• Harriet Alexander

An annual survey of admitted patients in NSW has indicated "clear areas for improvement".

• Georgina Mitchell

As the Bureau of Statistics apologised for an "outage" in the online operation of the Census, an expert in large-scale computer operations says they should have expected it to happen.

• Chloe Booker

Australians might have been pulling their hair out in frustration as they tried to fill out the census on Tuesday night, but their Prime Minister had no such difficulty.

• Georgina Mitchell

People trying to complete the census online have been met with error messages and told the system is "overloaded".

• Georgina Mitchell

Six Fairfax Media journalists have been named as finalists in this year's Lowy Institute Media Award.

• Julia Medew and Nick McKenzie

Nearly 50 doctors accused of violating sexual boundaries are working under a controversial chaperone system that allegedly failed three patients last year.

Education Directorate, Health and Justice were the biggest spenders on ACT Government credit cards in 2015.

• Lucy Cormack

The nation's biggest survey is tonight. Are you ready to join more than 1 million people who have already completed the census?

• Daniella Miletic, Megan Levy

The nation's first digital census day is finally here, but privacy concerns and fears of an internet meltdown are still in full swing.

• Bridie Smith

Gaming can boost students' school performance and should be incorporated into classroom activities.

• Craig Butt

There are 16 people in Australia who were born in Antarctica, according to the last census.

• Alexandra Back

The National Museum of Australia is acquiring a historic Bedford truck.

• Rachel Browne

People with disability may be put at risk by a move to radically cut the conditions of their support workers.

• Kelsey Munro

UTS has joined forces with special effects company Animal Logic to offer a new postgraduate degree in animation and visual effects, in a joint venture pitched at making Australia a leader in the burgeoning virtual reality industry.

Even babies born a second before midnight will be counted in Tuesday's census.

• Cassandra Morgan

Boris Joy was one of just three bungy jump masters recorded in the last Census. Who else is in a league of their own?

Oil giant BP has its sights on drilling within a commonwealth marine reserve.

• Peter Hannam

While the current land clearing laws are clearly failing in NSW it's far from clear their repeal will make things any better.

• Cosima Marriner

Just two of the busload of UNSW college students who sang a sexist chant which referred to "banging" women every hour, have been disciplined.

The outbreak has rocked the industry and cut profits, Australia's biggest melon grower says.

• Nick McKenzie, Kate McClymont

In December last year, a mysterious punter walked into a Sydney TAB and asked for around $10,000 in cash to be placed into the TAB account belonging to a Victorian woman.

• Neelima Choahan

The Australian's Bill Leak, who has drawn flak over a cartoon he drew that has been widely condemned as racist, has described his critics as "tantrum-throwers" who are "sanctimonious Tweety Birds".

• Cosima Marriner

IVF clinics have been caught out offering flat payments to egg and sperm donors, which could constitute an illegal inducement.

• Nick McKenzie, Kate McClymont

Employees at TAB gaming outlets are breaching anti-money laundering controls by allowing controversial punters to place bets, collect winnings or shift funds through middle men and third-party betting accounts.

• Kate Aubusson

"Do patients need to be informed?" The outrageous suggestion tears at the edges of an extraordinary week for the state's health system that saw announced the exposure of three critical medical errors at three separate Sydney hospitals.

• Katie Burgess

Mr Lei, 29, moved to Australia to further his studies in 2011 and is completing his PhD on international relations.

• Cosima Marriner

Parents who can't help intervening in their children's schoolwork are raising their kids to be highly self-critical and prone to anxiety and depression.

• Paul Biegler

High-vis cyclists: when it comes to bike safety is brighter really better, or have we been sold the great fluoro fallacy?

• Timna Jacks

A popular teaching style embraced by teachers across Australia has been condemned as nothing more than a fad.