Billions of dollars for suburban rail projects and more cash to "sustainably fund and safeguard" the NDIS will be features of tonight's federal budget. Follow developments in our live blog.
While the full budget won't be released until later today, the Government has revealed how key sectors such as education, infrastructure and housing are likely to fare.
Australian of the Year finalist Eman Sharobeem breaks down while giving evidence at a corruption inquiry over accusations she defrauded NSW taxpayers and faked her professional qualifications.
A man in his 60s launches a lemon meringue pie at Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce, hitting him in the face as he delivers an address at a business breakfast in Perth.
Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, also known as Ahok, is found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to a two-year jail term,in a tense trial widely seen as a test of religious tolerance in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation.
A fossil believed to be between 500 and 870 million years old is reported missing after it was chipped out of rock in "a selfish act" at South Australia's Hallett Cove Conservation Park.
Voluntary chemical castration will be an option for sex offenders seeking parole, under a suite of changes to the justice system announced by the New South Wales Government.
Former MP Clive Palmer being too unwell to attend a public examination in Federal Court "is not a tactic in any way," his barrister says, as the judge orders his doctor to appear instead.
Faecal transplants could be causing some patients to take on the physical and mental characteristics of their donors, including body shape and even symptoms of depression, an expert in infectious diseases says.
The US military's experimental X-37B space plane returns to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida after completing a classified mission during more than 700 days in orbit.
How do you make housing more affordable? One city thinks part of the answer is cutting down on short-term tourist rentals, something Australian governments have been loath to do.
The administrators of the Bad Girls Advice Facebook group confirm they arranged a "pact" to share members' nude photos with a rival men's page in an effort to deter them from accessing the women's photos and details.
An NT police investigator says she thought a youth justice officer was playing a game when he allegedly hit a detainee's kneecaps with a torch, a royal commission has heard.
A woman whose mother was found with maggots in her mouth at a nursing home near Newcastle is calling for mandatory reporting standards for such incidents.
A beach that was swept away more than 30 years ago from a remote island off the west coast of Ireland reappears after thousands of tonnes of sand are deposited on top of the rocky coastline.
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