Public service | Graphs: Scott Morrison's right-hand man led the public service's most competent departmental executive team in early 2022, a survey has found.
Federal politics: The National Capital Authority's first audit in 13 years found it had been "insufficient"; lacking transparency, appropriate record-keeping and competitiveness.
Court: A man has been found guilty of a charge after he made a "stupid f---ing decision" to burn a hat connected with the deadly Weston Creek skatepark brawl in 2020.
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Exclusive: Independent ACT senator David Pocock will fly out with Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek as she leads the Australian delegation on the final days of the COP15 UN biodiversity summit in Montreal.
Energy: The Smart Energy Council is promising a "ruthless" campaign attacking companies which it argues are trying to protect profits reaped amid Russia's illegal war in Ukraine.
ACT politics: A cleaning company was paid more than $8 million for work for more than a decade without scrutiny over the value for money or a proper tender process, the Auditor-General has revealed.
Video:A man was looking for "a quick fix" for his problems when he agreed to receive a delivery of imported cocaine on behalf of a friend he called "Pooh", a court has heard.
Art and culture: If not for this new exhibition, we're not sure a historic pair of clapsticks, celebratory coffee mug and homemade maggot robot control panel would ever have found themselves in the one place.
National news: A Queensland police officer hurt in a shooting ambush and siege in which two fellow officers and a neighbour were killed has thanked "everyone from the Prime Minister down".
Opinion: Our representatives are torn between seeking the right answers to a complex problem and maintaining their strategic position, writes John Warhurst.
