"No favourites"; that's the title of the long-awaited Briggs report into public sector board appointments and, yet the review finds there are very much favourites in the halls of power.

Victoria's Supreme Court lifts a suppression order that prohibited reporting on convicted murderer Greg Lynn's past interactions with police and the death of his first wife.

Rental changes were introduced in Northern Territory without giving notice to tenants, which the court unanimously ruled was a denial of procedural fairness * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A public housing policy which saw tenants in the Northern Territory charged a flat rental rate based on the number of bedrooms in their home has been ruled unlawful by the high court, after a three-year challenge brought by residents from two remote Indigenous communities. The Remote Rental Framework, introduced in stages by the NT government between December 2021 and February 2023, raised rent by up to 200% for two-thirds of Aboriginal tenants living in remote communities in the NT, with more than 5,300 homes affected. Continue reading...

Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.