Triple j is understood to be considering changing the date of its annual Australia Day Hottest 100 countdown out of respect for Indigenous people, who view January 26 as the day their land was invaded
Imagine being able to charge your phone with your T-shirt. That could soon become a reality. Scientists say they have invented a super thin fabric that generates electricity from sunlight and movement.
Here's what's coming up:
6:00pm AEST: Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham and Labor MP Anthony Albanese will be on RN Drive
7:00pm AEST: The shortlist for the Man Booker Prize will be announced in London
9:30pm AEST: On ABC1, Bob Connolly returns to PNG's Highlands for Foreign Correspondent, 25 years after he filmed the Highlands Trilogy
12:25am AEST: Madeleine Hogan will compete in the women's F46 javelin throw final at the Rio Paralympics
The Government is preparing to reveal the legislation needed to set up the same-sex marriage plebiscite, but Labor sounds increasingly unlikely to provide the crucial support needed to get the bill through. Follow our live politics blog for the latest developments.
The Coalition can pass the legislation through the House of Representatives using its slender majority of one vote. But it's the Senate that poses a problem.
A group of prominent businessmen, including Dick Smith and John Singleton, take out a full-page ad in The Australian newspaper accusing the Government of secretly planning to use nuclear power in its next fleet of submarines.
With Sydney's population projected to reach 6.4 million by 2036, opinion is split over whether the city should look to Barcelona as a model for urban density.
Triple j is understood to be considering changing the date of their annual Australia Day Hottest 100 out of respect for Indigenous people, who view January 26 as a commemoration of the invasion of their land.
Belgian Paralympian Marieke Vervoort says she is still considering euthanasia but, contrary to media reports, will not be ending her life immediately after the Games in Rio.
A countrywide ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia comes into effect in Syria, the second attempt this year by Washington and Moscow to halt the five-year civil war.
Suicide remains the leading cause of death among young Australians, as well as one of the main causes of early deaths across the entire population, according to a report.
A social media video of star Gold Coast Titans recruit Jarryd Hayne with an alleged bikie, who is holding up $5,000 cash he says Hayne gave to him, is passed on to the NRL's Integrity Unit.
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