Britain will soon have a new prime minister. Theresa May's last rival to succeed David Cameron as Tory leader in the wake of the Brexit vote has quit the race, meaning Ms May will be calling 10 Downing Street home on Wednesday
Senator-elect Pauline Hanson's party copied slabs of text from Wikipedia and other websites for its policies. One Nation picked up nearly one in 10 Senate votes in Queensland
A landmark ruling in The Hague due today could effectively knock down China's claim to the South China Sea, including its many islands and reefs
Do soulmates exist? Philosopher and author Alain de Botton has tackled questions like this in search of the truth about love (spoiler: he doesn't think the term soulmate is helpful).
Here's what's coming up:
9:10am AEST: The national Police Service Medal will be posthumously awarded to Damian Eyre, who was ambushed and shot dead with his partner Steven Tynan in Melbourne's South Yarra in 1988
9:30am AEST: Kyle Zandipour is expected to be sentenced for the murder of Joshua Hardy outside a McDonald's in Melbourne in 2014
10:30am AEST: The Australian women's basketball team for the Rio Olympics will be announced
11:30am AEST: The Australian National University will announce details of Australia's most generous philanthropic contribution to an Australian university
MPs and senators gather in Canberra as Malcolm Turnbull's new government starts to take shape. The Coalition's victories in the seats of Flynn and Capricornia were confirmed last night, giving it 76 seats and allowing it to govern in its own right.
How do you free troubled kids from the violence and poverty of South Africa's broken townships? For starters, you teach them surfing. Sally Sara reports on the idea that's inspiring youngsters to unleash their best.
Theresa May will become Britain's new prime minister on Wednesday, with the task of steering its withdrawal from the European Union, after her last rival in the bid to succeed David Cameron abruptly abandoned her short-lived campaign.
The family of a policewoman who took her own life is suing the state of New South Wales for millions of dollars, for allegedly failing to protect her from harm.
The big four accounting firms are branded as aggressive, unethical, and stand accused of "perpetrating the greatest tax crimes in history" by a leading corporate tax authority.
The UN will hand down its long-awaited judgement today on whether China's actions and its claims over much of the South China Sea are legal — but experts say the ruling is unlikely to change the Chinese position.
Greyhound racing continues at Grafton on the New South Wales north coast despite a temporary state-wide ban, as the Coalition and Labor tussle internally over the issue.
A police sergeant admits changing his evidence after hearing media reports about the evidence of other officers during the inquest into Sydney's Lindt Cafe siege.
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