| | | | An international group that was launched in Melbourne in 2007 to abolish nuclear weapons is honoured for its work to draw attention to the "catastrophic humanitarian consequences" they have when used. |
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| | Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus says it would be a shocking and "extraordinarily drastic" step to allow children as young as 10 to be detained by police without charge under new anti-terror measures. |
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| | Stunt merchants often struggle to get beyond a reputation for wackiness, but Nick Xenophon has managed to be both notable but also powerful, writes political correspondent Louise Yaxley. |
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| | Consultants working for the Northern Territory's independent fracking inquiry are accused of suggesting Indigenous communities exploit the opportunity and ask for benefits, because a gas-extraction industry is inevitable. |
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| | Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock did not fit the usual profile of a mass murderer. He was not a loner, he had a partner who said she was madly in love with him, and he was a multi-millionaire. |
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| | Victorian police meet to find ways to protect, promote and preserve the wellbeing of staff, after two officers took their lives last month. |
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| | Peer-to-peer car sharing means renting a vehicle from an individual, not a company. One council in Melbourne's north wants to encourage the practice and has set aside parking spaces to accommodate the car-share model. |
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| | A 30-year-old backpacker on his way home from a night out was almost hit by a car before getting into a fight with its driver and being fatally stabbed in the back and stomach, Queensland police say. |
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| | British Prime Minister Theresa May says she will stay on as leader to provide stability after a former chairman of her Conservative Party announces he has garnered the support of 30 politicians who want her to quit. |
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| | One side of the tracks has brick homes with pools and watered lawns. Just 100 metres to the other side, generations have lived in an pre-war bush block labelled a "shantytown" with no water, sewerage or roads, underlining two-tier disadvantage in peri-urban Australia. |
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| | US President Donald Trump is expected to announce soon that he will decertify the Iran nuclear deal — the landmark pact made in 2015 to curb the country's nuclear program. Here's why he's not a fan. |
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| | A father labelled a "sicko" for changing his son's nappy in a parents' room at a Queensland shopping centre was a victim of indirect sexual discrimination, a lawyer says. |
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| | It's a common perception that Chinese buyers are descending upon Australia and driving up housing prices to unaffordable levels — but what factors are really at play? |
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| | The Spanish Government's official representative in Catalonia apologises for the violent response by Spanish police to protesters who were attempting to vote in a banned independence referendum in the region. |
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| | A woman gave a supermarket co-worker graphic details of how she murdered Perth teenager Aaron Pajich, and sounded excited when she talked about it, WA's Supreme Court is told. |
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| | Bruce Kamau scores twice as Melbourne City kicks off the new A-League season with a professional 2-0 win over Brisbane Roar. |
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| | A flood of cashed-up Sydneysiders could inject more than $8 billion into Queensland's economy in coming years as they flee soaring property prices. |
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| | Australia should consider 'leasing' its rare and endangered wildlife to raise cash for biodiversity conservation, similar to what China already does with the giant panda, according to Australia's retiring Threatened Species commissioner. |
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By Liz Hanna, Australian National University |
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By Karen Thorpe, Sally Staton, Simon Smith and Susan Irvine |
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By Clint Miller, Deakin University |
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By political correspondent Louise Yaxley |
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