The NSW RSL will be the subject of a royal commission-style inquiry with powers to compel witnesses to appear and seize evidence, with state Charities Minister Matt Kean today announcing the Government will create the most wide-ranging probe ever to hit the venerable institution.
More Australians could find they have become victims of a massive global cyber attack when they turn on their computers this morning, the Federal Government is warning.
Sixteen years after BHP merged with South African miner Billiton, the world's biggest miner by market value is dumping the merged brand to go back to the future as plain BHP.
Experts say a North Korean ballistic missile fired from a region near its west coast into the Sea of Japan could have a range of up to 6,000 kilometres — enough to reach Hawaii.
If there was one failing in last week's budget, it was to allow the banking sector to portray the new levy as some kind of unexpected impost rather than what it really is: a commercial fee for services rendered, writes Ian Verrender.
Coalition MP George Christensen tries to shut down a visit from American neo-Nazi Mike Enoch (pictured), renouncing his association with the group planning Mr Enoch's appearance in Sydney.
An annual report reveals a "sharp increase" in scams occurring on social media sites such as Facebook, costing 200,000 affected people almost $300 million in losses.
Writing the screenplay for the next Tom Hanks movie tops off a whirlwind few months for Oscar-nominated Australian screenwriter Luke Davies. The achievement is all the more impressive given how close he came to squandering his talents.
Human rights group Amnesty International finds the Australian Government downplayed the danger asylum seekers on Manus Island faced when the detention centre was attacked by soldiers from the Papua New Guinea Defence Force.
Lead levels "almost unprecedented in current society" are being found in dozens of young people, who have been breaking into the Elcho Island airport and siphoning avgas from planes in order to sniff it.
Emmanuel Macron takes power as French president, driving down through central Paris in a military jeep with a cavalry escort and pledging to work to overcome divisions in society.
Daniel Ricciardo inherits third place at the Spanish Grand Prix, as Lewis Hamilton holds off Sebastian Vettel despite the German's incredible pass of Valtteri Bottas.
An Adelaide woman had parts of her fingers amputated because of plastic pebbles used to bulk out an illegal drug batch, and is warning others of the dangers of addiction.
Beijing hopes China's new tourism initiative of a "panda invasion" in Australia will attract tourists, as local operators risk missing out on the China tourism boom.
Portugal's Salvador Sobral wins the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest with his performance of a jazz-style ballad written by his sister Luisa, with Australia finishing in the top 10 for the third time in a row.
Doctors told Carly and Simon Gray to 'go out and enjoy your son', after eight-year-old Tom was diagnosed with brain cancer, a low survival cancer described as 'forgotten' by the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation.
The Chinese Government is inviting world leaders to Beijing to sell them its hugely ambitious, signature One Belt One Road project, aimed at dominating global trade and making China the world's largest economy.
Rarely have we seen two teams more hell-bent on losing a football game than Richmond and Fremantle in their Sunday afternoon MCG clash. Relive the incredible and costly mistakes.
Nearly four years after she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Genevieve Esgate has stripped away her clothes and been painted from head to foot, to raise awareness of the disease in younger women.
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