George Miller's blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road becomes the most successful Australian film at the Academy Awards after sweeping the technical categories, as Leonardo DiCaprio wins his first Oscar. Follow our blog for live updates.
The Catholic Church made "enormous mistakes" and "let people down" in its handling of child sexual abuse by priests, Cardinal George Pell tells the child abuse royal commission via video link from Rome.
Labor seizes on a leaked National Broadband Network document as evidence the program is over-budget and delayed, but the company says it is on track to meet its targets. Follow live with the ABC's politics blog.
Allegations production was ramped up despite a long history of problems and high levels of arsenic and lead in the river system are among new claims levelled at BHP after the collapse of a dam at its joint-owned iron ore mine in Brazil.
The Sydney Roosters star, who was accused of assaulting, intimidating and stalking Jessica Peris, is found not guilty of all charges with the magistrate saying Ms Peris's evidence was "calculated and evasive".
Sydney Roosters star Mitchell Pearce says he has given up alcohol, after returning to Australia following treatment in an overseas rehabilitation facility.
The Australian resident at the centre of a cyanide-poisoning case in Indonesia could be freed this week, with a court due to rule on the legality of her detention.
A Perth woman is sentenced to six months in jail for assaulting a police officer after a number of failed bids to overturn her conviction, with the magistrate noting he had no option as the charge carries a mandatory minimum term.
Donald Trump is condemned for refusing to immediately reject an endorsement from a former Ku Klux Klan leader, and retweets a quote from Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
An aged care facility in far north Queensland is placed into lockdown following a flu outbreak that has claimed the lives of three and left 60 others ill.
The number of Australians using methamphetamine has tripled over the past five years with users aged between 15 and 24 more than doubling, the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre estimates.
A number of elite athletes, including swimmer Ian Thorpe, speak at a Mardi Gras event about their experiences coming out and call for more support for LGBTI athletes.
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