The Federal Opposition will today unveil a campaign pledge to spend $2.4 billion over the next four years to unwind a freeze on Medicare rebates paid to doctors. Labour said the plan would cost $12 billion over a decade and would be paid for through savings
One of the 219 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram has been found. Amina Ali and her four-month-old baby were rescued by soldiers working with a civilian vigilante group. Ms Ali told activists the other women were still "heavily guarded" in the militant group's Sambisa Forest stronghold
The Totten Glacier in East Antarctica has an unstable area that could collapse, contributing to a rise in sea levels of more than two metres. A new study published in the journal Nature shows the glacier, which was previously thought to be stable, could collapse if there was warming between 3 and 6 degrees Celsius
How many friends can you have in your social network? Scientists say the magic number is 132. People in a network this size typically maintain four or five connections with other members
Here's what's coming up:
9:00am AEST: Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion, Lingiari MP Warren Snowdon and Labor senator Pat Dodson will address the Northern Land Council in Arnhem Land
11:30am AEST: The Australian Bureau of Statistics will release its employment data for April
5:00pm AEST: Fast food and retail workers union Unite will hold rally a in Melbourne's CBD to protest 7-Eleven's move to scrap an independent panel assessing back pay claims
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is set to make the first big-ticket promise of the election campaign and vow to spend $12 billion over a decade to unwind the controversial freeze on Medicare rebates.
One of the 219 girls abducted by Boko Haram from Chibok, Nigeria in April 2014 is found near a forest in the country's north-east carrying a baby, local officials say.
Five men who allegedly planned to travel by boat to Indonesia so they could join Islamic State in Syria are due to be extradited under tight security from Cairns to Victoria this morning.
The lives of elderly people are being put at risk because of worryingly low uptake of flu vaccines among healthcare workers, public health experts are warning.
The Totten Glacier in East Antarctica has an unstable area that could collapse and contribute to more than two metres of sea level rise beyond what is generally predicted if climate change remains unchecked, researchers say.
Former Australian soldier Adam Whittington and alleged members of his child recovery team involved in the 60 Minutes child abduction scandal are denied bail and move prisons ahead of a kidnapping trial.
Sri Lanka's President mourns the island's "devastating loss" as the death toll from three days of torrential rain and landslides rises to 37, with more than 150 missing and rescuers still pulling bodies from the mud.
Sworn statements show senior staff at Sydney's high-profile Northside Clinic were warned about the "inappropriate" and "dangerous" behaviour of its star psychiatrist years before he was stood aside.
The Australian bodyguard who was in the room when a colleague was shot dead at the Australian embassy in Baghdad is allowed to fly out of Iraq bound for Australia, despite allegations he has a history of violent and threatening behaviour.
An Australian aid worker in Lebanon voices anger about Peter Dutton's remarks on refugee literacy, saying the Immigration Minister should revisit the country's refugee camps as he "wasn't paying attention" on his "confronting" trip last year.
Mothers with full-time jobs are earning as little as $5 an hour after paying tax and childcare costs, and in some cases are financially "going backwards", a study finds.
The University of Melbourne takes the extraordinary step of opening up jobs to female applicants only in an attempt to drive change in the male-dominated area of mathematic academia.
A five-week-old kitten nicknamed "Honda" is safely back with its mother after being stuck behind a car grille for 12 hours and freed after the driver travelled through Melbourne.
Despite 12,000 extra places being offered for Syrian refugees as part of the Federal Government's additional humanitarian intake, only 300 have been resettled since last September.
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