Four Corners has revealed that Federal MP Clive Palmer was the final approver for millions of dollars of spending at the Queensland Nickel refinery. Authorities are investigating whether Mr Palmer acted as a shadow director despite claiming to be retired from the troubled business
Doctors without Borders say they have treated 260 people for breathing problems, wounds from plastic bullets and other injuries after police fired tear gas at asylum seekers on the Greek-Macedonian border. A Macedonian police source said three officers were also injured by protesting asylum seekers throwing stones
The Fair Work Commission will today hear final submissions in a long-running case brought by employer groups who want to reduce double-time Sunday penalty rates to match time-and-a-half Saturday rates. Unions have threatened to use the decision, which is expected in early June, against the Government in this year's election campaign
Two survivors of the Port Arthur massacre, Peter and Pauline Grenfell, have broken their silence to tell of their horrifying experience ahead of tonight's Australian Story episode. The 20th anniversary of the tragedy is on April 28
Here's what's coming up:
10:00am AEST: Five people charged over the murder of a key witness in a major drug case are set to face trial in the NSW Supreme Court, almost five years after the contract killing of Gemahl Maika. He was due to testify against a cocaine syndicate known as the Golden Gun ring
1:45pm AEST: Alan Jones will chair a meeting of workers from the troubled Queensland Nickel Refinery
8:00pm: Australian Story looks back at the legacy of the Port Arthur massacre
8:30pm: Four Corners charts the rise and fall of MP and businessman Clive Palmer
Clive Palmer approved millions of dollars of spending at Queensland Nickel from his email alias despite not being listed as a director, according to documents seen by Four Corners.
At least 260 people are injured after Macedonian police fired tear gas on a group of asylum seekers as they tried to break through a fence on the Greece-Macedonia border, the medical charity Doctors without Borders says.
A couple who were with Nanette Mikac and her two young daughters Alannah and Madeline when they were murdered in the mass shooting at Port Arthur nearly 20 years ago break their silence, in an Australian Story exclusive.
The union movement threatens to use a decision of the independent Fair Work Commission on penalty rates against the Government in this year's election campaign.
Jason Day's charge stalls in the final round as Jordan Spieth strengthens in his bid for a second straight green jacket at the year's first golf major, the Masters at Augusta National.
The Australian music industry's revenue goes up for the first time in three years, driven by a doubling in music streaming services, while music downloads continue their decline.
A decision on the fate of the controversial Adler A110 lever-action shotgun is delayed and may no longer be handed down before a temporary ban on its importation expires.
A Brussels-based terror cell intended to launch a fresh strike in France, but attacked in the Belgian capital instead after being "surprised" by a quick-moving investigation, Belgian prosecutors said.
A radicalised teenager is accused of carving a jihadist slogan onto the forehead of an older prisoner at Kempsey jail, on the New South Wales mid north coast.
An ex-president, three former prime ministers, several ex-foreign ministers and even a part-time poet are all campaigning to become the next UN secretary-general. Take a look at the eight declared candidates so far.
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