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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