Treasurer Scott Morrison approves the sale of the S Kidman and Co empire, which runs a herd of up to 185,000 cattle, to mining magnate Gina Rinehart and a Chinese consortium.
The controversial Adler shotgun will be harder to obtain after premiers and chief ministers agree to classify the weapon as a category D firearm if it contains more than five shots.
Colin Rogan's younger brother was allegedly stripped of his clothes with a knife and left in isolation for days at Don Dale, now he is calling for fresh charges against guards at the centre.
A Muslim woman's refusal to stand for a judge — because Muslim law prohibits her from standing for anyone "apart from Allah" — may be the first test of tough new NSW legislation that makes it an offence to disrespect a court.
Exquisitely preserved bones and feathers from a baby dinosaur's tail have been discovered in a piece of 99-million-year-old amber, found by a palaeontologist hunting for fossils in a South-East Asian market.
Omar Al-Kutobi and Mohammad Kiad, who were arrested last year minutes after recording a video with a home made Islamic State flag in the background, are sentenced to 20 years' jail for preparing to commit a terrorist attack.
The head of Australia's chemical regulator warns the number of key scientists at the agency will halve, as Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce pushes ahead with a $25-million plan to relocate the agency to Armidale, in his own electorate.
A group of former employees from lingerie chain Honey Birdette publicly burn their bras in protest over a "sexist dress code" and general working conditions at the company, which they say encourages daily harassment.
Interest rates on investor loans are already rising, as are a range of fixed-term rates, and banks are now eyeing whether to put up variable rates across all home loans.
A Parliamentary committee calls for laws to make it harder for political parties to impersonate Government departments during an election after Labor's "Mediscare" campaign.
John Glenn, who became one of the 20th century's greatest explorers as the first American to orbit Earth and later as the world's oldest astronaut, dies at the age of 95.
Paris makes all public transport, residential parking and the Velib' bicycle and Autolib' electric car schemes free for the third consecutive day to combat high levels of smog in the city.
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