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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton stands by comments suggesting it was a mistake to resettle many Lebanese-Muslims in Australia, claiming he spoke the truth and would not be intimidated.
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There are emotional scenes in the ACT Supreme Court as a 25-year-old man is cleared of raping a 19-year-old woman he met outside a Canberra nightclub.
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Senator Jacqui Lambie's backpacker tax amendments have passed the Senate, just in time for Question Time. Follow live.
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Follow all the action in our live blog after Australia was put into the field by South Africa captain Faf du Plessis at the Adelaide Oval.
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A Goulburn man avoids jail after decomposing sheep are found on his property in what the RSPCA described as "like a killing field".
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The Anglican bishop of Newcastle, Greg Thompson, tells a royal commission a priest said in the 1970s he would "get ahead" in the church if he offered sexual favours.
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Senior legal figures raise concerns about the independence of Australia's oldest corruption agency, following the resignation of its commissioner, Megan Latham.
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Australia's largest residential apartment developer is being taken to the federal court over claims it has been preventing guests from lodging negative reviews on the influential travel website TripAdvisor.
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Queensland criminologist Paul Wilson is sentenced to 18 months in prison for historical child sex offences, despite his defence lawyer arguing for a non-custodial term, saying attitudes toward such offending were different back then.
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Dashcam footage shows the moment a meteor approaches Earth and explodes in a flash, in a phenomenon an expert says is a fireball similar to one recently seen in Western Australia.
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The Victorian Government releases a 10-year plan in response to the state's Royal Commission into Family Violence, which will include law reforms to prioritise the safety of victims over the privacy of perpetrators.
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Italian confectionery group Ferrero launches an investigation into allegations that Romanian children as young as six were making toys for its Kinder chocolate eggs.
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Incredible aerial footage showing kilometres of gridlocked traffic in Los Angeles area goes viral, as tens of millions of Americans set out for Thanksgiving holidays.
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The Brumbies appoint Michael Thomson as their new chief executive, aiming to bookend a rocky year which included lengthy court proceedings after the club went to war with its former CEO.
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More than 500 vehicles were abandoned on ACT roadsides and nature strips last financial year, costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Three people remain in a critical condition and at least four others have died after Melbourne's "thunderstorm asthma" emergency, Victoria's health department says.
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Nine-year-old South African conservationist Hunter Mitchell arrives in Australia to accept a prestigious award from Australia Zoo for his efforts to save an abandoned baby rhino.
