High court dismisses challenge from Iranian asylum seeker, ruling that detention is lawful if non-citizens refuse to cooperate in deportation process Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastIndefinite immigration detention is lawful if non-citizens’ lack of cooperation...

Senate inquiry finds axed scientific programs, toxic workplace culture and a trouble-plagued icebreaker among problems Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government should consider introducing a second ship to increase the number of voyages to...

Exclusive: One detainee recorded as being involved in ‘over 3,000 incidents’ in a year – an ‘incredibly unfeasible’ scenario, FOI documents sayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe secretive risk assessment tool used in Australia’s immigration detention centres could not be replaced by a better model due to insufficient...

Lawyers to open their case after Lynn, 57, pleaded not guilty to murdering Russell Hill and Carol ClayProsecutors will outline their case against an airline captain accused of the double murder of Russell Hill and Carol Clay at a campsite in Victoria’s alpine region.Greg Lynn, 57, pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and a jury has been empanelled...

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Morning Mail here, and finish your day with our Afternoon Update newsletterGood morning. Our exclusive lead story hears a bitter complaint from an Aboriginal corporation that its views have been misrepresented in the government’s Future Gas plan, which was launched yesterday to mixed reviews....

Michelle Rowland announces joint select committee to probe big tech. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPenny Wong is speaking on RN Breakfast now. Right off the bat she was asked by Patricia Karvelas if the Australian government will support admitting Palestine as a full member of the...