The nation's spy chief says there has been no impact on relationships with intelligence partners, after allegations were made in Federal Parliament about a Chinese-Australian businessman.

The nation's spy chief says there has been no impact on relationships with intelligence partners, after allegations were made in Federal Parliament about a Chinese-Australian businessman.

It's official: the world record for most people stargazing across multiple venues at the same time has been broken, with the previous mark being comprehensively dwarfed by Australia's keen astronomers.

It's official: the world record for most people stargazing across multiple venues at the same time has been broken, with the previous mark being comprehensively dwarfed by Australia's keen astronomers.

Five by-elections will be held on July 28, but candidates will be asked to declare their family history and other personal details in the hopes of ending the constitutional crisis once and for all.

Five by-elections will be held on July 28, but candidates will be asked to declare their family history and other personal details in the hopes of ending the constitutional crisis once and for all.

Five by-elections will be held on July 28, but candidates will be asked to declare their family history and other personal details in the hopes of ending the constitutional crisis once and for all.

It was only to be expected that Parliament, being a hothouse of double-crossing, suspicious and paranoid politicians, would generate a few theories about what motivated Liberal MP Andrew Hastie to do what he did on Tuesday night.

It was only to be expected that Parliament, being a hothouse of double-crossing, suspicious and paranoid politicians, would generate a few theories about what motivated Liberal MP Andrew Hastie to do what he did on Tuesday night.

Labor is questioning the way Andrew Hastie used information from a United States espionage briefing in Parliament, but the Americans are not concerned.