Plunging milk prices are forcing Australia's dairy farmers to sell up. Four Corners reports on the crisis in Australia's dairy industry, with farmers fearing the latest shock may be the last straw
The RSPCA will investigate a possible greyhound burial site in bushland north of Newcastle today. Bushwalkers raised the alarm at the weekend after finding at least seven skulls
Criminals impersonating police have robbed members of the US swim team at gun point in Rio. Games organisers say they are investigating the incident, which saw a taxi with four US swimmers pulled over on the trip back to the Olympics Village
What do some of Australia's rarest marsupials eat for breakfast? Go behind the scenes at Perth Zoo and meet the dibblers, tiny carnivores which only exist in five locations.
Here's what's coming up:
7:00am AEST: The Kookaburras, Australia's men's hockey team, will take on the Netherlands in the quarter-finals in Rio
8:30am AEST: Pre-polling opens in the Northern Territory, two weeks ahead of polling day
9:30am AEST: NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and Deputy NSW Police Chief Cath Burn will appear at the Sydney siege inquest over the next three days
11:25am AEST: Usain Bolt will race in the men's 100m finals at the Rio Olympics
Maddison Keeney and Esther Qin hit the diving pool for Australia while Anna Meares and Matthew Glaetzer are eyeing glory in the velodrome. Follow all the action with our live blog.
On a freezing winter evening, truckload after truckload of dairy cows are delivered to the saleyards at Camperdown in south-western Victoria. They are destined for slaughter, casualties of a price cut which farmers say is milking them dry.
Now is not the time to stand aside, according to the chief of the embattled Australian Bureau of Statistics in the wake of significant problems with the 2016 census.
Transgender teenagers are risking their lives to buy hormones on the black market so they can transition, because they cannot access the Family Court, advocates say.
The three most senior police officers in New South Wales will reveal what operational decisions, if any, they made during the Sydney siege when they give evidence at the inquest this week.
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, angered by news reports that he has grown dejected and sullen over his fading presidential prospects, issues some of his sharpest attacks on the media.
Boko Haram releases a new video purportedly showing some of the schoolgirls kidnapped by the jihadist group from the Nigerian town of Chibok more than two years ago.
A leading economist believes Western Australia has been "bleating" over its GST share, and has likened the state to a pensioner who wins the lottery then complains about losing the pension.
The West Australian Opposition is calling on the Barnett Government and the Director of Public Prosecution to bring on an appeal in relation to an offender who was bailed after pleading guilty to 61 child sex offences.
Protesters fire gunshots and set a petrol station on fire in the US mid-western city of Milwaukee, hours after a patrol officer shot and killed an armed suspect who took flight after a traffic stop, authorities say.
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