Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has attacked ABC TV's Barrie Cassidy, challenging the Insiders host over comments about Labor's record on treatment of asylum seekers and refugees in offshore detention.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has given his strongest indication yet Labor will oppose a lifetime visa ban on former refugees and asylum seekers, describing the move as "ludicrous" and unfair.
Doctors say patients will be charged an average of $15 to $20 more to visit a GP if the government proceeds with plans to regulate the rents they can charge pathology companies.
The Australian Federal Police will spend $40 million to further fortify its facilities in Australia's capital cities, amid increasing fears of improvised explosive devices and car and truck attacks.
The AMA has detailed shocking cases of apparent medical neglect, wasting and severe ill-health among asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru, and accused immigration bureaucrats of failing to adequately follow up cases.
Chicken Littles may be on to something when it comes the effects of global warming.
Victims of child sexual abuse in Australia will have access to a national redress scheme from 2018, funded by the churches, charities and government.
Greens senator Scott Ludlam has announced he will be taking leave from his parliamentary duties to deal with long-term mental health issues.
The political careers of two Senate minor party politicians have seemingly turned to dust, not from good works but clouded judgments.
Dodgy online betting agencies will have a harder time gaining a foothold in Australia after an unprecedented government intervention.
A Brisbane judge has thrown out a controversial case of alleged racial vilification at the Queensland University of Technology, as an inquiry into Australia's race hate laws looks set to be announced as soon as next week.
Voluntary redundancy program to begin immediately.
Malcolm Turnbull's claim that his plan to ban refugees processed offshore from ever visiting Australia does not breach international law has been challenged by the United Nation's refugee agency.
The post-politics adventures of a 'liberated' Wyatt Roy have developed something of a cult following.
Streamlining complaints under controversial provisions of the Human Rights Act would avoid long delays in cases like cartoonist Bill Leak and students at the Queensland University of Technology, Liberal backbench newcomer Julian Leeser said on Friday.
Pictures of Simon Birmingham visiting a trades training school with Bob Day six months before the school received a $2 million grant have sparked accusations by Labor that Senator Birmingham misled the Senate and should resign.
The world can't afford to be building new fossil fuel-burn plants, a UN scientist says.
Dudded creditors are are weighing up whether to go after up to $2 million in loans and donations made to Family First.
The parliamentary friends of gun control aims to ensure debate is informed by evidence and facts.
Firebrand One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has gone to ground amid a push to oust West Australian senator Rod Culleton from Parliament and fresh warnings the resurgent party could come unstuck by its own ineffective vetting.
A watershed moment in the push to wind back racial discrimination laws is set to unfold on Friday.
The Turnbull Government is under pressure to explain why it gave $2 million to a small trades training college in suburban Adelaide linked to financially-stricken former senator Bob Day.
"I've never struck anyone with his strange attitude, I'll say," says tow truck driver John Dunn.
Australia has provided wide-ranging training, support and assistance for Philippine police at the centre of president Rodrigo Duterte's highly-contentious crackdown on drugs.
The Turnbull government's legislative agenda looks to be in limbo as potential High Court challenges against two senators hold up the introduction of key industrial relations legislation.
Baird government sets an 'amazing' goal, breaking ranks with its federal counterpart.
Tony Abbott is flying to Port Moresby where he will meet with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill and a group of Australian Federal Police officers he deployed to the Pacific nation during his time as prime minister.
Public Service Commissioner John Lloyd's power grab a 'challenge to ABC's independence'.
Questions over the eligibility of a second crossbench senator in as many days have plunged the nation's upper house into chaos and forced the federal government to refer both cases to the High Court for adjudication.
Data held by corporations on consumers would become the property of those consumers for the first time.