Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says, in a free society, a person is entitled to criticise the conduct of the courts or of a judge, but a different standard applies when talking about cases that are before a jury. Are there any limits to what you can lega

Tony Burke, the Opposition spokesman for citizenship and multicultural Australia, claims a new language test proposed by the Government would demand the same level of English proficiency that is required for university admission — a standard too stringent

The controversial bank levy is tax deductible: the banks will be able to claim the amount of bank levy paid as a business expense, which will reduce the amount of corporate tax they have to pay on their profits.

Senator for South Australia Cory Bernardi sought to justify his defection from the Liberal Party by claiming the party's support at the last election had dropped by 1 million votes. But is he correct?

Treasurer Scott Morrison asks students to pay more of their own education costs, while claiming taxpayers subsidise more than half the cost of every student's higher education.