Top Stories

  1. Nova Peris breaks down defending decision to quit

    Outgoing Labor Senator Nova Peris gives an emotional defence of her decision to quit politics while standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on the campaign trail.

  2. Credit reporting giant investigated for selling personal information

    Australia's privacy watchdog is investigating whether credit reporting bureau Veda Advantage has broken the law by selling sensitive personal financial information to marketing companies.

  3. Live: Joyce 'not saying Indonesians sent asylum seekers to Australia'

    Barnaby Joyce seeks to downplay his comments linking an influx of asylum seekers with the 2011 live export ban to Indonesia, saying there is a "direct correlation" but adding that "I'm not saying [the ban] caused the Indonesians to start sending people across". Follow live.

  4. Deadly asylum boat capsize caught on camera

    Dramatic images released by the Italian navy show the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned off the Libyan coast, leaving at least five people dead.

  5. Implicit Government backing boosts major banks by up to $4b: RBA

    Australia's major banks got a subsidy worth up to $3.75 billion from the Federal Government in 2013, according to Reserve Bank research.

  6. Abbott backer to run against Fiona Scott in Lindsay

    Former Liberal Party member and independent councillor Marcus Cornish says he will run against incumbent Liberal MP Fiona Scott in the crucial marginal electorate of Lindsay.

  7. Aurukun troublemakers controlling Government 'like puppeteers'

    A group of troublemaking Aurukun teens are controlling the Queensland Government like "puppeteers", depriving high-achieving children of schooling for weeks, a group of mothers in the Indigenous community says.

  8. Body recovery for Mt Everest climber delayed by bad weather

    Efforts to bring the body of an Australian woman who died on Mt Everest down from the mountain are delayed by bad weather, as the trekking company that led the expedition vows to transport her body to hospital within three days.

  9. 'Inventive, creative' Neanderthals built complex underground structures

    A new study says Neanderthals built complex underground structures by firelight, possibly for rituals, tens of thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived in Europe.

  10. Labor to commit to aged care services review, but 'not in a position' to reverse budget cuts

    The Federal Opposition will commit to a major review of the way aged care services are provided and paid for, but says it is not in a position to reverse $1.2 billion in savings made in the federal budget.

  11. Wiki Loves Earth photo competition debuts in Australia

    Take a look at some of the entrants so far for a nature photography competition organised by Wikipedia that is open to Australians for the first time.

  12. Russian family survives leaping from burning apartment building

    Russian parents throw their two young children from the fifth floor of a burning apartment building before jumping themselves.

  13. US singer detained in Jakarta, charged with visa fraud

    Indonesia warns foreigners intending to do any work in the country to make sure they have permission, after a popular US singer-songwriter was detained in Jakarta for 100 days.

Top Stories

  1. Credit reporting giant investigated for selling personal information

    Australia's privacy watchdog is investigating whether credit reporting bureau Veda Advantage has broken the law by selling sensitive personal financial information to marketing companies.

  2. Nova Peris breaks down defending decision to quit

    Outgoing Labor Senator Nova Peris gives an emotional defence of her decision to quit politics while standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on the campaign trail.

  3. Live: Joyce 'not saying Indonesians sent asylum seekers to Australia'

    Barnaby Joyce seeks to downplay his comments linking an influx of asylum seekers with the 2011 live export ban to Indonesia, saying there is a "direct correlation" but adding that "I'm not saying [the ban] caused the Indonesians to start sending people across". Follow live.

  4. Abbott backer to run against Fiona Scott in Lindsay

    Former Liberal Party member and independent councillor Marcus Cornish says he will run against incumbent Liberal MP Fiona Scott in the crucial marginal electorate of Lindsay.

  5. Eels prop Junior Paulo seeks immediate release to join Raiders

    The manager of troubled Parramatta forward Junior Paulo says he will approach the Eels seeking an immediate release to join the Canberra Raiders after receiving warning from police.

  6. NSW residents living past 100 to increase tenfold by 2056: report

    More than 10 times as many people in NSW will be aged over 100 in the year 2056 than today, which will contribute to a $17 billion gap in the state's finances, a State Government report predicts.

  7. Deadly asylum boat capsize caught on camera

    Dramatic images released by the Italian navy show the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned off the Libyan coast, leaving at least five people dead.

  8. Aurukun troublemakers controlling Government 'like puppeteers'

    A group of troublemaking Aurukun teens are controlling the Queensland Government like "puppeteers", depriving high-achieving children of schooling for weeks, a group of mothers in the Indigenous community says.

  9. Implicit Government backing boosts major banks by up to $4b: RBA

    Australia's major banks got a subsidy worth up to $3.75 billion from the Federal Government in 2013, according to Reserve Bank research.

  10. River people with no river as Darling dries up

    The Barkindji people of far west New South Wales say their cultural, spiritual, and physical health is suffering as the Darling River dies.

  11. 'Inventive, creative' Neanderthals built complex underground structures

    A new study says Neanderthals built complex underground structures by firelight, possibly for rituals, tens of thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived in Europe.

  12. Police find thousands of pills, cocaine on Central Coast, Sydney

    More than $1.5 million worth of prohibited drugs, including cocaine and MDMA, are seized during a number of searches in Sydney and on the Central Coast.

  13. Two men hospitalised with critical injuries after Revesby blaze

    Two men remain in a critical condition in hospital after a factory fire, which took more than 100 firefighters to contain at Revesby in Sydney's south-west.

  14. More 'underwater forests' to be restored off Sydney's iconic beaches

    A program to reintroduce crayweed forests to waters off Sydney's most famous beaches will now cover 16 locations, as part of plan to rejuvenate the underwater eco-systems there.

  15. US singer detained in Jakarta, charged with visa fraud

    Indonesia warns foreigners intending to do any work in the country to make sure they have permission, after a popular US singer-songwriter was detained in Jakarta for 100 days.

  16. Russian family survives leaping from burning apartment building

    Russian parents throw their two young children from the fifth floor of a burning apartment building before jumping themselves.

Top Stories

  1. Credit reporting giant investigated for selling personal information

    Australia's privacy watchdog is investigating whether credit reporting bureau Veda Advantage has broken the law by selling sensitive personal financial information to marketing companies.

  2. Three arrested after anti-bikie raids in Melbourne

    Police arrest three people and seize bikie paraphernalia, ammunition, drugs and 3D printers after raids in Melbourne.

  3. Live: Joyce 'not saying Indonesians sent asylum seekers to Australia'

    Barnaby Joyce seeks to downplay his comments linking an influx of asylum seekers with the 2011 live export ban to Indonesia, saying there is a "direct correlation" but adding that "I'm not saying [the ban] caused the Indonesians to start sending people across". Follow live.

  4. Abuse in Victorian disability services widespread: report

    A report into disability services in Victoria finds the sector is lacking oversight and effective safeguarding.

  5. Chris Yarran takes indefinite leave from Richmond for mental health treatment

    Richmond defender Chris Yarran goes on indefinite leave to seek treatment for a mental health condition.

  6. Nova Peris breaks down defending decision to quit

    Outgoing Labor Senator Nova Peris gives an emotional defence of her decision to quit politics while standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on the campaign trail.

  7. Deadly asylum boat capsize caught on camera

    Dramatic images released by the Italian navy show the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned off the Libyan coast, leaving at least five people dead.

  8. End to on-the-spot penalties for Victoria's public transport users

    A $75 on-the-spot penalty affecting Victorian public transport users will be scrapped after a scathing Ombudsman's report into the system found it hit vulnerable people and failed to target recidivist fare evaders.

  9. Two charged with murder over Bacchus Marsh shooting

    A 33-year-old Thornbury man and a 26-year-old woman are charged with murder over a fatal shooting in Melbourne's north-west.

  10. Implicit Government backing boosts major banks by up to $4b: RBA

    Australia's major banks got a subsidy worth up to $3.75 billion from the Federal Government in 2013, according to Reserve Bank research.

  11. Abbott backer to run against Fiona Scott in Lindsay

    Former Liberal Party member and independent councillor Marcus Cornish says he will run against incumbent Liberal MP Fiona Scott in the crucial marginal electorate of Lindsay.

  12. Aurukun troublemakers controlling Government 'like puppeteers'

    A group of troublemaking Aurukun teens are controlling the Queensland Government like "puppeteers", depriving high-achieving children of schooling for weeks, a group of mothers in the Indigenous community says.

  13. Russian family survives leaping from burning apartment building

    Russian parents throw their two young children from the fifth floor of a burning apartment building before jumping themselves.

  14. Engie Australia denies reports Hazelwood will close

    Engie Australia downplays reports its Hazelwood mine and coal-fired power station in the Latrobe Valley will close.

  15. Body recovery for Mt Everest climber delayed by bad weather

    Efforts to bring the body of an Australian woman who died on Mt Everest down from the mountain are delayed by bad weather, as the trekking company that led the expedition vows to transport her body to hospital within three days.

  16. 'Inventive, creative' Neanderthals built complex underground structures

    A new study says Neanderthals built complex underground structures by firelight, possibly for rituals, tens of thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived in Europe.

Top Stories

  1. Aurukun troublemakers controlling Government 'like puppeteers'

    A group of troublemaking Aurukun teens are controlling the Queensland Government like "puppeteers", depriving high-achieving children of schooling for weeks, a group of mothers in the Indigenous community says.

  2. North Stradbroke Island sand mining to end early

    Sand mining will come to an end on North Stradbroke Island by 2019, reversing a decision by the former Newman administration to extend Sibelco's lease to 2035.

  3. Nova Peris breaks down defending decision to quit

    Outgoing Labor Senator Nova Peris gives an emotional defence of her decision to quit politics while standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on the campaign trail.

  4. Government announces $150 million for Queensland dams

    The Federal Government has announced it will spend $130 million to build the Rookwood Weir on the Fitzroy River if re-elected.

  5. Live: Joyce 'not saying Indonesians sent asylum seekers to Australia'

    Barnaby Joyce seeks to downplay his comments linking an influx of asylum seekers with the 2011 live export ban to Indonesia, saying there is a "direct correlation" but adding that "I'm not saying [the ban] caused the Indonesians to start sending people across". Follow live.

  6. Implicit Government backing boosts major banks by up to $4b: RBA

    Australia's major banks got a subsidy worth up to $3.75 billion from the Federal Government in 2013, according to Reserve Bank research.

  7. Abbott backer to run against Fiona Scott in Lindsay

    Former Liberal Party member and independent councillor Marcus Cornish says he will run against incumbent Liberal MP Fiona Scott in the crucial marginal electorate of Lindsay.

  8. Wiki Loves Earth photo competition debuts in Australia

    Take a look at some of the entrants so far for a nature photography competition organised by Wikipedia that is open to Australians for the first time.

  9. Credit reporting giant investigated for selling personal information

    Australia's privacy watchdog is investigating whether credit reporting bureau Veda Advantage has broken the law by selling sensitive personal financial information to marketing companies.

  10. Deadly asylum boat capsize caught on camera

    Dramatic images released by the Italian navy show the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned off the Libyan coast, leaving at least five people dead.

  11. Body recovery for Mt Everest climber delayed by bad weather

    Efforts to bring the body of an Australian woman who died on Mt Everest down from the mountain are delayed by bad weather, as the trekking company that led the expedition vows to transport her body to hospital within three days.

  12. 'Inventive, creative' Neanderthals built complex underground structures

    A new study says Neanderthals built complex underground structures by firelight, possibly for rituals, tens of thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived in Europe.

  13. Russian family survives leaping from burning apartment building

    Russian parents throw their two young children from the fifth floor of a burning apartment building before jumping themselves.

  14. Labor to commit to aged care services review, but 'not in a position' to reverse budget cuts

    The Federal Opposition will commit to a major review of the way aged care services are provided and paid for, but says it is not in a position to reverse $1.2 billion in savings made in the federal budget.

  15. US singer detained in Jakarta, charged with visa fraud

    Indonesia warns foreigners intending to do any work in the country to make sure they have permission, after a popular US singer-songwriter was detained in Jakarta for 100 days.

Top Stories

  1. Credit reporting giant investigated for selling personal information

    Australia's privacy watchdog is investigating whether credit reporting bureau Veda Advantage has broken the law by selling sensitive personal financial information to marketing companies.

  2. Live: Joyce 'not saying Indonesians sent asylum seekers to Australia'

    Barnaby Joyce seeks to downplay his comments linking an influx of asylum seekers with the 2011 live export ban to Indonesia, saying there is a "direct correlation" but adding that "I'm not saying [the ban] caused the Indonesians to start sending people across". Follow live.

  3. Man dead after stabbing in Perth suburb, son in custody

    A man is stabbed to death at a house in the southern Perth suburb of Armadale, and his son taken into custody for questioning by police.

  4. WA beekeepers rejoice in full karri forest bloom

    A forest of giant karri trees near Pemberton in Western Australia's South West is blooming in a way that has not been seen in nearly 50 years and it has beekeepers rejoicing.

  5. Small Goldfields town equal top solar postcode in Australia

    A Goldfields mining town with fewer than 300 houses is leading the nation in solar energy, according to a new Climate Council report.

  6. Deadly asylum boat capsize caught on camera

    Dramatic images released by the Italian navy show the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned off the Libyan coast, leaving at least five people dead.

  7. Implicit Government backing boosts major banks by up to $4b: RBA

    Australia's major banks got a subsidy worth up to $3.75 billion from the Federal Government in 2013, according to Reserve Bank research.

  8. Abbott backer to run against Fiona Scott in Lindsay

    Former Liberal Party member and independent councillor Marcus Cornish says he will run against incumbent Liberal MP Fiona Scott in the crucial marginal electorate of Lindsay.

  9. Aurukun troublemakers controlling Government 'like puppeteers'

    A group of troublemaking Aurukun teens are controlling the Queensland Government like "puppeteers", depriving high-achieving children of schooling for weeks, a group of mothers in the Indigenous community says.

  10. Labor to commit to aged care services review, but 'not in a position' to reverse budget cuts

    The Federal Opposition will commit to a major review of the way aged care services are provided and paid for, but says it is not in a position to reverse $1.2 billion in savings made in the federal budget.

  11. Protein implicated in Alzheimer's disease may protect against infection

    The protein that has been implicated as the cause of Alzheimer's disease, beta amyloid, can fight microbial infection, a new study in animals finds.

  12. Russian family survives leaping from burning apartment building

    Russian parents throw their two young children from the fifth floor of a burning apartment building before jumping themselves.

  13. Perth Stadium to cost more than $50m in first year of operation

    The completed Perth Stadium is projected to cost WA taxpayers more than $50 million in its first full year of operation in 2019, budget figures show.

  14. US singer detained in Jakarta, charged with visa fraud

    Indonesia warns foreigners intending to do any work in the country to make sure they have permission, after a popular US singer-songwriter was detained in Jakarta for 100 days.

Top Stories

  1. Credit reporting giant investigated for selling personal information

    Australia's privacy watchdog is investigating whether credit reporting bureau Veda Advantage has broken the law by selling sensitive personal financial information to marketing companies.

  2. Nova Peris breaks down defending decision to quit

    Outgoing Labor Senator Nova Peris gives an emotional defence of her decision to quit politics while standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on the campaign trail.

  3. Live: Joyce 'not saying Indonesians sent asylum seekers to Australia'

    Barnaby Joyce seeks to downplay his comments linking an influx of asylum seekers with the 2011 live export ban to Indonesia, saying there is a "direct correlation" but adding that "I'm not saying [the ban] caused the Indonesians to start sending people across". Follow live.

  4. Adelaide Hills squatter has council rate debt paid off by 'investors'

    Two people who helped a squatter avoid eviction by paying off a council rate debt may be looking to make money from the property, the Adelaide Hills Mayor says.

  5. Police search Pooraka home over Adelaide Hills cold case

    A Pooraka property, in Adelaide's north east, is being searched by police in connection to the 2012 stabbing death of a man in the Adelaide Hills.

  6. 'Lives at risk' from unreliable communications links in SA town

    Residents in the town of Elliston on South Australia's west coast say their phone services are so bad that lives are being put at risk.

  7. Missing man Jesse Leith found

    A man who went missing after a single car rollover in the Adelaide Hills has been found safe and well, police say.

  8. Deadly asylum boat capsize caught on camera

    Dramatic images released by the Italian navy show the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned off the Libyan coast, leaving at least five people dead.

  9. Implicit Government backing boosts major banks by up to $4b: RBA

    Australia's major banks got a subsidy worth up to $3.75 billion from the Federal Government in 2013, according to Reserve Bank research.

  10. Pike Floodplain projects to breathe life into environment

    Further works to restore floodplains and wetlands often described as the "kidneys of the Murray", begin in South Australia's Riverland.

  11. Abbott backer to run against Fiona Scott in Lindsay

    Former Liberal Party member and independent councillor Marcus Cornish says he will run against incumbent Liberal MP Fiona Scott in the crucial marginal electorate of Lindsay.

  12. Aurukun troublemakers controlling Government 'like puppeteers'

    A group of troublemaking Aurukun teens are controlling the Queensland Government like "puppeteers", depriving high-achieving children of schooling for weeks, a group of mothers in the Indigenous community says.

  13. Russian family survives leaping from burning apartment building

    Russian parents throw their two young children from the fifth floor of a burning apartment building before jumping themselves.

  14. SA bill aimed at 'tackling drug lords' stalls for fourth time

    The South Australian Government and Opposition reach another stalemate over a bill, introduced five years ago, which aims to bankrupt drug dealers.

  15. 'Inventive, creative' Neanderthals built complex underground structures

    A new study says Neanderthals built complex underground structures by firelight, possibly for rituals, tens of thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived in Europe.

  16. Wiki Loves Earth photo competition debuts in Australia

    Take a look at some of the entrants so far for a nature photography competition organised by Wikipedia that is open to Australians for the first time.

  17. Cars swallowed by sinkhole near Florence's Ponte Vecchio bridge

    Part of the embankment of the Arno river in the Italian city of Florence collapses, plunging parked cars into a crater and sparking an evacuation of buildings next to the city's world-famous Ponte Vecchio bridge.

Top Stories

  1. Credit reporting giant investigated for selling personal information

    Australia's privacy watchdog is investigating whether credit reporting bureau Veda Advantage has broken the law by selling sensitive personal financial information to marketing companies.

  2. Live: Joyce 'not saying Indonesians sent asylum seekers to Australia'

    Barnaby Joyce seeks to downplay his comments linking an influx of asylum seekers with the 2011 live export ban to Indonesia, saying there is a "direct correlation" but adding that "I'm not saying [the ban] caused the Indonesians to start sending people across". Follow live.

  3. Deadly asylum boat capsize caught on camera

    Dramatic images released by the Italian navy show the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned off the Libyan coast, leaving at least five people dead.

  4. Older women penalised for playing superannuation catch-up: report

    Women over the age of 50 who are struggling to catch up on superannuation are bearing the brunt of Federal Government tax changes, according to new research.

  5. Implicit Government backing boosts major banks by up to $4b: RBA

    Australia's major banks got a subsidy worth up to $3.75 billion from the Federal Government in 2013, according to Reserve Bank research.

  6. Canberra tax evaders targeted in government crack down

    The ACT Government will hire a team of investigators to chase up lost revenue and catch Canberrans who evade tax as part of measures to be included in the upcoming territory budget.

  7. Labor to commit to aged care services review, but 'not in a position' to reverse budget cuts

    The Federal Opposition will commit to a major review of the way aged care services are provided and paid for, but says it is not in a position to reverse $1.2 billion in savings made in the federal budget.

  8. Eels prop Junior Paulo seeks immediate release to join Raiders

    The manager of troubled Parramatta forward Junior Paulo says he will approach the Eels seeking an immediate release to join the Canberra Raiders after receiving warning from police.

  9. Abbott backer to run against Fiona Scott in Lindsay

    Former Liberal Party member and independent councillor Marcus Cornish says he will run against incumbent Liberal MP Fiona Scott in the crucial marginal electorate of Lindsay.

  10. Body recovery for Mt Everest climber delayed by bad weather

    Efforts to bring the body of an Australian woman who died on Mt Everest down from the mountain are delayed by bad weather, as the trekking company that led the expedition vows to transport her body to hospital within three days.

  11. Kyrgios, Stosur into French Open third round

    Nick Kyrgios and Sam Stosur are into the third round of the French Open, but it was Roland Garros heartbreak for young wildcard Jordan Thompson.

  12. Aurukun troublemakers controlling Government 'like puppeteers'

    A group of troublemaking Aurukun teens are controlling the Queensland Government like "puppeteers", depriving high-achieving children of schooling for weeks, a group of mothers in the Indigenous community says.

  13. US singer detained in Jakarta, charged with visa fraud

    Indonesia warns foreigners intending to do any work in the country to make sure they have permission, after a popular US singer-songwriter was detained in Jakarta for 100 days.

  14. 'Inventive, creative' Neanderthals built complex underground structures

    A new study says Neanderthals built complex underground structures by firelight, possibly for rituals, tens of thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived in Europe.

  15. Russian family survives leaping from burning apartment building

    Russian parents throw their two young children from the fifth floor of a burning apartment building before jumping themselves.

  16. Cars swallowed by sinkhole near Florence's Ponte Vecchio bridge

    Part of the embankment of the Arno river in the Italian city of Florence collapses, plunging parked cars into a crater and sparking an evacuation of buildings next to the city's world-famous Ponte Vecchio bridge.

Top Stories

  1. Treasurer to deliver Tasmania's first surplus in seven years

    Peter Gutwein will hand down his third budget today, delivering the state's first surplus in seven years.

  2. Vandals deface 8,000-year-old Indigenous art in Tasmania

    Vandals deface "priceless" Indigenous rock art in the state's Central Highlands, prompting calls for tougher penalties under the Aboriginal Relic Act.

  3. Live: Joyce 'not saying Indonesians sent asylum seekers to Australia'

    Barnaby Joyce seeks to downplay his comments linking an influx of asylum seekers with the 2011 live export ban to Indonesia, saying there is a "direct correlation" but adding that "I'm not saying [the ban] caused the Indonesians to start sending people across". Follow live.

  4. Credit reporting giant investigated for selling personal information

    Australia's privacy watchdog is investigating whether credit reporting bureau Veda Advantage has broken the law by selling sensitive personal financial information to marketing companies.

  5. Stress leave at Biosecurity Tasmania under-reported, union says

    The Government is under-reporting stress leave in Biosecurity Tasmania related to the fox eradication program controversy, the public sector union says.

  6. Implicit Government backing boosts major banks by up to $4b: RBA

    Australia's major banks got a subsidy worth up to $3.75 billion from the Federal Government in 2013, according to Reserve Bank research.

  7. Wiki Loves Earth photo competition debuts in Australia

    Take a look at some of the entrants so far for a nature photography competition organised by Wikipedia that is open to Australians for the first time.

  8. Tasmanian MPs get 10.5pc pay rise after move to block it fails

    Some of Tasmania's 40 parliamentarians will receive a hefty pay rise, after a bid to block it fails in the state's upper house.

  9. Abbott backer to run against Fiona Scott in Lindsay

    Former Liberal Party member and independent councillor Marcus Cornish says he will run against incumbent Liberal MP Fiona Scott in the crucial marginal electorate of Lindsay.

  10. Deadly asylum boat capsize caught on camera

    Dramatic images released by the Italian navy show the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned off the Libyan coast, leaving at least five people dead.

  11. Body recovery for Mt Everest climber delayed by bad weather

    Efforts to bring the body of an Australian woman who died on Mt Everest down from the mountain are delayed by bad weather, as the trekking company that led the expedition vows to transport her body to hospital within three days.

  12. 'Inventive, creative' Neanderthals built complex underground structures

    A new study says Neanderthals built complex underground structures by firelight, possibly for rituals, tens of thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived in Europe.

  13. Russian family survives leaping from burning apartment building

    Russian parents throw their two young children from the fifth floor of a burning apartment building before jumping themselves.

  14. US singer detained in Jakarta, charged with visa fraud

    Indonesia warns foreigners intending to do any work in the country to make sure they have permission, after a popular US singer-songwriter was detained in Jakarta for 100 days.

  15. Cars swallowed by sinkhole near Florence's Ponte Vecchio bridge

    Part of the embankment of the Arno river in the Italian city of Florence collapses, plunging parked cars into a crater and sparking an evacuation of buildings next to the city's world-famous Ponte Vecchio bridge.

Top Stories

  1. Nova Peris breaks down defending decision to quit

    Outgoing Labor Senator Nova Peris gives an emotional defence of her decision to quit politics while standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on the campaign trail.

  2. Credit reporting giant investigated for selling personal information

    Australia's privacy watchdog is investigating whether credit reporting bureau Veda Advantage has broken the law by selling sensitive personal financial information to marketing companies.

  3. Live: Joyce 'not saying Indonesians sent asylum seekers to Australia'

    Barnaby Joyce seeks to downplay his comments linking an influx of asylum seekers with the 2011 live export ban to Indonesia, saying there is a "direct correlation" but adding that "I'm not saying [the ban] caused the Indonesians to start sending people across". Follow live.

  4. Labor counters NT budget with own first home buyers package

    NT Labor attempts to trump the Government's commitment of $10,000 in stamp duty relief for first home buyers who purchase existing properties with its own $24,000 package.

  5. Deadly asylum boat capsize caught on camera

    Dramatic images released by the Italian navy show the moment a heavily overcrowded boat overturned off the Libyan coast, leaving at least five people dead.

  6. Aurukun troublemakers controlling Government 'like puppeteers'

    A group of troublemaking Aurukun teens are controlling the Queensland Government like "puppeteers", depriving high-achieving children of schooling for weeks, a group of mothers in the Indigenous community says.

  7. Body recovery for Mt Everest climber delayed by bad weather

    Efforts to bring the body of an Australian woman who died on Mt Everest down from the mountain are delayed by bad weather, as the trekking company that led the expedition vows to transport her body to hospital within three days.

  8. First bananas in two years flown to Tiwi Islands Indigenous community

    Banana plants have been flown to Milikapiti on the Tiwi Islands to be planted out as part of the next phase of the Banana Freckle eradication program.

  9. Wiki Loves Earth photo competition debuts in Australia

    Take a look at some of the entrants so far for a nature photography competition organised by Wikipedia that is open to Australians for the first time.

  10. Russian family survives leaping from burning apartment building

    Russian parents throw their two young children from the fifth floor of a burning apartment building before jumping themselves.

  11. Labor to commit to aged care services review, but 'not in a position' to reverse budget cuts

    The Federal Opposition will commit to a major review of the way aged care services are provided and paid for, but says it is not in a position to reverse $1.2 billion in savings made in the federal budget.

  12. 'Inventive, creative' Neanderthals built complex underground structures

    A new study says Neanderthals built complex underground structures by firelight, possibly for rituals, tens of thousands of years before Homo sapiens arrived in Europe.

  13. Protein implicated in Alzheimer's disease may protect against infection

    The protein that has been implicated as the cause of Alzheimer's disease, beta amyloid, can fight microbial infection, a new study in animals finds.

  14. Half of Indigenous people in NT not enrolled to vote

    The Australian Electoral Commission estimates half of the Northern Territory's Indigenous population is not enrolled to vote in the upcoming federal election.

  15. Kyrgios, Stosur into French Open third round

    Nick Kyrgios and Sam Stosur are into the third round of the French Open, but it was Roland Garros heartbreak for young wildcard Jordan Thompson.

Features

  1. 'They're too young to have their dad have dementia'

  2. Fact check: Turnbull's retro super change comments

  3. Drum: PUP has been put to sleep, so what of its preferences?

  4. Young Vietnamese quiz Obama on rap, weed and good looks

  5. Death Over Dinner: Planning how to die one meal at a time

  6. Annabel Crabb: Turnbull and Jones, happily ever after

  7. Lions licking rainwater from tent captured on video

  8. Spot the difference on policy

  9. Quiz: How much do you know about STIs?

  10. Hitchhiking for democracy: The view from the road of election 2016

  11. Hiding your period a sign menstruation still taboo: researcher

  12. Drum: It's time we saw the 'real Malcolm' on this campaign

Features

  1. Returning to the convent that housed Vietnamese teen refugees

  2. 'They're too young to have their dad have dementia'

  3. Fact check: Turnbull's retro super change comments

  4. Young Vietnamese quiz Obama on rap, weed and good looks

  5. Death Over Dinner: Planning how to die one meal at a time

  6. Spot the difference on policy

  7. Annabel Crabb: Turnbull and Jones, happily ever after

  8. Aussies want it, but euthanasia still a 'great untouched issue'

  9. Quiz: How much do you know about STIs?

  10. Hitchhiking for democracy: The view from the road of election 2016

  11. Animals to light up Taronga Zoo for Sydney's Vivid festival

  12. Hiding your period a sign menstruation still taboo: researcher

  13. Drum: It's time we saw the 'real Malcolm' on this campaign

  14. Controlled crying not emotionally harmful to babies, study finds

Features

  1. 'They're too young to have their dad have dementia'

  2. Fact check: Are the Government's super changes 'not at all' retrospective?

  3. Wiki Loves Earth photo competition debuts in Australia

  4. Spot the difference on policy

  5. Stardust: The Col Brain story

  6. Young Vietnamese quiz Obama on rap, weed and good looks

  7. Death Over Dinner: Planning how to die one meal at a time

  8. Hiding your period a sign menstruation still taboo: researcher

  9. Annabel Crabb: Turnbull and Jones, happily ever after

  10. Controlled crying not emotionally harmful to babies, study finds

  11. Scorsese's iconic scripts, costumes, props come to Melbourne

  12. Hitchhiking for democracy: The view from the road of election 2016

Features

  1. 'They're too young to have their dad have dementia'

  2. Fact check: Turnbull's retro super change comments

  3. Young Vietnamese quiz Obama on rap, weed and good looks

  4. Lions licking rainwater from tent captured on video

  5. Death Over Dinner: Planning how to die one meal at a time

  6. Spot the difference on policy

  7. Annabel Crabb: Turnbull and Jones, happily ever after

  8. Quiz: How much do you know about STIs?

  9. Hitchhiking for democracy: The view from the road of election 2016

  10. Drum: It's time we saw the 'real Malcolm' on this campaign

  11. Hiding your period a sign menstruation still taboo: researcher

  12. Controlled crying not emotionally harmful to babies, study finds

Features

  1. 'They're too young to have their dad have dementia'

  2. 'Inventive, creative' Neanderthals built complex underground structures

  3. Wiki Loves Earth photo competition debuts in Australia

  4. Fact check: Turnbull's retro super change comments

  5. Drum: PUP has been put to sleep, so what of its preferences?

  6. Young Vietnamese quiz Obama on rap, weed and good looks

  7. Spinal injury art fundraiser 'celebration of seated life'

  8. Death Over Dinner: Planning how to die one meal at a time

  9. Annabel Crabb: Turnbull and Jones, happily ever after

  10. Lions licking rainwater from tent captured on video

  11. Spot the difference on policy

  12. Quiz: How much do you know about STIs?

Features

  1. 'They're too young to have their dad have dementia'

  2. Fact check: Turnbull's retro super change comments

  3. Drum: PUP has been put to sleep, so what of its preferences?

  4. Young Vietnamese quiz Obama on rap, weed and good looks

  5. Controlled crying not emotionally harmful to babies, study finds

  6. Spot the difference on policy

  7. Hiding your period a sign menstruation still taboo: researcher

  8. Quiz: How much do you know about STIs?

  9. Death Over Dinner: Planning how to die one meal at a time

  10. Lions licking rainwater from tent captured on video

  11. Make-up artist from country SA dreams big as awards finalist

  12. Hitchhiking for democracy: The view from the road of election 2016

  13. Pioneering Sir Doug Nicholls remembered in AFL tribute

  14. Firefighters on show as South Australia's MFS crews put through their paces

  15. The game of chicken that devastated the dairy industry

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  1. 'They're too young to have their dad have dementia'

  2. Fact check: Turnbull's retro super change comments

  3. Drum: PUP has been put to sleep, so what of its preferences?

  4. Young Vietnamese quiz Obama on rap, weed and good looks

  5. Domestic violence prevention program helps bystanders interrupt abuse

  6. Death Over Dinner: Planning how to die one meal at a time

  7. Spot the difference on policy

  8. Quiz: How much do you know about STIs?

  9. Hitchhiking for democracy: The view from the road of election 2016

  10. Hiding your period a sign menstruation still taboo: researcher

  11. Drum: It's time we saw the 'real Malcolm' on this campaign

  12. Controlled crying not emotionally harmful to babies, study finds

  13. What the shape of a dog's head reveals about its personality

  14. Scorsese's iconic scripts, costumes, props come to Melbourne

  15. The game of chicken that devastated the dairy industry

  16. 'Honey, how would you feel if I was having an affair?': Making a pitch for a $250,000 domain name

  17. What's your favourite book to read to children?

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  1. Seven key stakeholders outline what they want from this year's budget

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  3. Fact check: Turnbull's retro super change comments

  4. New York artist finds space to be creative in Hobart

  5. Young Vietnamese quiz Obama on rap, weed and good looks

  6. 'They're too young to have their dad have dementia'

  7. Spot the difference on policy

  8. Death Over Dinner: Planning how to die one meal at a time

  9. Annabel Crabb: Turnbull and Jones, happily ever after

  10. Lions licking rainwater from tent captured on video

  11. Quiz: How much do you know about STIs?

  12. Hiding your period a sign menstruation still taboo: researcher

  13. Controlled crying not emotionally harmful to babies, study finds

Features

  1. Death Over Dinner: Planning how to die one meal at a time

  2. Fact check: Turnbull's retro super change comments

  3. Spot the difference on policy

  4. Annabel Crabb: Turnbull and Jones, happily ever after

  5. Quiz: How much do you know about STIs?

  6. Hiding your period a sign menstruation still taboo: researcher

  7. Controlled crying not emotionally harmful to babies, study finds

  8. Hitchhiking for democracy: The view from the road of election 2016

  9. Drum: It's time we saw the 'real Malcolm' on this campaign

  10. What the shape of a dog's head reveals about its personality

  11. Rotational cell grazing shows minimal benefit in Beetaloo Station trials

  12. Scorsese's iconic scripts, costumes, props come to Melbourne

Analysis & Opinion

  1. AFP powers

    The Australian Federal Police is relying on an old and flawed law to reach into some disturbing new places. From the NBN raids to investigating a doctor who spoke out about asylum seeker care, it's looking decidedly anti-democratic.

    By Michael Bradley

  2. PUP's preferences

    Now the Palmer United Party has all but departed to political heaven, it's worth looking at how its preferences shaped the 2013 election outcome and what this means for the July 2 poll.

    By Peter Brent

  3. Turnbull and Jones reunited

    Of all the arrows that have - since last September - pierced the hearts of hopeful left-wingers across Australia, surely today's is the sharpest: Malcolm Turnbull is now friends with Alan Jones.

    By ABC's Annabel Crabb

  4. Deconstructing Malcolm

    Polling shows Malcolm Turnbull is still by far the preferred PM, but when it comes to many of the actual policies that are in play this election the public put their trust in Bill Shorten. This is where the battle will be fought.

    By Peter Lewis

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World

  1. GFC caused cancer

    The global financial crisis may have caused an extra 500,000 cancer deaths, with patients locked out of treatment.

  2. Syrian civil war

    The Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah pledges to deepen its involvement in the Syrian civil war, despite the recent loss of a senior commander.

  3. Submarine discovery

    An Italian diver who found the wreck of a WWII British submarine off the Italian coast says he thinks the bodies of more than 70 men are still on board.

Asia Pacific

  1. Palm oil permits refused

    Indonesia rejects applications from scores of companies for new palm oil operations, an official says, as it cracks down on the industry.

  2. Rap, weed and good looks

    Barack Obama fields questions on everything from rap and weed smoking to his good looks at a lively meeting with young Vietnamese.

  3. PNG protests continue

    Protesting university students in PNG have been praised by their vice-chancellor.

Business

  1. Fact check: Are the Government's super changes 'not at all' retrospective?

  2. The Pursuit of Happyness author Chris Gardner says bankers should have been jailed over financial crisis

  1. Business investment slump

    Business investment falls even more steeply than economists expected, with capital expenditure down 5.2 per cent in the March quarter.

  2. Multi-billion-dollar subsidy

    Australia's major banks got a subsidy worth up to $3.75 billion from the Federal Government in 2013, according to Reserve Bank research.

  3. Asciano competition hurdle

    The $9 billion carve up of the Asciano logistics business hits a significant hurdle, with the ACCC raising a broad range of concerns about the deal.

  4. Superannuation changes

    Women over the age of 50 will be the worst hit by the Federal Government's changes to superannuation, research shows.

Sport

  1. Eels prop Junior Paulo seeks immediate release to join Raiders

    The manager of troubled Parramatta forward Junior Paulo says he will approach the Eels seeking an immediate release to join the Canberra Raiders after receiving warning from police.

  2. Chris Yarran takes indefinite leave from Richmond for mental health treatment

    Richmond defender Chris Yarran goes on indefinite leave to seek treatment for a mental health condition.

  1. Jared Tallent holds mock medal ceremony ahead of official Olympic recognition

  2. Farah outruns injury cloud in time for Origin I

  3. Blues tired of Gallen criticism ahead of Origin

  4. Kyrgios, Stosur into French Open third round

Health

  1. What do you know about STIs?

    With the rate of STIs in Australia on the increase, how much do you know about safe sex and reducing your risk?

  2. Paleo diet reviewed

    Walk down any trendy food strip and you are bound to find a paleo cafe. But beyond the novelty of nut milk lattes — how does the diet stack up?

  3. The power of music

    The healing power of music is being harnessed in emergency rooms at Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital to ensure young patients remain settled.

  1. 'They're too young to have their dad have dementia'

Rural

  1. Fat camels inspire trek from Winton to the Northern Territory

  1. Bega boss slams MG

    Bega Cheese boss calls on processor Murray Goulburn to reverse its retrospective price cuts to dairy farmers.

  2. Water funding for regional Queensland

    The Federal Government has announced it will spend $130 million to build the Rookwood Weir on the Fitzroy River if re-elected.

  3. Milk industry changes

    Lobby group Australian Dairy Farmers announces an overhaul of its senior leadership amid the milk price crisis.

Just In

  1. Farah outruns injury cloud in time for Origin I
  2. End to on-the-spot penalties for Victoria's public transport users
  3. Nova Peris breaks down defending decision to quit
  4. Adelaide Hills squatter has council rate debt paid off by 'investors'
  5. Labor backtracks on plans to restore Schoolkids Bonus
  6. Business investment slumps more than expected
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