Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has declared "substantial" changes to the tax system would be included in tomorrow night's budget. He also emphasised "this is not Tony Abbott's plan", saying it would set a new agenda for the Government
More than one million Australians at high risk of a heart attack are not being prescribed lifesaving medications. A new study found tens of thousands of lives could be saved if people aged over 45 were assessed and those at high risk given a mixture of blood pressure and cholesterol-lowering medications
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Here's what's coming up:
8:05am AEST: Labor senator Penny Wong will be on Radio National
9:30am AEST: The trial of Ricardo Francis Herman Dasilva is due to begin in Newcastle. He's charged with murdering Central Coast high school teacher Amanda Carter in 2010
10:00am AEST: Parliament returns for what is expected to be the last sitting week before the Prime Minister calls the election
2:15pm AEST: Bob Day's challenge to Senate electoral reforms is scheduled in the High Court
Malcolm Turnbull says there will be "substantial" changes to the tax system in tomorrow night's budget, as MPs prepare for what is expected to be the final week of Parliament before the election is called.
Liberal MP John Alexander, who led a parliamentary inquiry into housing affordability, concedes negative gearing has contributed to Australia's biggest ever housing boom and led to a market "dominated by speculative investors".
More than 1 million Australians at high risk of a heart attack or stroke are not being prescribed lifesaving medications, a new study finds, prompting calls from the Heart Foundation for people to have regular check-ups.
Leesa Jacobs had only been dating her partner for 18 months when he poured petrol over her chest and used his lighter to set her alight. She's speaking out in the hope she can inspire other women to leave abusive relationships.
The Australian Education Union says it is "astonished" the Government will not be matching the funding levels required by Gonski, accusing it of abandoning the children who need the most help.
F1 championship leader Nico Rosberg chalks up a seventh win in a row at the Russian Grand Prix, while Sebastian Vettel gets rammed in a continuing spat with Daniil Kvyat.
A car bomb hits the Turkish city of Gaziantep killing two police officers while three soldiers are killed in a separate attack in Mardin, leaving the country on edge.
US President Barack Obama takes aim at Donald Trump in his final address at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, before declaring "Obama out" and literally dropping the microphone.
Kensington Palace officials release a series of photos of Princess Charlotte, taken by her mother the Duchess of Cambridge, to mark her first birthday.
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