A man charged with fraud as part of an investigation into the suspected funnelling of millions of dollars in Australian taxpayer money to Islamic State was authorised to care for children in his home, despite being convicted of threatening to kill someone with a sword at a Sydney shopping centre
Australia has failed to secure a hockey medal at the Olympics for the first time since 1984. New Zealand defeated the Hockeyroos 4-2 in the quarter-finals overnight, while the Kookaburras lost to the Netherlands in the quarter-finals a day earlier
Australia's women's water polo team has bowed out of the Olympics, losing 5-3 in a penalty shoot-out to Hungary. Meanwhile, track cycling great Anna Meares has finished 10th overall in the women's sprint in what could be her last ever Olympics race
Ever come across the idea that chronic pain is all in the head? Dr Tasha Stanton says that's one of the five common myths about the condition that affects one in five Australians. Here are the other myths.
Here's what's coming up:
9:30am: Australia's former world champion Dani Samuels will take part in the women's discus qualifying rounds
9:35am: The men's pole vault final will be held in Rio
10:20am: Speaker Tony Smith will deliver a speech to introduce new members to the House of Representatives
11:25am: The final of the men's 800m will take place in Rio
11:45am: The women's 400m final will be held
4:00pm: BHP Billiton is expected to report a full year loss approaching $10 billion
A man charged with fraud as part of an investigation into the suspected funnelling of millions of dollars in Australian taxpayer money to Islamic State was authorised to care for children in his home, despite being convicted of threatening to kill someone with a sword at a Sydney shopping centre.
Australia's women's water polo team bows out of the Olympics, losing 5-3 in a penalty shoot-out to Hungary. Follow all the action from Rio with our live blog.
Athletes who used performance-enhancing drugs in their glory years warn Russian athletes, and any others around the world, the price of doping is just too high.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his deputy Barnaby Joyce will today meet with the board of Murray Goulburn, and are expected to raise questions over the shock milk price cuts and how to support affected dairy farmers.
An overhead television camera suspended by cables crashes to the ground in the Olympic Park, injuring at least seven people below, in the latest in a string of mishaps to hit South America's first Games.
Former emergency services minister Jane Garrett, who resigned from Cabinet in a row over the bitterly disputed enterprise bargaining agreement for firefighters, is assaulted on a street in Melbourne's inner north.
Workers compensation records reveal cases of black lung disease existed well before its official 're-emergence' late last year, prompting a Labor MP to call for a royal commission into "why they have hidden it".
Senator Pauline Hanson distances herself from an anti-Islam group which disrupted an Anglican church service, saying the stunt was "counterproductive" to One Nation's "serious arguments".
The participation of Australia's small but "quality" military forces could have significance if tensions with Beijing escalate into war, a US Army-commissioned report predicts.
A senior policeman is questioned during the Sydney siege inquest about whether an email from NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione amounted to interference with police operations.
Tension flares again in Milwaukee, with one person shot and a police officer injured in the second night of riots triggered by the fatal shooting of a suspect by an officer.
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