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Ministers may have breached privacy laws when they suspended the child benefit of thousands of families on the basis of flawed Home Office information, legal experts…

The former Treasury secretary Ken Henry says “a conga line of developers” would lobby the environment minister for special carve outs unless the Albanese government clarifies…

Matt Kean has scolded the federal Coalition for “playing politics rather than acting in the national interest” on new nature laws, adding to the political and…

The environment minister would be able to approve projects at odds with nature laws if it was deemed in the “national interest” under the Albanese government’s…

The Coalition wants to break reforms of the federal environment protection regime in two, prioritising measures to fast-track projects while likely further delaying protections for nature.The…

The Albanese government wants the power to strip companies of any financial gains made from breaking environment laws, as part of a package of landmark reforms…

Europe’s most senior human rights official has called on Shabana Mahmood to review UK protest laws after mass arrests over the ban on Palestine Action.Michael O’Flaherty,…

Child protection campaigners Bravehearts say the rights of victims must be protected in a plan to give federal law enforcement agencies legal protections to possess and…

Badenoch claims voters will like plan for Trump-style deportation force to remove 150,000 illegal migrants per yearGood morning. The Conservative party conference is starting in Manchester…

By continuing to fund and support a fossil fuel-based energy system, the US is violating international law, a group of young people have argued to an…