Australians living in the US have called on the Turnbull government to demand tolerance and evidence-based policy making from Donald Trump, amid concerns foreign workers could be targeted in visa crackdown.
A former Marist College Canberra teacher and convicted paedophile who sexually abused two boys at the school in the 1980s has avoided more time behind bars.
Wayne Gatt has spent half his 42 years as a Victoria Police officer, is a trained police negotiator, and has studied at Harvard University.
Shares reverse sharp early losses to end the session slightly higher, led by a recovery in miners, as the RBA holds.
"Much higher" rates of developmental and behavioural delays have been found in moderate-to-late premature babies rising "significant" implications for Australian healthcare and education providers.
Opposition Leader Tim Nicholls has named who he would like to be the transport minister - but the government probably won't appreciate the advice.
NSW Police have charged a 51-year-old man with public nuisance in relation to the listening device found in an All Blacks team hotel in the lead up to the first Bledisloe Cup match in Sydney.
The Vatican has failed sex abuse victims, the second day of a hearing into widespread pedophilia in the Catholic church has heard.
A retired Anglican priest convicted of molesting five boys over three decades in WA has drawn the ire of a judge for admitting at least two of the offences after subjecting the victims to a trial.
The Australian dollar hit a 21-month high against the Euro overnight after Marine Le Pen said she would pull France out of the Eurozone if she wins the presidential election.
A pay battle that has forced the indefinite shutdown of a Parmalat dairy processing plant is "a long way" from over, the company says
The parliamentary perk that gives retired politicians free business-class travel on the taxpayer will be scrapped.
How the regulators respond to the latest investor loan boom is shaping up as the more interesting questions in domestic banking this year – which could have a big impact on the broader real estate market.
Rich or poor, young or old, one thing that unites Australians seems to be our mutual disillusionment with politicians.
While Bernardi hopes to build a new nation-wide conservative movement recent political history suggests his defection is more likely to end in tears.
Adelaide midfielder Ebony Marinoff and Western Bulldogs defender Bailey Hunt have received the first AFL Women's Rising Star nominations.
Desperate taxi licence holders have threatened to blockade the Bolte Bridge in both directions on Monday morning, creating peak-hour gridlock.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has left its cash rate steady for the fifth consecutive board meeting as it prepares to release forecasts showing economic growth picking up and inflation climbing from 1.5 per cent to more than 2 per cent.
A NSW court has found a woman is entitled to money from her ex-husband's estate despite her "relentless persecution" of him over more than two decades.
Australian man Antonio Bagnato has been found guilty and sentenced to death by a Thai court for his role in the 2015 abduction and murder of Hells Angels gang member Wayne Schneider.
With bodies, rifles and backpacks strewn in the bush land around him, trainee soldier Alexander Gall was allegedly heard to say: "This is all my fault. These people are going to die. I'm done. I was going too fast.
Besieged leaders will use members' funds to finance a costly legal fightback against allegations they allowed financial abuse to occur under their watch.
David Dick was brutally attacked without warning when he stepped out of a lift in the Doncaster shopping centre.
Developer Central Equity has been granted approval for a 57-level skyscraper near the corner of Lonsdale and King streets, despite opposition from residents in neighbouring apartments.
Amber Harrison has started tweeting pictures of love letters she received from Seven's chief executive Tim Worner, to publicly argue her side of an ongoing dispute with the media company.
Melbourne's beaches are likely to be off-limits and unsafe for swimming until at least Wednesday, when temperatures are set to soar into the mid 30s.
'Granddad' was just a sprightly juvenile lungfish when he undertook a three-week trip aboard a ship from Australia to the United States in 1933.
Within 12 hours of having his prostate removed, Jim Alexander showered himself and walked down stairs to the National Capital Hospital cafe. Tje speedy recovery was thanks to a new robotic surgical system at Canberra's private hospital.
Some feel religion and medicine should not mix, but the Canberra Christians in Medicine group are united in the belief their faith has a place in their work.
Some of Manchester United former greats are heading to Perth next month to take on all-star former Australian side next month.
Opponents of a new greyhound racing track at Logan have had a major victory, with the state government handing the Slacks Creek property back to the council for community use.
A Belconnen man faced court on Tuesday accused of setting fire to his partner's house while he assumed she was asleep inside.
The Turnbull government has been forced to back down from plans to compel Queensland landholders to sell their properties to make way for expansions to Defence force training bases, following a community backlash in its most marginal electorate.
The NRL's controversial bunker system will no longer be used to determine knock-ons in general play or be called upon for 40-20 calls in 2017.
The frustration of years of living with uncertainty in Indonesia spilled onto the streets on Monday with about 30 refugees rallying outside the United Nations Refugee Agency in Jakarta demanding answers.
Young gun Jai Field is shaping as the unlikely kid that could re-ignite St George Illawarra's attack and save Paul McGregor's NRL coaching career.
The deadlock over a new AFL pay deal may have cost former Sydney forward Xavier Richards his career, Swans coach John Longmire says.
Renegade senator Cory Bernardi has broken his silence and explained why he quit the Liberal Party, railing against the "out of touch political class" and promising his new Australian Conservatives party would restore faith in politics.
Daniel Wells is set to play a half of football in Collingwood's intraclub practice match at the Holden Centre on Wednesday night.
This topic proved more contentious than attitudes to asylum seekers, climate change, free trade and speed cameras.
Photographer Michael Kenna spoke to Clique about his professional process, and gave rare insight into the philosophy he has developed over many years taking stunning landscape images.
Embattled Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi has fronted a hearing to determine whether she faces disciplinary action.
Macquarie Group's growth in the Australian home loan market slowed to a near standstill over the first three quarters of this financial year, partly because it did not want to match aggressive discounting by rivals.
A five-year-old girl has been hailed as "mature beyond her years" after she rescued her three younger siblings from a car crash on Friday morning.
Saying no may result in some ill feeling in the short term, but you may find it to be the best course of action for all involved, particularly if they are borrowing more than they can handle.
As tough as it was to depart Sydney, Toby Nankervis says the move to Richmond has been the best thing for him and his football development.
A legalised drug injecting room in Richmond is unlikely to get the backing of the Andrews government, despite strong support for it within cabinet.
Australians are paying record high premiums for private health insurance, and it's set to go even higher. Many economists think the price hikes cannot be justified.
Victoria Police has defended its decision not to warn the public about what was in a toxic batch of drugs being sold in Chapel Street nightclubs - and which resulted in three deaths - despite circulating an internal memo detailing its knowledge of the dangerous cocktail.
WA Labor has categorically stated it will not cut a preference deal with One Nation ahead of the March election.
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