The Indigenous Corporation on Mer Island in the Torres Strait says it's yet to be consulted about potential Chinese investment which it claims is “not a priority.”
On Friday, SBS News exclusively reported some residents on the island in the Torres Strait are considering approaching Chinese companies to improve critical infrastructure and facilities, saying they had been neglected by the Queensland and federal governments.
The details of a royal commission into the controversial robodebt scheme have been unveiled by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The automated matching of Australian Taxation Office and Centrelink data to raise debts against welfare recipients for money the Coalition government claimed to have overpaid was ruled unlawful by the Federal Court in 2019.
A shameful chapter in Australian history - that’s how the robodebt scheme has been described.
The scheme, implemented by the former Coalition government, aggressively pursued tens of thousands of Australians for debts they did not owe.
On Thursday, the Labor Government announced a royal commission that will examine its impact and determine who made key decisions that influenced the unlawful program.
The federal government is not actively considering a rent freeze as proposed by the Greens, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says.
The Greens are calling for a nationwide two-year rent freeze to allow incomes to catch up with surging prices.
Researcher and journalist Vicky Xu withdrew from appearing in the media for the past year-and-a-half due to what she calls "harassing, targeting and intimidating" by the Chinese government and its "fanatic" supporters.
Last week, Ms Xu returned, making an appearance at La Trobe University in Melbourne, where she was to give a talk on China's human rights records.
His life is seemingly an endless cycle of suffering, but Nural Amin's faith remains strong. In a makeshift prayer room at the back of a home in Sydney, he, along with other members of the Rohingya community, observe Islam's sunset prayers.
Mr Amin spent the first 15 years of his life confined within the razor wire fences of what is now the world's largest refugee camp by population size, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
People in Australia with COVID-19 must currently self- isolate for at least seven days from the date they test positive.
But this week, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet flagged that he would suggest to national cabinet that the mandatory isolation period be reduced to just five days.
A regional Queensland newsletter has been condemned for publishing a joke that critics say makes light of violence against women.
The August issue of Murgon Moments features a "Joke for the Month" column that involves a woman being told by her doctor that she could avoid becoming a domestic violence victim by keeping her mouth shut.
