CENTRELINK SUICIDE SHAME! The deeply tragic link between welfare, being unemployed and Australia’s national suicide rate

In an election that’s now etched its name in the annals of political history, the Gold Coast’s Division 7 has witnessed a story so extraordinary, it goes beyond what one might expect – even from a Hollywood screenplay featuring a duplicitous murderer, allegedly. James Johnson reports. 

The Catholic Church – which has enabled the rape and sexual abuse of thousands of children and brought upon the world arch-villain paedophile, George Pell – is still claiming that its so-called special relationship with God means priests shouldn’t report incidents of child abuse told to them during confession.

ANALYSIS: The chaos in the Australian energy market is a sign of greater worries ahead, writes economist Tiago Valente.