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They also pocket $6750 to cover the costs of parliamentary travel, which they keep if it is not spent, and regional MPs are entitled to up to $45,000 a year to charter aircraft. There is no legal requirement that MPs disclose how they spend electorate allowances. WAtoday asked all MPs if they would reveal what

Three-time Emmy nominee and American Horror Story alum Billy Eichner will play journalist and Drudge Report founder Matt Drudge in FX’s Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky sex scandal limited series, American Crime Story: Impeachment, Deadline reported Wednesday. The Drudge Report, a news aggregation website, was the first news source to break the White House affair to the

A man has been arrested in New South Wales over a widespread hay bale scam targeting farmers in drought-stricken communities. Police had been investigating reports a man was advertising hay bales for a discounted price on social media and taking initial deposits “but not delivering any product”. A number of people have lost money as

Technology is radically changing the nature of warfare, with the risk moving from a physical disruption to an unpredictable cyber risk that is much more complex. The speed at which technology is developing brings has introduced the next phase of cyber warfare. The effects of cyber warfare are not limited to the digital domain and

Motorists caught using a mobile phone behind the wheel will be hit with a fine and lose up to 10 demerit points this weekend. Double demerits will be enforced by NSW Police from midnight on Friday, January 24 until 11.59pm on Monday, January 27. Motorists caught speeding not wearing a seat belt or motorcycle helmet

A bus driver will face court after allegedly sexually touching an 11-year-old female passenger in April last year. NSW Police told 10 daily the man, 67, had been the on-duty driver at the time of the alleged assault. He was questioned at Orange Police Station on Tuesday morning and charged on the spot with intentionally sexually

Just what does it take to be sacked or even demoted in the Morrison Government? For Coalition MPs, misconduct and downright corruption not only go unpunished, but they are even often rewarded. Need a cushy post-parliamentary job in the office of a lobbyist? Don’t stress — ministerial guidelines are made to be broken! Have a family member in

Updated January 23, 2020 07:05:29 Police say scores of international students in Queensland have been stung in a scam where fraudsters impersonated the Chinese consulate and demanded thousands of dollars to avoid deportation. Key points: At least 44 international students reported being victims last year — losing between $100 and $128,000 Queensland police have released

Some may dismiss Member for Kennedy Bob Katter’s criticism of the “Canbrisney Land” residents who penned the Productivity Commission Draft Report on Remote Area Tax Concessions and Payments (Letters,18 January 2020) as hyperbole and scaremongering. What the comments represent, however, are a scathing indictment of a document that belongs in the bin after failing to

Police killings in Brazil’s tourist hot-spot Rio de Janeiro state soared 18 percent to a record 1,810 last year, government data showed — an average of five deaths per day. Figures published by the Public Security Institute late Tuesday also show intentional homicides not involving police fell 19 percent from the previous year to 3,995.