12+ hour, 34+ min ago   (425+ words) The Justice Department’s internal watchdogs are losing staff just as complaints are climbing. One of the department’s oversight offices says filings have hit a 20-year high, while its investigations have fallen to a 20-year low. The squeeze matters far beyond…...

9+ hour, 4+ min ago   (324+ words) Facebook’s parent company Meta is directly paying several controversial content creators, including a white nationalist with neo-Nazi links and a prominent anti-vaxxer, according to an ABC NEWS Verify investigation published on August 6, 2026. The findings cut to a sharp question for…...

23+ hour, 1+ min ago   (294+ words) The Australian Broadcasting Corp has apologised to mining magnate Gina Rinehart after a satirical Race Around the World episode drew a complaint over a violent reference to her. The broadcaster’s own ombudsman, however, found the July 12 episode did not breach…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (322+ words) South Africa’s parliament has been advised not to judge President Cyril Ramaphosa’s impeachment case by the rules used in criminal courts. The legal opinion says the constitutional process is different, and MPs need a separate test. The advice comes as…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (338+ words) South Africa’s state-run Post Office has posted its first unqualified audit opinion in six years, a rare bright spot for an institution still under heavy strain. The clean audit for the latest financial year shows its financial statements fairly reflect…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (410+ words) Police could lose control of serious criminal cases involving US military personnel accused of offences on UK soil, and ministers are now asking why British police could lose control of serious criminal cases involving US military personnel accused of offences…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (313+ words) The co-founder of the secretive NSW Reformers faction, Robert Assaf, has told a corruption inquiry he did not think political fundraising laws covered the group. The Independent Commission Against Corruption is examining whether members accepted money from donors barred from…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (535+ words) Australia’s corruption watchdog has heard explosive claims that three New South Wales Liberal Party operatives struck a secret deal with fugitive developer Jean Nassif worth $2 million, in exchange for helping him push out the state’s then-building commissioner and damage a…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (540+ words) Victoria’s Labor government was thrown into a leadership fight on Tuesday morning, with Premier Jacinta Allan facing a spill meeting in Melbourne just months before the state election. The move puts her tenure at immediate risk and opens the door…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (523+ words) Britain’s health service could buckle unless ministers fix social care, Prime Minister Andy Burnham has warned, putting one of the country’s oldest policy failures at the centre of his first major interview since taking office. He said he would not…...