The country's highest immigration official contests allegations a five-year-old was raped on Nauru and lashes out at "moral lecturing" on asylum seekers, saying some could be ready for deportation "within days".
The Foreign Minister has announced veteran Liberal MP Phillip Ruddock will become Australia's Special Envoy for Human Rights. Follow our live blog for rolling updates.
Federal Minister Stuart Robert says he was not acting on behalf of the Abbott government when he attended a meeting in China where a prominent Liberal donor finalised a mining deal.
Victorian Police Minister Wade Noonan takes a three-month leave of absence from his position, citing exposure to trauma experienced in the role as being behind the decision.
The Bureau of Meteorology says it was given just one day's notice about a major CSIRO restructure that could impact joint projects between the agencies.
Federal Government ministers tell the ABC the Coalition has abandoned the idea of lifting the Goods and Services Tax, but say its tax plans may still contain some bold ideas.
The sister of missing Australian sailor Andrew Witton, who vanished from the deck of his yacht in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean in 2007, believes there is sufficient new information for his case to be reconsidered by the Commonwealth DPP.
Two people manage to escape a restaurant that has partially collapsed into a lake south of Newcastle after they felt the building move underneath them.
Additional resources are brought in to fight a large bushfire, which has more than doubled in size and is threatening lives and homes in the Shire of Harvey south of Perth.
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