Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is in Japan today. He's going to meet a robot and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. It's part of his push to promote innovation in Australia but the fallout from yesterday's tax report, which showed many large companies paid no tax at all, will still be on the agenda at home
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8:30am AEDT: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will arrive in Japan
9:30am AEDT: The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal will hear the case of Ella Ingram. She has clinical depression and was refused travel insurance by QBE
11:10am AEDT: Mr Turnbull will visit Japan's National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
1:15pm AEDT: A rally will be held in Brisbane against the Queensland Court of Appeal's decision to downgrade Gerard Baden-Clay's murder conviction to manslaughter
A female road construction worker subjected to assaults, sexual harassment, bullying and rape threats at a Melbourne workplace wins a $1.3 million payout.
Labor seizes on the release of ATO company tax data, saying the figures — which show more than 570 major companies paid no tax in the 2013-14 financial year — are the sort of numbers the Liberal Party wanted to keep under wraps.
A new system that dramatically lowers the cost of cancer treatment, filters the blood to identify and then remove cancer cells, with some doctors saying it may help patients live longer.
A fourth world surfing title is within Mick Fanning's grasp after the Australian beat 11-time world champion Kelly Slater in the quarter-finals of the Pipe Masters in Hawaii this morning.
Federal authorities are set to file criminal charges against a man who investigators say supplied guns to the married couple behind the deadly San Bernardino mass shootings.
Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical CEO who caused a storm in September by jacking up the price of a life-saving drug, is arrested on fraud charges, prosecutors say.
Further charges are laid against two men in connection with the murder of New South Wales police employee Curtis Cheng at Parramatta earlier this year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he "sees no prospect" of improving relations with the current leadership of Turkey after it downed a Russian jet last month.
Analysis of an ancient thighbone from southwest China provides more evidence prehistoric humans walked in mainland Eurasia at the same time as modern humans, researchers say.
A Melbourne mental health patient is suing a hospital and two doctors for assault after he claims they administered electroconvulsive treatment, once known as "shock therapy", against his will.
A review of ABC panel program Q&A finds former prime minister Tony Abbott's criticism that the program is a "lefty lynch mob" is not substantiated, but warns that host Tony Jones should be careful not to "overreach" in his questioning.
The Returned Services League (RSL) comes out in support of the hundreds of former soldiers who say they are battling a range of mental illnesses caused by anti-malaria medication mefloquine.
A Gold Coast sign-writer, known for appearing in a series of memorable ads, showcases Queensland's glitter strip to the world by producing a podcast based on its local identities.
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