For the first time in history, the Federal Government is helping Australians with chronic illnesses to get their hands on medicinal marijuana, by fast-tracking importation while local supplies expand.
A report into the Catholic compensation scheme for abuse victims, which has been suppressed by the Church for more than a year, will be tabled at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses into Child Sexual Abuse this week.
For the people of Thebarton, the closure of Coca-Cola's bottling plant in Adelaide will be like having "your heart ripped out", a local historian says, who remembers touring the newly opened factory in 1951 as a child.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews defends the safety record of Essendon Airport after yesterday's deadly plane crash, but says safety improvements will be made if they are needed.
Volkswagen is accused of pressuring drivers to accept a software upgrade for vehicles implicated in the global emissions scandal, or face the possibility of no compensation.
Fears of inflating housing bubbles in Sydney and Melbourne are stopping the Reserve Bank from cutting interest rates to boost the economy, the central bank governor conceded today.
Bob Inglis was a Republican Congressman who once thought climate change was "nonsense" for the "other tribe". Now, he's on a mission in Australia to convince conservatives to fight for the environment.
Melbourne man Boris Trajkov, lauded for services to the Macedonian community, is charged with serious drugs offences and is being pursued over millions of dollars missing from a charity he helped found.
A desert site at the top of Spencer Gulf in South Australia is perfect for a pumped hydro venture, which would use sea water to make a power station of up to 200-megawatts, EnergyAustralia says.
At least 225 residents are rescued from a San Jose neighbourhood inundated by floodwaters, after a series of storms swelled waterways and left about half of California under flood, wind and snow advisories.
Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold says the obscene banner showed by Wanderers fans has distressed his family, as the club suspends membership of 14 fans in the Red and Black Bloc.
Police have seized cars, computers, phones, and loose change out of the purses of people suspected of working in the sex industry, a South Australian parliamentary committee hears.
An Australian model and his skateboarding friend are hailed as heroes in New York after they save seven teenagers who fell through ice in Central Park.
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