National news

The path of US singer-songwriter Ryan Adams has taken many unexpected turns and that is a testimony to the role music plays in his life, writes Mark Bannerman.

Slater & Gordon and Ten Network have upset investors with profit warnings, while South32 shares fell despite a return to profitability.

Australia's unemployment rate falls slightly to 5.7 per cent, as a surge in part-time jobs offsets a slump in full-time work.

The Prime Minister is particularly critical of the South Australian Government for what he describes as the South Australian Government's scheme but it's not the state's scheme, says Danny Price

The "patchwork" of different renewable energy targets from the states and territories will "create widespread power system security problems", according to Danny Price.

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

A "wickedly manipulative" serial paedophile priest is sentenced to stay behind bars until at least 2026 for the sexual abuse of boys at St Stanislaus College.

Larry Buttrose was hired to write the story of Saroo Brierley, the Indian boy whose life journey inspired the Hollywood film Lion.

The Catholic Church paid more than $276 million in claims to thousands of victims of child sexual abuse, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has heard.

Northern Territory

An Indigenous organisation that provides services to town camps welcomes the announcement of an audit into a controversial contract.

Historians call for more recognition that parts of northern Australia outside of Darwin were bombed by the Japanese in World War II.

Mike Fitzpatrick reflects on the ups and downs of his 10-year reign as AFL chairman, including Essendon's doping saga, gambling and the new women's league.

Queensland

The family of champion swimmer Grant Hackett plead with him to make contact after revealing he has not been seen since this morning.

From parrots served at weddings to ox tail for afternoon tea, Queensland's dining past has been filled with creatures great and small.

The Indigenous Aurukun primary school run in partnership with Noel Pearson routinely overstated enrolments because there was a misunderstanding of policy, a report finds.

South Australia

The installation of a new gas-fired generator and the establishment of a solar thermal power plant are the most likely short-term solutions to electricity shortages in SA, Professor John Spoehr says.

Tasmania

Tasmania's biggest salmon producer is set to lose its key sustainability certificate and there are fears for the local tourism industry over the poor health of Macquarie Harbour.

Victoria

Two police officers are charged over an alleged assault on a female former police officer in custody at the Ballarat police station.

A member of Victoria's CFA is stood aside after a security camera is found in a shed where firefighting volunteers change their clothes.

A Melbourne taxi driver caught doing 144 kilometres an hour in an 80kph zone told police he was speeding because he had to get to a job, police allege.

Western Australia

Historians call for more recognition that parts of northern Australia outside of Darwin were bombed by the Japanese in World War II.

A re-elected Barnett Government would take a hard line on public sector reforms and privatise more services to combat state debt, the WA Treasurer reveals.