The creation of two new electorates in Victoria and the ACT, and the loss of one in SA, is tipped to benefit the Labor Party at the next federal election.
Nearly half a million of the devices have been recalled in the United States because hackers can remotely cause the batteries to go flat or force the pacemakers to run at potentially deadly speeds.
All Australian businesses are set to be banned from slugging customers with excessive surcharges for using EFTPOS and credit cards to pay for purchases.
A coroner calls for better alcohol education for high school students following the death of Nicole Bicknell, who recorded a blood alcohol reading of 0.319 after consuming a vast quantity of spirits at her 18th birthday party.
When the two female founders of an internet start-up found themselves facing the industry's well-known culture of misogyny, they decided to create 'Keith Mann'.
One of the world's most prominent anti-vaccination advocates, Kent Heckenlively, is denied entry to Australia, which he planned to visit as part of an international tour calling on parents to stop vaccinating their children.
A woman charged with using poison to endanger life after a female customer went into cardiac arrest following a "procedure" at a Sydney beauty clinic is an unlicensed Chinese tourist, a court is told.
Crossbench senator Derryn Hinch says details of a US social security number which has embroiled him in the dual citizenship debacle were leaked by a "close friend" who "doesn't like me" — and he's going to the High Court to try to stay in Parliament.
A former health official who avoided jail over an elaborate compensation scam involving death threats and blood-stained clothes will now spend time behind bars.
Peter Molloy transformed a hospital antiseptic into Betadine in 1984, revolutionising the treatment of sore throats across the country. Now he's tackling the rare cancer treatments Big Pharma companies have rejected.
Paul Pisasale is struggling with health problems, his brother says, as the former Ipswich mayor faces criminal charges and a Crime and Corruption Commission investigation.
An audio recording of the dramatic moment NSW Police realised they had shot a man dead in Bathurst is released. The ABC understands officers were threatened with a samurai sword.
There is an urgent need for rescue and relief services on the Indian subcontinent as severe monsoon flooding spreads across India, Nepal and Bangladesh, leaving more than 1,200 people dead since the rains started.
The Yaegl people of the lower Clarence region on the NSW coast are looking forward to fewer boundaries and restrictions after a historic decision grants them a native title over a stretch of ocean.
Drones will be the most disruptive technology in human history, a US futurist says, predicting that by the year 2030, there will be 1 billion drones in the world doing things people cannot yet imagine.
The damage bill from Tropical Storm Harvey is likely to be enormous, and that leaves US President Donald Trump with a tough decision to make about his plans for a border wall with Mexico.
The US military shoots down a medium-range ballistic missile during a test off Hawaii, officials say, in a bid "to stay ahead of the threat" posed by North Korea.
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