Josh Robertson

The case of a child sex offender who was on the run for three decades has led to revelations of links between paedophiles who worked at a Queensland Catholic school.

A One Nation staffer has denied receiving commissions for introducing farmers he met through a Senate inquiry to a Brisbane law firm.

The Climate 200 founder lit a fire that could clear a path for independents to decide the next government. They say his influence ends there.

Palestinian paramedic Salih Muamar was killed by Israeli soldiers in an incident that has sparked international condemnation.  A relative in Australia says he expects no-one will be held to account. 

Star and its Chinese partner both did business with the disgraced Suncity junket. It is set to cost one of them a share in Australia's most expensive casino.

Members of Australia's biggest superannuation fund say they asked about a key safeguard against online fraud before cyber thieves stole retirement savings. 

Since a major security breach at Australia's biggest sports ground, questions are being asked about the security screening technology being used — the first of its type in Australia.

Determined to hide Australia's secret version of the CIA from the public, ASIO kept a lid on its role in the JFK assassination probe.  

The Queensland government has released a report that upholds the ABC's revelation that a Brisbane casino owner had a "concealed relationship" with a jailed junket boss.

A legal bid to skewer corruption findings against retired judge Walter Sofronoff argues he could not be held in contempt of his own inquiry.

The Trump administration has declassified documents revealing the CIA investigated anonymous calls made to the US embassy in Canberra before and after president John F Kennedy's assassination.

A federal MP said these animal activists had "no place in our society".  Now four slaughterhouses in his electorate are under investigation for alleged animal cruelty.

Floods from Cyclone Alfred are a reminder that days of isolation and wearing the cost of floods out of your own pocket are part of life in Queensland's Lockyer Valley.    

Lismore SES crew leader Neville Graham asked for a "personal selfie" with the prime minister, then got back to work protecting homes.

Families north of Brisbane expected to wake up to a once--in-a-generation battering — but went and had fun at the beach instead.

Residents of inner Brisbane suburb Rosalie are past masters of withstanding floods — but cyclones are an unfamiliar threat.

A $US1.5 billion heist on leading cryptocurrency exchange Bybit is the work of North Korean state-sponsored hackers, according to the FBI.

Pauline Hanson's party has quietly rehired convicted sex offender Sean Black a second time — this time as campaign director.  

The shadow of American "broligarchy" looms over global talks on artificial intelligence regulation in Paris, as big tech wins controversial concessions amid a sudden shift in the AI arms race.

A former safety officer has blown the whistle on a culture of "fear and intimidation" within Australia's biggest apartment developer.

Brisbane's Star casino is looking for a financial lifeline to stave off collapse but gambling reform campaigners say the Queensland government "should be ruling out" the prospect of Chow Tai Fook lifting its stake.

With ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his family in Russia, his presidential palace is vacant and people are taking selfies and making off with the furniture.

Trevor Lennox was told his wife had been sexually abused by a Queensland government aged care worker. After speaking out, Mr Lennox was accused of the same thing.

A former insider calls it the "side hustle" of Australia's superannuation funds – where the handling of thousands of death and disability claims from injured workers and grieving families falls to underpaid, overworked staff away from the main game. 

A COVID-era surge in the death rate has shaved months off the life expectancy of Australians, who remain among the longest-lived people in the world.