The budget papers included a significant announcement about funding for school students with disabilities.

The law change will gut the capacity of tort law to hold greenhouse gas emitters and the government to account for climate harms.

The Tasmanian senator’s move to Labor bolsters the government’s numbers in the Senate – but they will still need support to pass legislation.

This court decision will have huge ripple effects right across Australian retail – and petrol retailers in particular should be on notice.