Olivia Caisley

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Nicole Hegarty |Olivia Caisley

Australia could use a biosecurity ban against some US-slaughtered beef as part of tariff negotiations with America, as Anthony Albanese prepares for an expected meeting with US President Donald Trump. A blanket ban on US beef imports to Australia was lifted in 2019, but restrictions remain on Canadian and Mexican cattle slaughtered in America. Australia has been undertaking a review of those biosecurity rules, after the Trump administration requested they be lifted.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Olivia Caisley

Australia's Chief of the Defence Force, Admiral David Johnston, says the nation must be prepared for the possibility of having to launch combat operations from its own soil — a significant shift in military thinking not seen since World War II. Speaking at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute's Defence Conference in Canberra on Wednesday, Admiral Johnston said Australia needed to "reconsider" how it thought about war, resilience and national preparedness.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Olivia Caisley

WA Senator Dorinda Cox has quit the Greens and joined Labor in a shock defection. She says it's about getting results and not rebellion, but her exit has left the Greens blindsided and fuming.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Olivia Caisley

The agency tasked with policing corruption failed to follow its own rules — wrongly dismissing a complaint about one of its commissioners and breaching a legal duty to report such matters to its oversight body. The National Anti Corruption Commission told the ABC human error is to blame.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Olivia Caisley

The federal anti-corruption watchdog has admitted it failed to comply with its own legislation by not referring a complaint about a commissioner to the agency's independent watchdog. Made seven months ago, the referral was wrongly dismissed instead of being immediately passed to the National Anti-Corruption Commission's inspector, as required by law. The misstep has only come to light via a private apology to the complainant, shared with the ABC.