The rate of preventable hearing loss in juvenile detention centres is alarming and contributing to the "cycle of disadvantage that leads children into the justice system", health professionals say.
Researchers in Australia and around the globe are trying to breed new varieties of Cavendish in a bid to protect supply of the world's most popular banana as the threat of a damaging fungus spreads.
A man has an extraordinary escape after a large shark breaks into his underwater diving cage before heaving itself out through the top, leaving him unharmed.
The Australian Federal Police says it is yet to receive any referrals about alleged war crimes from a secretive Defence inquiry which is examining the conduct of the nation's elite soldiers.
The Fair Work ombudsman releases a damning report into the experiences of 417 working holiday visa holders, revealing serious exploitation of some backpackers.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari dismisses criticism voiced by his wife Aisha Buhari in a BBC interview, saying "she belongs in the kitchen" and that he has "superior knowledge" about running a Government.
Writer and media personality Waleed Aly delivers the Andrew Olle media lecture, calling for the media to stop pursuing short-term victories at long-term cost to its authority.
Senator George Brandis insists before a Senate committee that he met all of his obligations under the law to consult with his Solicitor-General, adding that the whole bitter feud had stemmed from "confected controversy".
The lawyer for Cricket Australia says the testimony of players at the inquest into Phillip Hughes' 2014 death has been honest, prompting the cricketer's visibly upset family to walk out.
A Tasmanian abattoir defends its operation in the wake of graphic vision released by an animal welfare group, showing what it describes is the prolonged and unlawful suffering of pics, sheep and cows.
A royal convoy carries the body of Thailand's King Bhumibol past thousands of weeping Thais to his Grand Palace in Bangkok ahead of his funeral and traditional royal cremation.
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