The High Court begins hearing arguments against the Federal Government's planned same-sex marriage voluntary postal survey, with two groups opposed to the policy arguing it has not been properly funded.
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest announces a new rebel international rugby competition with six teams after WA's Western Force were cut from the Australian Rugby Union competition.
Greens MP Adam Bandt slams the Prime Minister's decision to try and delay the closure of the Liddell power station in the NSW Hunter Valley for at least five years.
The vast majority of the population will face above-normal bushfire risks this year and homeowners must prepare now, Australia's fire chiefs have warned at the launch of the bushfire outlook.
The billionaire inventor says an artificial intelligence arms race, and not the nuclear stand-off on the Korean Peninsula, will most likely be the cause of World War III.
A person who witnessed a man being stabbed to death describes fleeing to lock himself in a bathroom after seeing the alleged murderer lunge toward the victim with a bloody knife.
A white supremacist group, whose members pledge allegiance to Hitler during radicalisation camps, is behind homophobic propaganda being used in a bid to sway the national same-sex marriage postal vote.
Australia's hopes of direct qualification for the 2018 Russia World Cup are on the line when the Socceroos play Thailand in Melbourne tonight. We run through all the scenarios.
Planners wish to correct past errors by increasing densities, discouraging car dependency and mixing land uses. But imposing imported strategies on Australian cities is producing unhappy results.
A suite of ambitious projects were launched under the Royalties for Regions banner, but many are facing the axe as population growth stalls and the McGowan Government looks for cost savings to shore up Thursday's state budget.
Flames that left 14 people injured after an accident at the Red CentreNats racing event in Alice Springs were more than 400 degrees Celsius and could have left the victims with far worse injuries, a burns specialist says.
The political price of the Government's decision to keep Barnaby Joyce in the Cabinet is substantial, and it's an issue Labor can repeatedly return to, writes Michelle Grattan.
Chinese tourist Jie Shao administered a local anaesthetic and breast filler to the manager of a Sydney beauty clinic despite having no medical qualifications in Australia, prosecutors allege.
A former baggage handler pleads guilty to making hoax calls to pilots and air traffic controllers, which resulted in a Virgin flight aborting its landing at Melbourne Airport last year.
The giant sequoia trees that have stood for thousands of years in Yosemite National Park are under threat from a fire that is ripping across the western United States.
Britain's best-selling cycling magazine apologises to a female rider featured in its latest issue and labelled a "token attractive woman," blaming a sub-editor for the "idiotic caption".
Snow has settled as low as 100 metres in parts of Tasmania, and authorities are warning the cool conditions are likely to continue, making roads hazardous and turning the landscape white again.
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