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Although the authorities are pointing to a “state actor”, national cyber security adviser Alastair MacGibbon told a news conference: “We don’t know who is behind this, nor their intent.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Tony Abbott’s electorate is getting so socially progressive, he may soon be left behind.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Australia's immigration department doesn't keep a record of the number of people applying for asylum at airports. This means there is no oversight over the treatment of those seeking protection.

With possibly thousands of homes underwater and crocodile sightings, Townsville residents have been warned the flood risk may continue into next week.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, releasing Commissioner Kenneth Hayne’s three-volume report which excoriates the financial sector, said the government would be “taking action” on all 76 recommendations.

Here are the six most important questions our banks will need to answer for their stakeholders to regain trust:

OPINION & ANALYSIS: With the clear majority voting against a no-deal Brexit, the ticking clock works in the prime minister’s favour.

Achievements by world renowned soprano, Oxford PhD student and cycling commentator saluted in ceremony at Australia House in London.

Two heroes of the Thai cave rescue, Craig Challen and Richard Harris, are joint Australian of the Year for 2019.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: As this Australia Day has approached, the prime minister has ramped up the nationalistic and culture war rhetoric in general, and accompanied it with some controversial actions.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: That Gillette has aligned itself with the #metoo movement is not something for the brand to be congratulated on. It is #metoo that deserves the praise.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: As the UK’s withdrawal date of March 29 is written into UK law, time is of the essence. There are six possible options for the prime minister at this stage.

OPINION AND ANALYSIS: The weekend rally on St Kilda beach, organised by far-right activist Neil Erikson, reminds us nationalism is the territory of fringe groups who hold bigoted views, particularly towards people who aren’t “white”.

Happy 2019 from Down Under! Aussies put a lot of bang into Sydney's world famous fireworks, and this New Year's was no exception.

Making your savings and investments go further has been a challenge anywhere in the world over recent years. But whether you’ve been based in the UK for a while or you only recently arrived, you will inevitably have noticed that this country is facing some very specific challenges.

Amy, almost two decades younger than Broad who is 43, was quoted in New Idea as claiming he was not fit to represent Australia.

Time Magazine has just announced its “Person of the Year” for 2018, and for once, it isn’t one person. This time it is four people and a newspaper.

Scott Morrison this week produced his own bill and suggested both sides give their parliamentarians a conscience vote.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: While concerns about the level of immigration have increased, there is continued endorsement of the view that Australia is an immigrant nation, that immigration benefits the country and that it will continue to play an important role in the years ahead.

Scott Morrison faces a major Liberal party crisis after Malcolm Turnbull moved to torpedo the Prime Minister’s plan to protect the preselection of controversial rightwing backbencher Craig Kelly.

Hair transplant procedures have increased in popularity in the last years, thus opening the interest of businessmen and hair transplant specialists in setting up their own hair transplant clinics.

Deciding to launch a new business is always a complicated process, but even more so if your base of operations is in a different country.

VIEW FROM THE HILL: When a prime minister has diminished authority, people don’t bother so much with the niceties.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: There is a serious chance the Morrison government will be further destabilised by the recriminations flowing from this result. It is likely to deepen the divide in Liberal ranks between those who appear hell-bent on remaking the party in their own conservative self-image regardless of electoral consequences.

ANALYSIS; Even though the set piece theatre is about community building and cooperation, the reality is that China and the US have irreconcilable visions for the region and its future. The only question is how much they are willing to pay to prevail in the contest for Asia’s future.

In October, A-League soccer club Central Coast Mariners made the biggest news Down Under in some time when former Olympic gold medal sprinter Usain Bolt trialled with the team.

ANALYSIS: Theresa May has managed to push her deal through this most recent hurdle by getting cabinet approval. However, getting parliamentary support promises to be a far more traumatic and quite possibly unachievable task.

In an attempt to calm nerves and unite the country, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has weighed into the Bunnings sausage sandwich furor.

Police have thrown the book at a man who allegedly towed a boat on a trailer behind a mobility scooter in Australia.

SPECIAL FEATURE: the passage of marriage equality legislation was not the end of this episode in our history. Our communities are still healing after the bruising campaign, and its aftermath has exposed a legal and social landscape in which the human rights of LGBT people are still not adequately valued...

Scott Morrison calls on Australian Muslim community to be more 'proactive' following Bourke Street terror incident while family say attacker was mentally ill and needed help.

VIEW FROM THE HILL: A shot was fired across Scott Morrison’s bows to remind him of the challenge of managing a now-hung parliament.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten says Australia’s Pacific neighbours want partners for infrastructure projects – “and as prime minister, I intend to make sure they look to Australia first."

OPINION: There is still great public sentiment and a sense of loss in relation to the knifing of Malcolm Turnbull, despite his disappointing political paralysis on so many issues, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

SPECIAL FEATURE: The apology given by Prime Minister Scott Morrison to survivors of child sexual abuse has drawn fresh attention to questions of redress and compensation for British children sent to Australia as child migrants.

The expected loss of Wentworth throws the Coalition into minority government. While the government currently has pledges of confidence from some crossbenchers, they would be in a strong position to demand concessions in a hung parliament.

Scott Morrison and foreign affairs minister Marise Payne made a series of major announcements in relation to Israel at a Tuesday news conference.

Another royal baby! As they land Downunder, it is confirmed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are expecting their first child next year.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Seven of Australia’s ten warmest years have occurred since 2005, with just one cooler than average year in the last decade (2011), highlighting how warmer than average temperatures now dominate Australia’s climate.

SPECIAL FEATURE: What will it take for the world to finally tackle climate change? Encouragingly, there may be a historical precedent: Victorian London’s handling of the ‘Great Stink’, where the River Thames turned into an open sewer, overturned beliefs founded on misinformation.

OPINION & ANALYSIS: The prudent thing for Theresa May to do at this late stage would be to place all the realistically available options on the table and hold a free vote in parliament.

Selling became their focus of attention. Too often it became their sole focus of attention. Products and services multiplied. Banks searched for their “share of the customer’s wallet”.

SPECIAL FEATURE: Trust in media is low in Australia, which is why traditional news values like accuracy and objectivity matter. If we can successfully address the issue of trust and news media, we might even begin to solve journalism’s revenue crisis.

Michelle Guthrie has been criticised for not standing up for the organisation sufficiently, and for her lack of journalistic experience.

With record low prices on many products at the present time, now is a great time to be investing in the British stock market. Risks are slightly higher than normal but careful choices stand to offer very good long-term benefits. Furthermore, the low prices mean that it’s a good time...

Ann Sudmalis’s announcement follows Victorian backbencher Julia Banks’s decision also to quit at the election, citing bullying.

It’s now just over a year since Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull proclaimed ‘Australian workers must have priority for Australian jobs’ in a bold pronouncement that called time on the 457 visa programme. Turnbull’s sweeping reforms brought an end to rules which allowed skilled overseas workers to stay in the country...

OPINION & ANALYSIS / MICHELLE GRATTAN: All week, the Liberals struggled to answer the key question: why was Turnbull deposed? The Wentworth outcome could produce another round in the war over gender representation.

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OPINION & ANALYSIS: Racist caricatures began appearing in the US as slavery was coming to an end. It’s time that 21st century media outlets such as Australia's Herald Sun let them go.