Scores of children have been saved from abuse after an elaborate sting by Queensland Police led to the identification and arrest of key members of a global online sex abuse network, including "depraved" Adelaide childcare worker Shannon McCoole.
Joe Hockey raises the ire of Coalition colleagues with plans to lead a renewed push to make Australia a republic, with deputy PM Warren Truss urging the Treasurer to keep his focus on the economy.
Continuing heavy rain forces the evacuation of more than 300 people from their homes in St Georges Basin and Sussex Inlet on the New South Wales south coast.
The Prime Minister insists it was US president Barack Obama, not the Abbott Government, who raised the prospect of Australia joining air strikes against Islamic State extremists in Syria.
Foreign victims of sexual exploitation in Australian brothels are being put in danger by laws which make access to government support services conditional on speaking to police, anti-trafficking campaigners say.
Entrenched disadvantage in remote Indigenous communities needs to be addressed, a Cape York Indigenous leader tells Tony Abbott during his visit to far north Queensland.
A chef's visit to a remote Indigenous community's "disgusting" supermarket prompts formal complaints to the NT Health Department and Northern Land Council.
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