State agencies will gain fresh powers to snoop and search under a sweeping law change,

Democracy is getting a fighting chance in Tonga writes Audrey Young.

Unions are vowing to continue the fight against an employment law change passed by Parliament last night.

Employment law changes which were fiercely fought by unions and the Labour Party have been passed by Parliament.

The Government will limit what lobby groups can spend on election campaigning in its redraft of election finance laws despite strongly objecting to such a limit in 2008.

Some sports clubs would "not survive" if a ban on alcohol-related sponsorship was introduced.

Almost three-quarters of drink driving deaths are caused by recidivist drink-drivers.