It's time to pay attention to the tax debate. The Federal Government is considering allowing the states and territories to charge income tax. Why? To cover growing health and education costs and effectively end the stand-off over funding that's been dragging on since Joe Hockey's 2014 budget. It's a big move and if it happens ABC political reporter Louise Yaxley says it will "be a major change to the way the federation works". It will all be discussed at a Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting starting tonight
Some Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) members are walking off the job today. The industrial action was originally planned for the Easter period but was suspended it in the wake of the Brussels attacks. Today, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville and Darwin airports are likely to be affected. There will be stoppages in Melbourne tomorrow
The Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence will make its recommendations public this morning. The State Government has already pledged to implement the findings. Fiona McCormack from Domestic Violence Victoria wants the system to tilt so perpetrators feel the social effects of the crime, rather than victims and children
Landline's Pip Courtney clocked up 30 years with the ABC recently. She spoke to Back Story about how at first she "didn't get" journalism but now she knows "it's the best seat in the house"
Here's what's coming up:
10:00am AEDT: A Sydney siege hostage will continue giving evidence at the inquest
11:00am AEDT: The report with findings from the Royal Commission into Family Violence in Victoria will be tabled in State Parliament
12:30pm AEDT: The National Press Club address will hear from several "Women of Science"
The Federal Government floats a radical idea to let the states and territories levy income taxes, ahead of the Council of Australian Governments meeting.
US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is charged with battery after allegations he forcefully grabbed a reporter at a campaign event.
Ange Postecoglou insists fans and commentators need to hold more belief in the Socceroos' ability to take it to any of Asia's powerhouses in the next phase of World Cup qualifying.
The Royal Commission into Family Violence will usher in a "new era" in the way Victoria responds to the problem, the State Government says, ahead of the release of the inquiry's long-awaited report.
Senate crossbenchers say the Government has not contacted them about re-establishing a construction watchdog, and have criticised the Government's use of Bob Day as a "middleman".
A collection of works by the elusive British graffiti artist left on walls, screen prints and other unorthodox means goes up for auction in southern California next month.
NSW captain Paul Gallen says this year's State of Origin series will be his last, and says he is unsure whether he will continue in the NRL beyond this season.
Extreme droughts could lead to widespread death of eucalypts from embolisms because the trees cannot quickly adjust the size of their water transport vessels to cope with variability in water supply.
Pakistani authorities detain more than 5,000 suspected militants after a suicide bomber attacked crowds in Lahore on Easter Day, killing at least 70 people, a provincial minister says.
A floppy-eared beagle in Japan with paw-fect yoga skills scampers into the record books after setting the world mark for the "fastest 10 metres travelled on a ball by a dog".
A Geraldton historian says he is excited at the prospect of one of Western Australia's grisliest maritime tales potentially being made into a motion picture by Russell Crowe's production company Fear of God.
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