Australia politics live: Telstra pays CEO $6.8m for year despite nationwide outage; Victorian premier tells student protesters against Pauline Hanson to ‘stay in school’

Vicki Brady still paid close to $7m despite 20% of her bonus being docked by the company. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Legislation forcing tech companies to pay for Australian journalism to be introduced The government will today introduce its legislation forcin

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson argues Australia is “predominately a Judeo-Christian society” and should live under “one cultural umbrella”. The term “Judeo-Christian” is shorthand, here, for a set of values that privilege Western culture. As a term, it explicitly excludes other world religions, such as Islam, Hinduis

Native species in captivity will be prioritised for protection from the deadly H5 strain spreading across the country.