NBN in sights of striking public servants

Noel Towell 5:12 PM   ACMA public servants the latest preparing for strike action, as Productivity Commission rejects pay offer.

Leave codeine painkillers alone, say consumers

Esther Han 4:58 PM   The push to make codeine painkillers such as Nurofen Plus and Panadeine Extra prescription-only unfairly punishes people who want flexibility in managing their pain, says a consumer group.

The new storytellers: Josh Robenstone

4:34 PM   In Josh Robenstone's latest street photography series he delves behind the archetypal images of Italy, using his sharp eye for colour and form to reveal a more multi-dimensional story of the streets.

Antidote for drug overdose could soon be available over the counter

Craig Butt, Health Reporter 3:37 PM   A drug that reverses the effects of potentially fatal overdoses could be made an over-the-counter medicine from next year.

No advantage to being multi-lingual, Australian study finds

Eryk Bagshaw 3:36 PM   EXCLUSIVE - No advantage to being multi-lingual study finds

'Nearly impossible' to earn a decent wage

Ben Schneiders and Royce Millar 3:36 PM   Jessica Zaccaria, a visa worker, says it is "nearly impossible" to earn a decent wage working at a big supplier to Coles and Woolworths

'I felt like a teenager again'

Richard Woolveridge 3:32 PM   A new Dallas-style buyers club to help thousands of hepatitis C sufferers get life-saving drugs at a fraction of the cost being charged by a pharmaceutical giant has been inundated with inquiries in its first week.

Climate targets: India commits before Paris but world falling short

Tom Arup, Environment Editor 1:52 PM   The last big countries to reveal their greenhouse gas emissions targets ahead of global talks in Paris have informed the United Nations of their intentions, however the collective commitments still sees the world falling short of the action needed to halt global warming at relatively safe levels.

Learning programs need properly conducted reviews

11:28 AM   Programs to help children with dyslexia need proper trials and promises of easy ways to teach reading need similar scrutiny.

Lunch with James Wood: judge and buster of corruption

Rick Feneley 11:12 AM   James Roland Wood has been sitting at our table at the Hyde Park Barracks Cafe for barely three minutes when I conclude he is utterly bereft of bluster, bombast or pomposity. It's a pity, in some ways, because pompous people – for all their faults – tend to regale lunch companions with exuberant recollections of history and their critical place in it.

Teaching philosophy is a good first step

11:09 AM   Philosophical literacy is important but so is political literacy.

Sacked reporter wins first battle over Anzac tweets

Markus Mannheim 9:41 AM   Industrial tribunal says Diggers died to protect "rights and freedoms" such as Scott McIntyre's access to court.

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'Anzac Day it is': court hears how English boy planned Melbourne terror attack

Nick Miller 7:03 AM   A 14-year-old boy in northern England, radicalised by an Australian ISIS recruiter, plotted an attack on an Anzac Day Parade in Melbourne from the bedroom of his parents' home, a court has heard.

All codeine-containing medications could be prescription-only from next year

Craig Butt, Aisha Dow 6:42 AM   Pharmacists have been struggling to identify addicts taking up to 100 painkiller tablets a day leading to a `look' at what's available.

Sex for surgical training: 'College sat on allegations for seven years'

Julia Medew 4:18 AM   Complaints that female trainees were being sexually harassed by senior surgeons corruptly wielding power over their careers have been ignored by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons for seven years, a doctor says.

Safety concerns: Electricians partner with educator accused of dodgy practices

Eryk Bagshaw 12:44 AM   One of the country's largest employers of electricians has partnered with a private training organisation that has been accused of dodgy recruitment practices and low graduation rates.

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'Inferior to Australians': the workers mistreated in our black jobs

Ben Schneiders and Royce Millar 10:40 PM   A Fairfax Media investigation can reveal hundreds of thousands of workers across the economy are being exploited.

Coalition abandons recycled paper. New jobs lost

Royce Millar, Nick Toscano, Ben Schneiders 11:45 PM   The federal government has infuriated the Australian paper industry and unions by abandoning its commitment to 100 per cent recycled paper content in government offices.

Cormann must sign off on Immigration move

Noel Towell 10:30 PM   Belconnen traffic, takeaway food, child care and public servants' commute all to be examined.

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ACT breast cancer mortality rates falling, new report reveals

Katie Burgess 10:25 PM   Better early detection and treatment options means ACT women with breast cancer are being diagnosed younger.

Workplace resilience: It's all a great big con

Andrew Thackrah and Susie Byers 12:00 AM   Wellbeing programs offered by employers won't get to the root of why we're not happy at work.

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Obituary: Publisher devoted four decades to entertaining and amusing readers

9:30 PM   Jeremy Tarcher mined California's counterculture for bestsellers, including such consciousness-expanding works as Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and The Aquarian Conspiracy.

Photographer, artist, radio chief and trailed by goofy Red spies

Peter Mares, Sue Slamen 9:29 PM   In his work as a broadcaster with Radio Australia and the BBC and in his freelance journalism and online activism, Hanh was motivated by a deep desire to improve the lives of people of Vietnam.

Never fear, Southern Belle and Thor are here!

Emma Partridge 7:14 PM   Never fear, Southern Belle and Thor are here!

Ice users 'doubled' in recent years - report

Jane Lee 12:15 AM   The number of Australian ice users has almost doubled in recent years and there are now more people using the drug more frequently.

Hopes for newest protected area to educate next generation

Lucy Cormack 12:15 AM   In the south-west corner of the Northern Territory, a newly declared Indigenous Protected Area has sparked excitement in indigenous and non-indigenous communities alike.

Bowness Photography Prize 2015 goes to Joseph McGlennon

Ella Rubeli 8:00 PM   Joseph McGlennon has won the William and Winifred Bowness photography competition.

Secret life of a busker tells a memorable tale

Peter Barrett 12:15 AM    Today Peter Brice Cook lives on an age pension in housing commission flats sharing his music.