The Federal Opposition is calling on the Government to consider a royal commission into what it has labelled "shabby and disgusting" practices by the Commonwealth Bank's insurance arm. A joint Four Corners-Fairfax investigation uncovered stories of sick and dying policy holders having their claims repeatedly rejected
A US airstrike has killed more than 150 Al Shabaab fighters in Somalia, a Pentagon spokesman said. The US military had been monitoring a training camp for several weeks and said it had intelligence that the trainees posed an "imminent threat"
Adelaide will today be named the home of a new multimillion-dollar headquarters for Australia's defence capability. It will receive $230 million in Federal funding — allocated from existing programs — over the next decade
10:00am AEDT: The ASX opening bell will ring for gender equality to highlight the role of business in empowering women
11:00am AEDT: Science communicator Alan Alda, US Ambassador John Berry and ANU vice-chancellor Professor Brian Schmidt will open new facilities at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science
12:30pm AEDT: Minister for Women Michaelia Cash will address the National Press Club in Canberra
Labor says the Government must consider a royal commission into CommInsure over a whistleblower's claims doctors were pressured to change their opinions to avoid payouts to the dying.
A search and rescue operation is underway for a group of fishermen, including children aged six, eight and nine, who failed to return from a weekend fishing trip in Far North Queensland.
The Centre for Defence Industry Capability is due to start operations in the second half of the year in Adelaide, with Malcolm Turnbull to make the announcement in South Australia today.
Mexico's President says his country will not pay for White House hopeful Donald Trump's proposed wall along the US-Mexico border, and likened Mr Trump's "strident tone" to the ascent of dictators like Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.
Actors, singers, and diplomats alike join forces to call on world leaders to put girls at the heart of anti-poverty efforts, as a new index reveals Niger is the toughest country to be a girl.
A nursing home at the centre of a 2013 police investigation is accused of failing to deliver proper care, resulting in the death of a woman from a bacterial infection sparked by a small foot wound.
Despite 50 years of distance, the people who knew Sandra Wardle can instantly recall the baby being brutally force-fed at Darwin's Retta Dixon home, and they are now seeking answers over her death.
Health authorities are telling chiropractors to stop advertising claims that they can physically manipulate patients to treat diseases, infections and childhood illnesses.
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