Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson has resigned after mounting pressure over the Panama Papers data leaks, which revealed his wife owned an offshore company with big claims on the country's collapsed banks. His deputy has taken over
An ABC exclusive reveals the Federal Government is preparing to write off billions of dollars in student loans as bad debt. A budget update showed that of loans issued in 2018-19, they expect $4.4 billion will never be repaid
Nusra Front rebels have shot down a Syrian warplane south of Aleppo and captured its pilot. The Syrian military said they were now trying to rescue him
Judith Durham, lead singer of The Seekers, says it's a "miracle" a musical about the group has made it to the stage. Georgy Girl, The Seekers Musical will open in Sydney later this year
Here's what's coming up:
10:00am AEST: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will visit a school in Campbelltown, south-west of Sydney
10:00am AEST: The inquest continues into the Sydney siege, with more survivors expected to give evidence
12:00pm AEST: Polls will close in the Wisconsin Republican primary in the US
12:30pm AEST: Crossbench senators Glenn Lazarus, David Leyonhjelm and Nick Xenophon will speak at a National Press Club forum
6:30pm AEST: Former PM John Howard and former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will speak at an Australian Strategic Policy Institute conference in Canberra
Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson has resigned, his party says, making him the first major political casualty to emerge from the Panama Papers leak.
Some of Australia's most prestigious private schools are being sued for millions of dollars by men who allege they were sexually abused by teachers and staff.
Islamist rebels shoot down a Syrian warplane and capture its pilot in an area south of Aleppo where insurgents are battling the Syrian army and allied militias, a monitoring group says.
A mother who refused to be vaccinated against whooping cough changes her firm stance after she contracted and passed the serious disease onto her newborn baby.
Cancer patients at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital may have been given less than the recommended dosage of chemotherapy for head and neck cancer as far back as 2005, not 2012 as previously acknowledged, a new report says.
China bans imports of gold and rare earths from North Korea, as well as exports to the country of jet fuel and other oil products used to make rocket fuel — a move in line with new UN sanctions on Pyongyang.
An inmate questions the cause of death of a New Zealand detainee in Sydney's Villawood immigration detention centre, saying he had two black eyes and a cut on his face.
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