Controversial private health insurance changes affecting older Australians are now on life support, after the legislation was effectively thrown out of parliament by the Coalition and crossbench. 

Senator Jacqui Lambie says there are claims that footage taken from the device "may have been uploaded online" before it was discovered.

The future of a number of players remains up in the air as the AFL's trade period reaches its dramatic final hour. Follow live.

Resources Minister Madeleine King has left open the door to nationalising a Perth-based critical minerals company as several China-linked investors are defying federal government orders to divest from it.

When the Cold War ended, the US became Asia's uncontested leader. The hope, at the time, was that China would simply go along with that arrangement. Clearly, that's not how things are turning out.

Queensland pineapple farmers say a federal government proposal to import foreign fruit could destroy their $80 million industry.

A woman admitted fatally stabbing her ex-girlfriend to her new prison lover while police listened on a hidden microphone, a court has been told.

Five men gather around an outdoor dining table, but one of them claims it was a meeting laced with threats.

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The secretive church’s leader Bruce Hales faces a high-stakes showdown with a parliamentary committee on Friday.

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The quake struck about 35km northeast of Luganville in Vanuatu.

A car was also driven at partygoers and a number of vicious assaults reported.

70-100 people could be seen gathered in groups near the scene in Mt Albert.

Police said the accident near Ōtara has blocked multiple lanes.

Police believe they have found everyone from inside the vehicle, but divers will check.

Queensland pineapple farmers say a federal government proposal to import foreign fruit could destroy their $80 million industry.

A woman admitted fatally stabbing her ex-girlfriend to her new prison lover while police listened on a hidden microphone, a court has been told.

Five men gather around an outdoor dining table, but one of them claims it was a meeting laced with threats.

The husband of a woman senselessly killed in a 2024 car accident flipped the script on Wednesday when addressing her killer in court.

Two gunmen are on the run after a suspected road rage incident near a kindergarten in Melbourne’s north-west on Wednesday.

The surge in the animals’ value is due to the virtual elimination of private vehicles in the strip and the emergence of a small group of black marketeers.

Jaime West, a candidate for the Fayette County Council east of Indianapolis, appeared in a televised forum.

Asked for one thing she would do in office that might be unpopular with some voters, the Democrat candidate said: “Firing all Republicans.”

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Cornell has suspended all parties and social events at frat houses as it grapples with the fallout from gang rape allegations.

Bill Shorten has sparked a political storm over sudden policy moves that appeal to the Labor Left.

Progressive politics is close to killing off the worthy idea of constitutional recognition of the indigenous peoples.

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt has ordered sweeping raids to prop up the cash-strapped state’s ailing budget.

Shares fell yesterday, wiping more than $30 billion in value, as investors braced for a British vote to leave the EU.

Efforts to increase the number of people studying science and maths are wrongheaded, says Productivity Commission.

Bill Shorten has sparked a political storm over sudden policy moves that appeal to the Labor Left.

Progressive politics is close to killing off the worthy idea of constitutional recognition of the indigenous peoples.

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt has ordered sweeping raids to prop up the cash-strapped state’s ailing budget.

Shares fell yesterday, wiping more than $30 billion in value, as investors braced for a British vote to leave the EU.

Efforts to increase the number of people studying science and maths are wrongheaded, says Productivity Commission.