Principals and teachers are unhappy after being asked to respond to dozens of hypothetical ethical dilemmas as part of a new, corruption-fighting test devised by the Education Department.
Aboriginal elders in the states' North West plan to hold crisis meetings in the coming weeks to discuss the fall-out from native title gift cards being used to purchase thousands of dollars worth of alcohol, fuelling a surge in violence and crime in Port Hedland.
There's a joke among Asian Americans that people think we all look the same. That joke became my own personal Pizzagate late on Wednesday.
Trade Minister Steve Ciobo has argued the case for politicians to attend sporting events on the taxpayer dime, describing it as the kind of activity that voters expect.
George Soros lost nearly $US1 billion as a result of the stockmarket rally spurred by Donald Trump's surprise presidential election, the Wall Street Journal reported.
As NSW residents yet again brace themselves for scorching heat with the mercury set to rise above 40c, authorities have issued a total fire ban across most of the state.
It's a frustration commonly voiced by teachers and educators: the media dedicate far more coverage to issues that are in reality the least important when it comes to effective teaching and learning.
El Salvador, one of the world's deadliest countries, has recorded a rare day without a single homicide.
The class gap is growing in Australia.
Louis is self-taught, and has only been playing for two years.
Should Queensland have more ocean-pools on its beaches for thousands of international swimmers not ready for our strong waves and rips?
Justice Elizabeth Fullerton rarely walks into a courtroom - she dashes.
The lockstep moves in financial assets that characterised markets in the past few years are breaking down.
Hundreds of workers at one of Australia's largest power plants will have their pay drastically slashed by up to 30 per cent.
A Tasmanian senator says Pauline Hanson must sack a Queensland candidate whose website carried an article claiming the Port Arthur massacre was fabricated, as were images of a refugee Syrian toddler lying drowned on a Turkish beach.
Canberrans filling up their cars on Friday ahead of heading to the coast for some heat relief could be paying 15 cents more than the last time they filled up.
Many people may be able to sample virtual reality just by using their phones with the right apps.
Two teenagers have been arrested and charged in relation to the robbery of a jewellers in Canterbury in which a machete and sledgehammer were allegedly used.
Shares are set to open slightly lower, as the Trump trade continues to unwind, with the greenback extending its slide.
A 15-year-old boy is among three males who have been charged with drugging a woman at a pizza shop in Sydney's south before taking it in turns to rape her, police allege.
When Justice Elizabeth Fullerton and Robert Xie saw each other, it was usually when the judge was sitting at the grand, elevated bench, and he was below her in the dock.
Police are appealing for video footage after a suspicious fire ripped through a Toowoomba home early Friday morning.
What do social media companies offer the media, especially in terms of all-important political reporting? Maybe nothing at all.
Apple could start offering original streaming video content on its Apple Music platform by the end of the year, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.
Police are appealing for help after three children were reported missing across south-east Queensland in separate incidents.
After a warm night, Melbourne woke up to light rain on Friday, a little taster of the heavier falls expected later on.
Donald Trump doesn't yet seem to have learned that being liked can be a very bad thing and that there are times when it's worth making an active effort to earn a good enemy.
The US Q4 earnings season really kicks into gear tonight, with Bank of America (22:45 aedt) and JPM (00:00 aedt) starting the proceedings.
The European Central Bank should start unwinding its ultra-loose monetary policy this year, said Germany's finance minister.
Southern Queenslanders are bracing for another day of blistering conditions as a lengthy heatwave threatens to break a temperature record.
Letters announcing the ban were sent to market vendors this week, with businessmen given just 48 hours to get rid of their stock.
Italy coach Conor O'Shea kept most of his November internationals squad intact when he named his 32 men for the Six Nations.
Centrelink's data-matching and debt recovery to cost at least $93 million
Taiwan objected on Thursday to an "unreasonable" Nigerian request to move its representative office out of the capital Abuja, a day after China announced plans to invest a further $40 billion in the African country.
Judith Daley has lost her part pension and health benefits under reform to the aged pension.
Almost 330,000 pensioners will receive their first reduced payments in coming days, as anger continues to grow over the politicians' entitlements scandal, and the government's ham-fisted Centrelink clawback.
A motorcyclist was killed Thursday after waiting at a red light, when a truck travelling behind her failed to stop and ran her over.
A Belconnen hotel development gets the nod, the Queanbeyan road that's dividing the community and Fyshwick's role in an iconic advertisement.
The inspector general of the US Justice Department says he will investigate the actions of the department and FBI in the months leading up to the 2016 election, including whether department policies were followed by FBI director James Comey.
The 66-year-old former officer faced virtually no challenges from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Turkey's central bank finally gained traction in its efforts to prop up the lira.
French National Front leader Marine Le Pen was spotted at Trump Tower during an unannounced visit??to New York less than four months before France's presidential election.
Chinese rebar steel futures rose for a fourth session amid Beijing's campaign to pare excess steel production capacity.
The S&P; 500 and the Dow were set for their worst day since October as bank stocks tumbled ahead of earnings.
President-elect Donald Trump urged people to buy products from L.L. Bean after the founder's granddaughter sparked controversy by donating to a political action committee that supported his campaign.
Oil climbed after Saudi Arabia said it cut its production even more than required by an OPEC deal.
The Aussie has surged above US75¢, extending its advance so far this year to more than 4 per cent on the greenback's woes.
The Obama administration filed a new complaint against Chinese aluminium subsidies at the World Trade Organisation.
Let others tremble at the thought that Donald Trump may go too far. Peter Thiel worries that Trump may not go far enough.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order directing government agencies to provide contraception to 6 million Filipino women who don't have access to birth control and other reproductive health-related services.
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