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The Senate committee describes the government's use of claims as 'at best lazy and at worst a deliberate abuse' of process.

Queensland Law Reform Commission chair Justice Peter Applegarth has warned of more delays for the state's voluntary assisted dying laws.

While some experts in the domestic violence sector argue it's a matter of 'how and when' coercive control is criminalised in NSW, others are calling on all alternatives to be considered.

Domestic violence academics, community workers, police and legal experts will front the parliamentary inquiry into coercive control in domestic relationships.

MP Ted Hui was once dragged by force from the chamber. He and fellow pro-democracy politicians are pushing for Australia to do more for those in Beijing's crosshairs.

As the race heats up to charm Riverton's Chinese voters, Labor's advertising in a pro-Beijing newspaper linked to China's United Front has raised eyebrows.

A looming merger of the Family Court has sparked outrage after the government ignored dozens of legal experts campaigning against the change.

On Wednesday night, the Senate narrowly passed a bill that will see the Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court merge.

Lawsuit claims 'disregard for health and safety requirements' and retaliation against employees who raised alarms

'You disgust me': Jacqui Lambie lashes government over controversial plan

One year on from the brutal murder of Hannah Clarke and her children, Qld Premier announces an independent taskforce to consult on coercive control legislation

Women politicians across each level of government have been shortlisted for the 2020 McKinnon Prize in Emerging Political Leadership.

Manhattan DA investigating $360 million in Donald Trump loans

<p>The government has ditched its controversial plan to suspend a law ensuring workers are left better off overall when negotiating new pay ageements, after failing to secure support from the Senate crossbench.</p>

Seven Republicans broke from their party and voted to convict former US president Donald Trump in his Senate trial. Some of them are already feeling the repercussions.

The government claims Labor's industrial relations proposals would be a "massive pay cut for workers", as the bitter fight over workers' rights grows.

Cuomo refused for months to release data on how the pandemic hit nursing home residents.

How will Labor's "securing jobs" plan woo voters when its focus is on the gig economy?

Abuse through coercive control is a key cause of intimate partner homicides but is widely misunderstood. Now the Northern Territory Government is considering laws to criminalise it.

Shane Fitzsimmons mural sparks costly graffiti turf war