Ashraf Ghani reiterated that his departure was made at the last-minute and intended to prevent anymore bloodshed and was ‘in talks’ to return home.

National security interests must be balanced against issues of secrecy and open justice, the Law Council of Australia has told a hearing.

Here is how the federal budget's allocation of additional resources to the federal courts for more judges and personnel will be disbursed.

The government has been urged to adopt centralised oversight of the entire national intelligence community — 10 commonwealth agencies in total.