The scandal over former human services minister Stuart Robert's trip to China continues today. He resigned from the ministry last week but now shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus has referred the saga to the Australian Federal Police
Turkey has shelled parts of northern Syria, held by Kurdish-backed militia, for a second day. Turkey is demanding the YPG militia withdraw from areas in Aleppo but the US has relied on the YPG as one of its few effective allies in the fight against IS
Victoria Police have seen a marked increase in the purity of ecstasy pills, with the active ingredient MDMA ranging from 5 per cent to 60 per cent. The drug was linked to four music festival deaths across the country late last year and tonight Four Corners takes a look at the mounting pressure on the NSW Government to rethink its tough stance on party drugs
9:30am AEDT: Lawyers and union representatives will speak to the media in Brisbane about the extent of underpayment to 7-Eleven workers and to discuss the first back payments
9:30am AEDT: Two men are scheduled to face court after a brawl that left one man dead in Sydney's south-west on Friday night
10:00am AEDT: An anti-corruption hearing will be held in Melbourne to examine allegations of serious corruption in the Victorian Education Department
11:30am AEDT: South Australia's Royal Commission into the Nuclear Fuel Cycle will hand down its initial findings into whether the state should expand its role in the nuclear industry
Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus asks the AFP to investigate Stuart Robert's China trip to determine whether the former Turnbull Government minister intended to benefit from the visit.
The number of ecstasy users appearing at NSW hospitals has almost doubled in the past six years, as recent deaths linked to the party drug put pressure on the Government to rethink its stance on pill testing.
Health and consumer advocates call for better labelling in Australia's health supplement sector, following reports of a WA man who had to have an emergency transplant after taking a weight loss supplement.
Some of the biggest names in Australian cricket are calling for a stand to be named after Barry "Nugget" Rees, an inspiring man who has been integral to the team for more than five decades.
Landholders in Queensland call on the State Government to find the cause of methane gas bubbling in a major river, which they say has intensified in recent months.
Tighter and more expensive visa regulations for Australians travelling to the UK could have a long-term impact on the close relationship between the two countries, officials and members of the British Prime Minister's own party say.
British indie band Viola Beach and their manager are killed after their car plummets off a bridge in Sweden, where they had played their first international gig, police say.
Killers who refuse to help police find the remains of their victims could be denied parole in WA, under legislation sparked by a petition from the parents of Hayley Dodd, who disappeared almost two decades ago.
Civilian casualties of the war in Afghanistan rose to record levels in 2015, the United Nations reports, as violence spread across the country in the wake of the withdrawal of most international troops.
So-called "asbestos free" building materials that actually contain the deadly compound are slipping into Australia from overseas, fuelling concerns the problem will worsen under the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement.
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