The bosses of Australia's biggest banks dismiss Labor's call for a royal commission into the financial sector as the Federal Government rules out launching its own amid internal pressure.
Lebanese authorities say they have uncorroborated evidence Channel Nine paid $115,000 for an attempted recovery effort that saw a crew from 60 Minutes and an Australian mother detained in Lebanon.
The Prime Minister says next month's federal budget will not throw a "fistful of dollars" at voters, and declared Australia's economic transition will be the central issue of this year's election.
There is a smorgasbord of AFL action this Saturday. Follow St Kilda v Collingwood, Richmond v Adelaide, Sydney v GWS, Gold Coast v Carlton and West Coast v Fremantle here.
Hundreds of mourners, including Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, former NSW premier Nathan Rees and comedians Rhys Muldoon and John Doyle farewell Bob Ellis at an outdoor ceremony in Frenchs Forest.
Outback survival expert Bob Cooper says dependence on high-tech gadgets is putting people at risk in remote areas, and says a back to basics approach to bushcraft is needed.
On this sixth Saturday of the NRL season, the Eels host the Raiders, Manly travels to New Zealand to face the Warriors and the Panthers meet the reigning premiers. Follow our live blog.
West Australian surfer Taj Burrow announces his retirement after 19 years on the world tour saying there was no better time to better time to "give my spot to someone more hungrier".
Bruce Springsteen cancels North Carolina concert in protest against new laws which require everyone to use toilets corresponding to the sex listed on their birth certificate, saying it was a "fight against prejudice and bigotry".
The Australian kelpie is acclaimed as the best all-round stock dog in the world, but the breed's origins have long been shrouded in mystery — now a new book claims to have found some answers to its ancestry, including proof of a dash of dingo in its DNA.
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