Social Services Minister Christian Porter has declared a "revolutionary change" is needed to break the cycle of lifetime welfare dependency in Australia and prevent the annual $160 billion welfare bill from spiralling into the trillions for future generations
While we might be a little while off from replicating a Star Trek style transporter, scientists have shown they can teleport matter across a city, a development that has been hailed as a 'technological breakthrough'.
Here's what's coming up:
7:00am AEST: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will attend a meeting on modern slavery hosted by UK PM Theresa May in New York
11:00am AEST: Singer Kylie Minogue will open the Kylie on Stage exhibition at the Arts Centre Melbourne
12:00pm AEST: WA Premier Colin Barnett will meet with members of his party for a possible leadership spill motion
12:30pm AEST: Social Services Minister Christian Porter will deliver his National Press Club speech 'The Australian Priority Investment Approach to Welfare'
Social Services Minister Christian Porter declares change is needed to break the cycle of lifetime welfare dependency in Australia and prevent the annual $160 billion welfare bill from spiralling into the trillions.
An Afghanistan-born American man suspected of carrying out a weekend bombing in New York City and planting other devices in New York and New Jersey is arrested after a gun battle.
Nationals senator Fiona Nash tells the Q&A panel she supports a "traditional view" of marriage, sparking anger from actor and author Magda Szubanski, who says gay people deserve the right to wed.
Shells and bombs rain down on rebel-held eastern Aleppo less than two hours after Syria's army declared an end to a week-long ceasefire agreed between Russia and the US.
Clubs NSW drops defamation proceedings against the ABC that were sparked when 7.30 reported Peter Garrett's claim that someone from Clubs NSW handed him an envelope of cash containing "hundreds, if not thousands of dollars" after he was elected.
It may be harder to spot a mountain ash in parts of Australia's mountains or some species of mallee trees in the outback within 60 years as climate change causes the range of most eucalypt species to shrink or even disappear entirely, new research suggests.
Supporters of West Australian Premier Colin Barnett insist he will comfortably see off a leadership challenge at today's Liberal partyroom meeting, but supporters of rival Dean Nalder are not so sure.
Former NSW Labor powerbroker John Della Bosca says the two major political parties are locked in a funding arms race, and has called for drastic reform of political donations.
Scientists have shown they can teleport matter across a city, a development that has been hailed as "a technological breakthrough" in the evolution of a quantum internet.
John Killick, known for escaping from Sydney's Silverwater Prison in a helicopter hijacked by his girlfriend in 1999, joins forces with an education officer to save arts education in jail.
The Washington Post calls for the prosecution of whistleblower Edward Snowden despite using him as a source for their Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting on the National Security Agency.
With the finish line in sight, Jonathan Brownlee's legs began to give way. But in a desperate bid to help him win the world title, his brother Alistair took hold.
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