Department of Finance Secretary Rosemary Huxtable wasn’t the “decision maker” who approved the department’s waiving of a $41,000 debt to a senior public official, her department has claimed.

The Federal Government was warned waiving senior official’s $41,000 debt was likely illegal and the opposite of the “many examples” of recovering “Centrelink overpayments”. It fully waived the debt anyway.

The Federal Government has become embroiled in another salary cap scandal, this time involving a key official of the nation’s media watchdog, secret Ombudsman documents reveal.

The corporate regulator has completed its review into the expenses scandal that cost the jobs of its chair James Shipton and deputy Dan Crennan - but it’s refusing to disclose the outcome.

An outback mega-mine owned by Gina Rinehart has been spruiking Covid-19 misinformation. Yet Australia’s richest person has moved to ensure she doesn’t pay a cent if people actually follow the potentially dangerous advice.

Journalists and media outlets campaigning against anti-corruption bodies are actively spreading a “massive trove of misinformation”, appear to be running a “deliberate campaign to mislead people”, says former top judge.