Treasurer Scott Morrison pleads with Australia's biggest banks not to pass the cost of last night's multi-billion-dollar budget hit on to customers, saying the public "already don't like you very much".
In the first Question Time since Scott Morrison handed down his second budget, the Government and Opposition trade blows over which party is fairer for Australians. Follow live.
US President Donald Trump abruptly fires FBI director James Comey in a move that has surprised many - including, according to US reports, Mr Comey himself.
Clive Palmer resumes giving evidence at the Federal Court in Brisbane into the collapse of Queensland Nickel, hobbling into the courtroom clutching a sick bag.
The man who smashed a pie into the face of Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce yesterday says he wanted to make a statement about same-sex marriage, but Mr Joyce says he will press assault charges and defends his right to be vocal on the issue.
There are dramatic scenes in the ICAC as a former Australian of the Year finalist being investigated for defrauding taxpayers claims she has been framed.
Everyone's divided about where they stand on the major issues outlined in this year's budget. Here's a quick guide to who's said what about the budget.
A multi-billion-dollar hit on Australia's biggest banks will likely be waved through the Senate with the support of Labor and the Greens, however the passage of other measures such as the Medicare levy and the crackdown on welfare remains less clear-cut.
You can tell a lot about a budget by looking at who it punishes. This one basically targets anyone who's ever appeared on A Current Affair accompanied by a low, menacing soundtrack, writes Annabel Crabb.
From housing affordability to Medicare and drug-testing for welfare recipients, we've dug through the budget papers and found all the important bits so you don't have to.
Scott Morrison's decision to penalise banks with a levy on their liabilities is criticised by business leaders who warn that bank customers might ultimately foot the bill.
Millions of dollars is going to be spent exhuming and reburying the remains of 7,000 patients of an old lunatic asylum in Mississippi that operated during the 19th and 20th centuries.
We all know where this is going, don't we? The conservationists who rescued a rare albino orangutan in Borneo call upon the public to name it, so as to make it a symbol of the critically endangered species.
Hyperloop transport has been likened to the old-fashioned pneumatic tube mail used in the offices of yesteryear — but will we ever really be able to zip between cities in a speeding metal pod?
NSW MP Peter Phelps compares the State Government's healthy canteen strategy to sex acts, suggesting students are being told that oral sex is "OK" but not sausage rolls.
Irate passengers swarm ticket counters and start a near-riot after nine flights are cancelled at Florida's Fort Lauderdale's airport, with one traveller describing the situation as "awful".
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