Federal election 2016: Labor promises to restore Trove funding if elected

Henry Belot   Federal Labor would pump millions of dollars into the National Library of Australia if elected.

Canberrans want 3am last drinks: alcohol poll

Natasha Boddy   Most Canberrans want 3am last drinks for bars, clubs and pubs, and many feel more threatened in the city by drunks than people high on drugs.

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Teacher withdrew $1.9 million in cash, court told

Eryk Bagshaw   Teacher was a relative of the college's owner and told the court she could not remember where the money came from.

Superbugs could send us back to 'dark ages'

Kate Aubusson   Australia's high rates of antibiotics misuse risk sending us back to the dark ages of medicine.

Rosie Batty blasts Family Court

Rachel Browne   Domestic violence campaigner says "comprehensive training is crucial" for judges and magistrates.

Needle assault accused anti-vaxxer sells 'ancient oil' to fund defence

Simon Hendery   An anti-vaccination campaigner accused of assaulting a man with a needle has been offering to sell "ancient magnesium oil" to fund his defence against the charge.

Male CEOs with daughters more likely to back women for top roles

Beau Donelly   Male chief executives are "sitting on the fence" when it comes to championing gender diversity in their companies, research shows.

'Poisonous' gag clause in WHO's Olympics talks

Harriet Alexander   WHO says the Olympics should roll on despite Zika, but there is less consensus than appears.

NBN boss 'breached caretaker conventions'

Mark Kenny   Ziggy Switkowski was strongly warned his plan would breach the rules. He went ahead anyway.

'Potential for more severe weather'

Peter Hannam   Residents across an arc of eastern Australia stretching from Queensland to Tasmania should be on watch for more potentially severe weather this weekend as another winter storm loom, the Bureau of Meteorology said.

'A casualised, unstable world of work'

Kelsey Munro   Young people have it a lot tougher than their parents' generation, new study shows.

'Journalists are not monsters': Defence told to drop 'shut-up or shut-out' media strategy

Henry Belot   "Defence shares the secrecy habit with everybody else in official Canberra", think-tank says.

Thai police stop heroin post parcels reaching Australia

Ron Corben   Thai police have arrested two men and seized seven kilograms of heroin bound for Australia in parcel post boxes following a joint operation by Australian and Thai investigators.

Anti-gay Islamic preacher leaves Australia

Jane Wardell   A British Islamic scholar who toured Orlando this year and had preached in 2013 that "death is the sentence" for homosexual acts left Australia on Tuesday after the government launched an "urgent" review of his visa because of his comments.

Labor would grab back enviro controls

Peter Hannam   A Shorten government would consider a national environmental protection authority as part of efforts to grab back key conservation controls devolved by the Coalition from Canberra to the states.

'Do not murder our children with this plan'

Eryk Bagshaw   Parents and residents are furious with government plans to redevelop a school in a high fire danger zone.

Grandma forgot my name: help for children close to someone with dementia

Miki Perkins   What's it like for a child when their grandparent forgets their name? A new dementia website for children reflects a growing issue in Australia's ageing population.

Flooding and beach erosion possible as another storm looms

Peter Hannam   NSW may be in for another winter storm bringing heavy rain and a coastal storm surge with another east coast low projected to form off the coast.

'You end up with Adam Goodes': Indigenous public servants speak out against racism

Henry Belot   Indigenous Australians are quitting the public service and questioning their value beyond a diversity target.

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Microsoft plans to buy LinkedIn for over $US26b

Anna Patty   Microsoft plans to acquire the world's largest professional network, LinkedIn, for $26.2 billion, inclusive of the company's net cash.

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RSPCA Queensland looking for a new home for death-row dog, Izzy

Neelima Choahan   The Staffordshire bull terrier created legal history when the case to save her from death-row made it to Australia's highest court.