Police investigating after Brittany Lauga allegedly assaulted in central Queensland town of YeppoonGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastQueensland Labor MP Brittany Lauga has alleged she was drugged and sexually assaulted in the central Queensland town of Yeppoon last weekend, and claims other women may also have...

A huge infrastructure agenda helped win Andrews three elections but the priority now for the state – and new premier – is the housing crisisGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIn the seven months since Jacinta Allan took over as Victoria’s premier, she’s worked to shirk off the impression she’s Daniel Andrews’ apprentice...

Five major music festivals in regional Australia have just been cancelled or suspended. Smaller operations know they have to offer something differentLast month, a music festival arrived in the flood-ravaged northern Victorian town of Rochester, via steam train.It was the second iteration of the Sound Tracks initiative, a three-day music festival run...

Daily Telegraph featured Jordan Knight as a spokesperson for his self-founded Migration Watch• Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates • Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast An anti-immigration TikToker was featured in the Daily Telegraph as a spokesperson for his self-founded “Migration Watch” but...

This is not an easy fix, but our schools should be safe places where students grow and learn togetherAustralia has a global reputation for high quality education. But inclusion for children and young people with disability in all that education can offer is something we aren’t getting right.This is not an easy fix – not all schools are resourced or...

Age verification technology and a ‘tech tax’ are among the proposals to address misinformation and misogynist contentGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government says “doing nothing is not an option” in the face of the online harms highlighted by April’s Sydney stabbings and the crisis of violence...