Ofir Birenbaum is suing for defamation after deleted and retracted social media posts by Cairo Takeaway inferred he visited the restaurant with reporters to ‘stir up controversy’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A pro-Israel activist who visited a pro-Palestinian Sydney restaurant with News Corp reporters claims he was vilified … Read more
Former home affairs minister Bob Debus, who served in the Rudd government, throws his support behind Clairvaux in Katoomba Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The state government has threatened to treat First Nations and environmental groups as trespassers if they … Read more
Ombudsman releases secret advice against government plan to lower standard of proof for misconduct Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast New South Wales prisoners could face some of the harshest penalties in the country for trivial infractions such as “looking untidy” or “eating food in a cell”, as the government … Read more
Suspect named in NSW parliament after Grimmer’s family told the man, known by pseudonym ‘Mercury’, to meet with them by Wednesday midnight or they would make his identity public Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A New South Wales MP has used parliament to reveal the identity of a man … Read more
PAG had challenged expanded police powers to restrict protests near places of worship Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales supreme court has struck down a law that had given police expanded powers to prevent protests near places … Read more
Former political staffer suing over legal costs during investigation into claims he misappropriated secret documents related to French submarines Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Disgraced former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann will head to mediation to push his bid to have … Read more
The aircraft caught on fire soon after taking off from Shellharbour airport at about 10am on Saturday Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Three people have died after a light plane crashed just after take-off on Saturday morning near Wollongong in New South Wales. The plane took off from Shellharbour … Read more
Ibrahim Helmy tells Icac hearing he created fake invoices as part of alleged multimillion-dollar kickback scheme Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A former transport bureaucrat has admitted to being paid with envelopes of cash at an Oporto fast-food restaurant after … Read more
Former transport bureaucrat Ibrahim Helmy appears at Icac hearing after allegedly forming corrupt relationships with contractors and colleagues Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Ibrahim Helmy was hiding in a cupboard for the moment he had been warned about. Police had … Read more