Nearly 30,000 homes and businesses are without power and Sydney Airport is experiencing flight delays, as a severe thunderstorm brings heavy rainfall and damaging winds to the city's west.
Adani refuses to reveal which company in its complex corporate web has applied for a $1 billion subsided loan from the Australian Government, amid fears investors may have been misled.
A controversial work-for-the-dole scheme in Aboriginal communities will come under parliamentary scrutiny amid concerns it is punishing vulnerable Australians.
The former New Zealand defence minister admits for the first time that civilians were killed during a bungled raid by New Zealand SAS troops in Afghanistan in 2010.
The United States and Britain are temporarily banning carry-on electronic devices on planes coming from certain airports in Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa in response to unspecified security threats.
Sussan Ley's only breach of expense rules related to using a government-funded car for a five-minute trip from a hotel to an $800,000 apartment she bought on the Gold Coast during a work trip, a report finds.
Australia's housing market is in a bubble caused by the "neglect and drift" of state and federal governments, says economist and former Liberal leader John Hewson.
Students at a private school in Sydney's eastern suburbs are ordered to delete and report a video of the alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl if they encounter it, amid fears it is "still circulating".
The Federal Government is confident its childcare reforms will pass the Senate this week after bowing to pressure from the crossbench and setting aside contentious savings measures.
Former Cancer Council chief executive Clive Deverall's suicide throws the spotlight on voluntary euthanasia, as his widow claims legalising the practice would have prolonged his life.
The technology of Formula 1 is forever racing ahead, but 2017 sees an even bigger shake-up than usual as the sport responds to criticism that it became too predictable in recent years.
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