The question on everyone's lips this morning is when will Malcolm Turnbull call an election? If the Government wants a double dissolution, the last chance to call it is May 11, the day after the budget, unless they bring the budget forward. Here's an interactive look at all the options
Porsche has become the third big-name company to suspend their sponsorship of Maria Sharapova after the tennis star admitted testing positive to a banned substance at the Australian Open. Nike and Swiss watchmaker TAG Heuer have also distanced themselves from Sharapova during the investigation
The UN refugee agency says the European Union's deal to send asylum seekers back to Turkey en masse would contravene their right to protection under European law. Turkey offered to take back all asylum seekers in return for more money and faster EU membership talks
The Northern Lights have put on a rare show across parts of the United Kingdom. These beautiful photos show the Aurora Borealis dancing in the skies above England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Here's what's coming up:
9:15am AEDT: Victorian Environment Minister Lisa Neville is expected to announce a drought assistance package
10:00am AEDT: Former Victorian Labor education minister Bronwyn Pike is due to appear at the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission
10:00am AEDT: The royal commission into child sex abuse continues public hearings into performing arts centres in Sydney
12:30pm AEDT: Universities Australia chair Professor Barney Glover will address the National Press Club
There are a few complicating factors in play as Malcolm Turnbull ponders which Saturday he should schedule a poll for. Cut through the speculation to see when an election is likely to be called.
An American tourist is killed and nine others wounded when a Palestinian man went on a stabbing rampage in the Israeli town of Jaffa where US Vice-President Joe Biden was holding a meeting.
Embattled tennis star Maria Sharapova receives support from rival Serena Williams, who praises the Russian's 'courage' for her public announcement of a positive dope test for meldonium.
Australia's higher education sector is pushing for "untenable" uncertainty about future university funding to be addressed before this year's federal election.
The contest underway for one of the Liberal Party's most glittering prizes – Bronwyn Bishop's safe seat of Mackellar – is described as appalling and wrong by high profile Liberal member David Flint and entrepreneur Dick Smith.
Climate change sealed the fate of ichthyosaurs, marine reptiles that ruled the oceans for 157 million years, suggests an analysis of new and existing fossils mainly from what is now Europe.
A mother who sent photographs and video of her two naked daughters to their dance teacher tells an inquiry that she feared he would destroy their dancing prospects.
A WA support worker says the apparent suicide of a 10-year-old girl is a tragedy that needs to be "heard across the nation", as planning continues for an inquest into similar recent deaths in the region.
The probe into the emissions-cheating scandal at auto-giant Volkswagen widens, with German prosecutors adding more suspects to their list, while France launches a probe of its own.
Parts of the UK are treated to a rare showing of the Aurora Borealis, with the dancing lights gracing skies across England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
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