An investment expert has urged Dreamworld not to rush its reopening following the deaths of four people on a ride, saying it must be able to guarantee safety first. Plans to reopen the theme park today have been shelved as police continue their investigation
Lawyers have called for an end to domestic violence victims being directly cross-examined by their ex-partners in court. Women's Legal Services Australia wants the issue to be discussed at the Council of Australian Governments Family Violence Summit in Brisbane today
Does love need labelling? Deirdre Fidge doesn't think so. She says the media obsession with the relationship between former Bachelor contestants Tiffany Scanlon and Megan Marx provides an opportunity to reflect on our biases and prejudices.
Here's what's coming up:
7:10am AEDT: Assistant Health Minister Ken Wyatt will be interviewed on AM
8:15am AEDT: Employment Minister Michaelia Cash will be a guest on Radio National
9:30am AEDT: The COAG National Summit on Reducing Violence Against Women will open in Brisbane
11:00am AEDT: Dairy giant Murray Goulburn will hold its annual general meeting
2:00pm AEDT: Australia will name its team for next week's first cricket Test against South Africa
Australian permanent resident Jessica Wongso is sentenced to 20 years in jail for the murder of her friend Mirna Salihin, who collapsed at a Jakarta cafe after sipping a cyanide-laced iced coffee.
The board of Dreamworld's parent company Ardent Leisure is criticised by several experts for its handling of this week's tragedy at the Gold Coast theme park.
A Brisbane woman says Dreamworld staff "pushed off" her concerns when her raft became stuck in the Thunder River Rapids ride which killed four people, telling her "all the empty rafts get stuck there".
As the "Jungle" asylum seeker camp ends in flames, 8,000 refugees are bussed from Calais to processing centres all over France. But what do they make of their future as Europe becomes increasingly hostile to them?
The Iraqi army is trying to reach a town south of Mosul where Islamic State militants have reportedly executed dozens of people to deter the population against any attempt to support the US-led offensive.
When 26-year-old Taruna Aswani was blackmailed for naked pictures by the man who hacked her Cloud, she turned to social media and took the matter into her own hands.
Liberal senator Eric Abetz launches a scathing attack on the Human Rights Commission president, arguing she is in no position to give a lecture on telling the truth at a conference next month.
While the gender pay gap is not changing, the reasons for the inequality are, according to a new report, which says most discrimination is systemic and "much more sinister".
The head of the PM's Indigenous Advisory Council Warren Mundine launches a vicious tirade against the Federal Government over its announcement of a new inquiry into Indigenous imprisonment, querying which "dickhead" thought it up.
When author J.K Rowling created wizarding world newspapers The Daily Prophet and The New York Ghost in her books, she probably never imagined her literary creation would come to life.
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