DOES Barnaby Joyce’s $150,000 tell-all television interview deal with Channel 7 pass the pub test? It depends on the pub, according to his colleagues. → Read More
Julie Bishop praises Donald Trump for North Korea progress amid calls for a Nobel Peace Prize
JULIE Bishop says Donald Trump will deserve the highest praise if he can help broker peace with North Korea but she remains sceptical of the rogue nation’s promise to denuclearise. → Read More
Julia Gillard requests most diplomatic assistance of any previous PM
AN audience with the Pope and VIP passage through airports are just some of the things former prime ministers have called on Aussie diplomats to arrange for them overseas. → Read More
Twitter hack: Joe Hockey denies he ‘liked’ tweet calling PM Malcolm Turnbull a ‘cranky prick’
JOE Hockey is the latest political figure to be caught up in a Twitter hack scandal after his account liked a tweet that made a rude comment about Malcolm Turnbull. → Read More
Australia declares Raqqa has been liberated from ISIS by lifting its travel ban on the region
FOREIGN minister Julie Bishop has declared Raqqa liberated from ISIS in a ‘major step forward’. → Read More
Juvenile Justice Royal Commission says Don Dale Youth Detention Centre must close in NT
THE notorious Don Dale centre, where Dylan Voller and others were tear gassed and spithooded has been told to close, but one MP says the report is misleading. → Read More
Barnaby Joyce reveals he considered quitting politics amid High Court citizenship saga
JULIE Bishop has admitted there may be a few of Barnaby Joyces ministerial decisions that are now vulnerable to legal challenge after he was disqualified from Parliament by the High Court. → Read More
Labor calls for Michaelia Cash to resign over AWU raid, accuses Malcolm Turnbull of involvement
MICHAELIA Cash has recommended the Australian Federal Police investigate the circumstances around media being tipped off to police raids on the Australian Workers Union after one of her own staff admitted to being the leak. → Read More
Dog killed owner months after savage attack
THE dog that killed a Canberra woman this morning had previously attacked a person, according to ACT City Services minister Meegan Fitzharris. → Read More
Drug deaths: ABS stats show drug induced deaths at highest rate since 90s
DRUG related deaths have reached alarming rates in Australia, with the nation recording its highest number in 20 years. → Read More
ACCC boss Rod Sims delivers dire warning over soaring power prices
AUSTRALIANS are having to choose between paying their medical bills and paying their electricity costs, according to the nations consumer watchdog. → Read More
Gay marriage: Turnbull Government, Labor work to draft postal vote ground rules
AS both sides of politics work to draft ground rules for the gay marriage postal vote, Bill Shorten says tougher protections than elections might be needed. → Read More