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Massive cuts to Queensland's public service and government programs under the LNP administration of Campbell Newman were given a "pain" ranking, confidential documents reveal.
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Australia has promised to close the gap between Indigenous and other Australians on health, education and employment. But we are failing to meet six of seven key goals.
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Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says the Commonwealth must start talking about reparations for the Stolen Generations, after Malcolm Turnbull hands down the Closing the Gap update. Follow live.
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One of the country's largest operators of coal-fired power stations warns big bills are on the way after recent extreme weather and says renewables are the key to driving down prices.
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A man accused of running down a nine-year-old boy on Christmas Day while drunk is struggling to deal with the death, his lawyers says.
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Outspoken independent senator Jacqui Lambie gets into a shouting match over sharia law with Yassmin Abdel-Magied, a former Queensland Young Australian of the Year, on Q&A.
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The first national audit of batteries that store solar power shows almost 7,000 were installed in Australian homes last year — and that's predicted to triple this year.
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Newly independent senator Cory Bernardi is on a crusade to "clean up Canberra", urging Parliament to crack down on entitlements for retired prime ministers who have only served a single term.
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Dropping water levels at the US's tallest dam are easing fears of a catastrophic collapse, but more rain is expected later in the week and time is running short to fix the damage.
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The Nick Xenophon Team says it will not support the Federal Government's package of changes to child care and welfare benefits, meaning the Coalition will have to negotiate with the Greens.
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Queensland researchers map muscle fibres and find calcium levels rising to high levels after a strenuous workout, increasing the risk of damage.
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Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vow to push ahead with closer trade ties and downplay their differences over refugees in their first face-to-face meeting at the White House.
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Australia's first cryonics facility will be built in the sleepy NSW town of Holbrook, offering people the chance to be frozen after death in the hope they will one day be brought back to life.
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Deep ocean trenches — considered the most remote places in the world — have levels of toxic, industrial chemicals 50 times higher than a highly polluted river system in China, an analysis of tiny deep-sea animals has found.
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Many residents forced to flee their homes because of a huge bushfire in central western New South Wales are yet to return, a local mayor says, while insurance assessors begin to count the cost of the blazes which have raged across the state.
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Shane Watson admits he struggled to work out how to best use the DRS, and struggled with the "mental aspect" of his frequent LBW dismissals.
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A report rebuts Russian and Syrian claims that civilians were not deliberately targeted in the final attack on the rebel-held Syrian city of Aleppo.
