Liberal MP Craig Kelly has apologised to the families of MH17 victims but insists his comments about the tragedy have been taken out of context. The government backbencher yesterday suggested Russia’s role in the air disaster should be “slightly overlooked”, in order to improve global relations. Mr Kelly’s comments were in response to a social media […]

Macquarie Media, Fairfax Media and Buy A Bale have joined forces to launch The Big Dry Drought Appeal.  We may have had some good rains on the coast recently, but inland Australia has been crippled by drought, leaving many farming families on their knees, both financially and emotionally. Once productive paddocks are now barren dust bowls, […]

Ray Hadley has torn shreds off a trucking executive who tried to keep him quiet about his company’s dodgy and defective trucks. United Resource Management (URM) is the company currently involved in a court case following the death of a woman in February. A URM truck hit and killed 58-year-old grandmother Hane Mathieson at Dee […]

A Liberal MP is leading calls to allow victims of convicted foreign criminals to have their voices heard when perpetrators appeal deportation. Foreign criminals can appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) to have their deportation notices overturned, but victims being denied their say at the hearing. The offenders can make a case as to […]

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has launched a sensational attack on the NSW Liberal Party after it was revealed senior ministers conspired to rig a vote on democratic reform. The Daily Telegraph reports federal and state ministers deliberately sabotaged a public vote on Mr Abbott’s ‘Warringah Motion’ which aimed to give Liberal Party members more power in choosing […]