A man whose two daughters were raped by a priest says he is a "broken man" after confronting Cardinal George Pell following the second day of his testimony via video link to the child abuse royal commission.
The Federal Government is sending controversial senator Cory Bernardi to the United Nations for a three-month secondment, starting September. Follow live.
At least six Australians needed organ transplants in the past five years after taking herbal supplements, data obtained from national organ donation registries shows.
Capital city home price growth is slowing, driven largely by a softening in the largest Sydney market, but real estate analysts see no sign of looming falls.
Chaotic scenes erupt at a Donald Trump rally in Virginia as the US presidential frontrunners make last-ditch efforts to woo voters ahead of the make or break Super Tuesday primaries.
Clashes erupt between French riot police and asylum seekers as authorities began destroying makeshift shelters in the grim shantytown on the edge of Calais known as the "Jungle".
A building in Enfield, containing a hairdressing salon and at least one apartment, is being torn down after partially collapsing and threatening to fall further.
The country's peak elected representative body for Indigenous Australians says it is less than impressed by the Prime Minister's latest comments on Indigenous affairs.
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The formation of Australia's most powerful and militant union is a step closer, with delegates at the maritime union's national conference unanimously voting in favour to merge with the construction union.
Federal Parliament takes another step towards changing the Senate voting rules today with a brief committee hearing, but Labor and most crossbenchers oppose the plan and they are already trying to drag out and delay the process.
French authorities begin bulldozing the southern half of the "jungle" migrant camp in Calais, where thousands of migrants and refugees have gathered after fleeing war and poverty.
Russian police charge a nanny over the murder of a young girl, after she was captured on camera brandishing the girl's severed head at a Moscow train station.
Mad Max: Fury Road roars into the history books after dominating the Academy Awards, which hand Leonardo DiCaprio a long-awaited Oscar for The Revenant and see Spotlight best its rivals to claim best picture.
Paedophile carer Shannon McCoole was singled out by Families SA management as a potential leader despite many staff refusing to work alongside him, a royal commission hears.
Three former TEPCO executives have been indicted over their handling of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, in what is the first criminal trial linked to the crisis.
The Australian Federal Police have sought access to computer servers at Parliament House as part of their investigation into the role Liberal MP Mal Brough played in procuring Mr Slipper's diary.
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