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OPINION: Sussan Ley will have breached the standards if she was found not to be acting in the public interest, or if her entitlement claims are judged to be illegitimate. But the rules on claiming ministerial entitlements are unclear and very complex.

Bald-faced lies are, thankfully, fairly rare in Australian politics. Being caught in an outright fib or blooper is still seen as shameful. The problem in Australia is that facts and statistics are frequently twisted to paint a misleading picture.

Antipodeans flocked to Edinburgh for one of Europe's most celebrated end-of-year outdoors parties, Hogmanay, with many then joining the brave and brazen in the near-freezing temperatures for the 'Loony Dook' New Year's Day swim.

The product Garcinia Cambogia has taken the whole medical industry by storm.

'Presidents, Republicans and Democrats, have understood that our goal must be to reduce the number of nuclear weapons, not expand them.'

OPINION: "We live in a deeply unsettled world, where once again the great questions of war and peace rumble across the international headlines, casually, almost as a matter of routine, as if we have become inoculated to their actual meaning," says former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, arguing there are...

12 dead after truck ploughs through crowd at German Christmas market in Berlin. One man arrested but real suspect still at large, claims German news.

OPINION: Optimism may be shared by the likes of Australia and Canada, which are big players in the Commonwealth and where the monarchy still looms large in the public imagination. But it is not shared globally.

OPINION: Peaceful activism and protest is our right so keep calm and get a grip, Christopher, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

The settlement follows days of confusion, with key players changing position, and months of uncertainty for farmers.

Question Time was suspended on Wednesday amid chaotic scenes as pro-refugee activists disrupted the chamber.

Treasurer Scott Morrison says so-called 'backpacker tax' negotiations will be finalised "this week".

OPINION: Peter Dutton, the minister for crimmigration and incrimmigration, has a distaste and contempt for refugees that borders on hate, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

The cute little baby Pygmy Marmosets that had zoo keepers and the nation in distress have been recovered and their kidnappers aprehended.

VIDEO: This interview with Brisbane local Daniel McConnell describing how he took chase after some suspected crims, dressed only in his underpants, is the best Aussie viral thing in the world this week, mate.

Jamie Murphy “very lucky” says Kuta police cheif after tests show powder was "medicine, not drugs"

OPINION: So-called “free trade deals” have become less and less about opening markets and more about entrenching monopolies. Australia is also a member of the proposed TPP and, like America, stands to benefit from the deal’s abandonment.

Schoolies has gone very sour for a Perth teen who is now in the custody of Indonesian police for allegedly posessing a baggy of suspicious white powder.

OPINION: Do Facebook’s filtering algorithms explain why so many liberals had misplaced confidence in a Clinton victory? And is the fake news being circulated on Facebook the reason that so many Trump supporters have endorsed demonstrably false statements made by their candidate?

OPINION: Sentenced from Australia for the term of your natural life, regifted to USA, our huddled refugee masses yearning to breathe free, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

Australia's second biggest city has been highlighted in a new call to arms video by Islamic State.

OPINION: Nearly six months after the UK’s vote to leave the EU, the path to Brexit is still uncharted.

Watch out for the fraudsters contacting you too and posing as HMRC money laundering investigators.

OPINION: Donald Trump's election win will embolden the far right on the world stage, including our own back yard, fears TESS LAWRENCE.

As results came in, it became apparent that the polls had it wrong. All eyes will now be on the US Dow Jones opening in Trump's America.

Suspected cute bomb has law enforcement agents scrambling for the camera.

In the 33 to 29 vote against the marriage equality plebscite bill, Labor joined senators from the Greens, the Nick Xenaphon group and Derryn Hinch to deny its passage.

Incredible new research from remote Flinders cave puts human habitation of Australia's interior back 10,000 earlier than thought and offers evidence that man co-existed with megafauna.

VIDEO: Pet wallabies for sale... only in America.

OPINION: As news of the visit to Italy by VicPol detectives richochets around the world, let's hope they bring home the joyous gift of justice after their interview with Cardinal George Pell, says TESS LAWRENCE.

"Right now, they’re not sure if they will stay together. They are discussing it, and plan to release an official statement together about their future,” say reps for Mariah Carey after big split with James Packer in Greece.

Radio host to recieve councelling after making a tastless gaffe about the accident at Dreamworld which claimed four lives.

A pop-up beach at London's Victoria Station to promote working holidays in Australia. A few problems though - no sand, no surf and the life savers were all poms.

"Theme parks are a place for family fun and happiness, not tragedy. This is a very, very, sad, tragic event." - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on the fatal accident at Dreamworld.

Emails suggest former Australian PM was seeking council from senior US political powerbroker around the same time as his bid for the position of United Nations general secretary.

VIDEO: Hydrogen the key to showing our galactic neighbourhood in all its glory in this sensational new imagry.

OPINION: The spectre of George Brandis fossicking about for a "G spot" is just too horrid to contemplate; notwithstanding the other politicians already mentioned. So don't read this article more than once. It could put you off sex for ever.

"Are we going to say that we may not have a public debate on a topic when it is alleged that there will be a minority, some small groups, that will act intemperately?" - Malcolm Turnbull.

Australia's politicians have almost unanimously condemned Donald Trump's comments about sexually molesting women. Almost... Pauline Hanson suggests cutting him some slack.

Senior policy advisor expresses regret for embarrasing Australian government as part of so-called 'Budgie Nine' controversy.

Former Australian PM tells London audience he has changed his mind and is now quite excited about Britain leaving the EU.

VIDEO: A group of Aussie Formula 1 fans who stripped down to their Speedos are in big trouble with Malaysian police, and one of them works for Christopher Pyne.

If you are looking for a field to master, one of the industries that you should consider is construction.

The Australian government has flinched on its proposed 32.5% rate of so-called backpacker tax. Working holiday maker age to increase though.

SharkSmart team chase away 3.5 metre great white after 17-year-old becomes latest surfer to fall victim at Ballina.

Natural disaster zone likely to be declared in central NSW. Damage already into tens of millions with further heavy rain expected later this week.

Macca's have given their McBlessing to a social media campaign to give Monopoloy winnings to the homeless.

Half of Aussies agree with right-wing xenophobe Pauline Hanson that Muslim migration into the country should be stopped, survey reveals.

A three-way regional war of words has erupted in the chambers of Australian power... over the humble Chiko Roll.