A plebiscite on same-sex marriage could cost the Australian economy more than half a billion dollars, including $280 million in lost productivity and $158 million to run the nationwide campaign. The modelling was done by accounting firm PwC, who say their estimates are three times what the Federal Government has quoted
The Hindu community in Melbourne's north has hosted its inaugural Holi festival. This photo essay captures the joy, colour and celebration of the event
Here's what's coming up:
10:15am AEDT: Defence Minister Marise Payne will help launch a campaign to lift Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation in the Australian Defence Force from 1.6 per cent to 2.7 per cent
10:30am AEDT: The Moomba Parade will be held in Melbourne
11:30am AEDT: A police funeral will be held for Sergeant Geoffrey Richardson, who was killed while responding to a police pursuit in the Hunter Valley last weekend
6:00pm AEDT: A panel event at the University of Sydney Law School will examine Sydney's controversial lockout laws
More than 30 people are killed and 75 more injured in a blast in the heart of the Turkish capital Ankara, the latest in a spate of attacks to hit the country.
At least 16 people, including 14 civilians, are killed when gunmen open fire on beachgoers at a resort town in Ivory Coast, the country's president says.
A stand-alone plebiscite on same sex marriage could cost the Australian economy more than half a billion dollars, according to new modelling that includes the "total economic cost" of the proposal.
A Four Corners crew is detained by Malaysian police and barred from leaving the country after trying to question Prime Minister Najib Razak over a corruption scandal.
The persecution of minority groups and a deal to return thousands of failed refugees to Iran will be on the agenda when Julie Bishop meets Iran's foreign minister.
Outgoing federal Labor MP Alannah MacTiernan hits out at Stephen Smith after he flags a bid to topple the party's WA leader, labelling the move a "massively destabilising exercise".
Frontrunner Donald Trump is badly defeated by Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz in contests in the US capital and Wyoming, suggesting the race for the Republican nomination for the 2016 presidential election is tightening.
Police say a violent brawl that shut down parts of Melbourne's CBD on Saturday night was the work of a gang that has previously attended events "looking to cause trouble".
New guidelines on the treatment and care of dementia patients in Australia aim to improve diagnosis by ensuring early warning signs such as memory loss are not dismissed as "just a part of ageing".
South Korean Go grandmaster Lee Se-Dol scores his first win over a Google-developed supercomputer, in a surprise victory after three defeats in a high-profile showdown between man and machine.
A private doctor recommended the pilot who crashed a Germanwings jet into the Alps last year be treated in a psychiatric hospital two weeks before the disaster that killed 150 people, a report finds.
The military's top brass come face to face with former soldiers and their families suffering depression and anxiety after being fed controversial anti-malaria drugs on deployment.
Syria's opposition says President Bashar al-Assad must leave power, dead or alive, if looming peace talks to end five years of civil war are to succeed.
The Storm remain undefeated after a strong win over the Titans while the Sharks put the Dragons to the sword. Look back on all the drama of Sunday's NRL games.
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