ABC loses defamation case over Chinese-Australian 'spy' story

Chinese-Australian billionaire Chau Chak Wing has been awarded $590,000 in damages after winning his defamation case over an ABC Four Corners episode.

The great Australian water swindle

Australian water policy has become a fiasco and it’s time that rogue irrigators, politicians and bureaucrats were called to account, writes former South Australian water minister Mark Brindal.

A screenshot from the Four Corners report, showing huge water holdings in NSW.

SA leads calls for inquiry into upstream water grab

South Australian political leaders are pushing for multiple inquiries into allegations that billions of litres of water from the Murray-Darling Basin, earmarked for the environment, are being diverted for use by NSW cotton farms.

Govt examines retirement village rules after "exploitation" exposed

The Turnbull government is facing pressure to have two federal watchdogs oversee the retirement village industry.