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The Prime Minister moves to assure states they will not be worse off under an overhaul of income tax, and suggests states could take responsibility for public schools.
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The Turnbull Government unveils proposed reforms to the health system in an attempt to curb the rate of unnecessary hospitalisations, including a package to help people living with chronic conditions.
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Marcus Stanford pleads guilty to being an accessory to the murder of Leeton High School teacher Stephanie Scott, killed just days before she was due to be married.
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More than half of all takeaway food businesses in the NT are underpaying staff, an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman reveals.
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Northern Australia's banana prawn season starts tomorrow with most trawlers heading straight to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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A 22-year-old surfer mauled by a shark off the NSW south coast last night is being assessed for surgery after losing a large amount of his thigh.
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The Republican presidential frontrunner quickly clarifies his position after sparking a torrent of criticism by saying women who end pregnancies should face punishment if the US bans abortion.
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A man is killed and a woman is taken to hospital with a punctured sternum after the Hornsby attack, with one witness saying a glass bottle was used.
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An Iranian refugee who was "resettled" in Papua New Guinea's second-largest city tries to go back to detention on Manus Island.
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The Southern Stars reach the World Twenty20 final with five-run win over England despite, not because of, their performances, writes Geoff Lemon.
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Men caring for a loved one with dementia are less likely to reach out to professionals for help than women in the same position, data from Alzheimer's Australia's national helpline suggests.
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The NT Government's multi-million-dollar redevelopment of the Chan building is under scrutiny after its own architect raised concerns about its cost and design.
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One of the Northern Territory's largest Aboriginal corporations, issued with a compliance notice over suspected governance and financial irregularities, is operating without managers, a chief executive and a board chair.
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Melting ice from Antarctica could raise oceans by a metre before 2100 at current rates of greenhouse gas emissions, doubling previous forecasts for sea level rise and spelling disaster for major cities and coastal areas, a new study says.
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Free range eggs could soon come from farms that allow up to 10,000 hens per hectare, under a proposal put to state and territory ministers today as they meet in Canberra to broker a national standard.
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President Bashar al-Assad says it would not be difficult to agree on a new Syrian government including opposition figures, but his opponents say that no administration would be legitimate while he remains in office.
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The disappearance of so-called hobbits on the Indonesian island of Flores is pushed back to 50,000 years ago after excavations revealed flaws in the original dating of the controversial species of primitive humans.
