First came the TV appearance. Then the alleged $2 million scam

Infamous helicopter escapee John Killick, currently fighting a raft of charges relating to a fraud racket, met the co-accused and fraud ringleader Dean Ryan when the pair both appeared on the ABC TV series You Can’t Ask That. Killick, famously plucked from Silverwater prison in a sightseeing helicopter hijacked at gunpoint by his Russian lover…

Sky's David Speers expected to take pay cut for ABC job

Sky News political editor David Speers is expected to take a significant pay cut after accepting a role with the ABC replacing Insiders host Barrie Cassidy, fuelling speculation about why he would leave the 24-hour news channel after more than a decade. Canberra-based Speers, who is still contracted to the Rupert Murdoch-owned cable network, is…

Populists fall short as voters swing behind Greens, Liberals in European elections

Brussels: Mainstream European Union parties are holding their ground against the assault from populists in elections for the bloc's Parliament, according to the first set of exit polls. Click Here: With voting still going on in some countries, the parties who rally against foreigners, want to rein in the EU and despise the cozy relationship…

My friend fears for the Uluru Statement under Morrison – but I don't

On election night I was swapping messages with a good friend, a passionate, smart, generous advocate for Indigenous people who was now despondent. She said she feared for the future of the First Peoples under three more years of a conservative government that had already said no to the hopes and aspirations in the Uluru…

It's been promised at every election for generations, but now it's a reality

It’s the rail line that even some of the Premier’s colleagues and advisers did not want her to build. When the Sydney Metro Northwest line opened on Sunday, to the delight of tens of thousands who queued for a free ride, it delivered rail services for the first time to the burgeoning suburbs of Cherrybrook,…

'Right time for change': Suncorp CEO Michael Cameron to step down

The chief executive of Suncorp, Michael Cameron, is stepping down after nearly four years in the role, with the board declaring now is the "right time for change." Click Here: Chairman Christine McLoughlin said in an announcement to investors that a change in leadership would give the financial services group an opportunity to lift its…