Australian Submarine Agency chief Jonathan Mead defends the cost of a contract awarded to a US-based consulting group that ballooned to $12 million. Follow live.

Kennedy Jr. derailed today’s Cabinet meeting with a bizarre story about a pregnant woman “gobbling” Tylenol.Kennedy claimed Thursday that someone showed him a video of a pregnant woman speaking out ...

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The industry minister has defended a $600 million joint bailout of a Queensland copper smelter as "a good use of public resources". Follow live.

For example, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned of airline delays as air-traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration officers take time off rather than work without ...