A child held in adult custody in a Victorian prison was subjected to a spit hood and forced to spend more than 20 hours a day in solitary confinement with water supply cut off, an inquiry has revealed.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has declared he is growing “sick” of Welcome to Country ceremonies, telling an audience in a once-heartland Liberal federal electorate, that Australia belongs to everyone.
Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming avoids an expulsion motion led by party leader John Pesutto and instead is suspended for nine months from the parliamentary party over her involvement in a controversial rally.