The Federal Government will make changes the controversial Centrelink debt recovery program. Welfare recipients will be able to launch an internal review before debt proceedings begin
President-elect Donald Trump has hailed Brexit and said it will be "very hard" to keep the European Union together. Mr Trump said he would offer to end sanctions on Russia in exchange for a nuclear arms reduction deal
Australians are sending "unhelpful" donations to disaster zones that are doing more harm than good, according to a report commissioned by the Australian Red Cross. Instead of sending items like high heels, handbags and canned goods, aid agencies have issued a plea for Australians to send cash instead
A new report from Oxfam shows just eight men own the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the world's population. The list includes Microsoft chairman Bill Gates and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
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6:30pm AEDT: Nick Kyrgios faces Gastao Elias in the first round of the Australian Open
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull accuses Opposition Leader Bill Shorten of shallow populism and defends his pursuit of the Trans-Pacific Partnership after Mr Shorten labelled the pursuit a "waste of time".
The Federal Government will introduce changes to Centrelink's controversial debt recovery program, despite insisting it is working and dismissing calls for its suspension.
Wading into foreign affairs days before his inauguration, US President-elect Donald Trump says the United Kingdom's decision to leave the European Union will "end up being a great thing" and the bloc will continue to break apart.
Indigenous leaders are criticising the NSW Multiculturalism Minister for describing January 26 as a wonderful day for all Australians and "not controversial".
Former senator Rod Culleton says he will take a "self-imposed" moratorium from his job, after losing his place in the Upper House following a bankruptcy case against him, but he says he will stay in his electorate office.
Bloodied shoe prints and a small stain on a garage floor were among the key pieces of evidence that helped prove Robert Xie murdered five members of the Lin family.
French Polynesia is set to construct the world's first floating city after signing an agreement with The Seasteading Institute for a pilot project in its sheltered azure seas.
A Turkish Airlines cargo jet crashes near Kyrgyzstan's Manas airport, killing at least 30 people, most of them residents of a village struck by the Boeing 747.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says it is crucial to explore the options for a federal anti-corruption watchdog as part of reforms around parliamentary expenditure.
Akon Guode shows no emotion as she pleads guilty to killing three of her children and trying to kill a fourth by driving into a lake at Wyndham Vale in Melbourne's south-west.
Just eight men, including Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, own the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the world's population, a new Oxfam report reveals.
Unsolicited donations given to Australia's Pacific neighbours after disasters may cause more harm than good, a report commissioned by the Australian Red Cross says, with the cost of storing such items often a burden for local governments.
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