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Sunday and public holiday penalty rates will be reduced for full-time and part-time workers in the hospitality, retail and fast-food industries, the Fair Work Commission rules.
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With the Fair Work Commission's long-awaited decision on weekend penalty rates handed down, a fierce political fight is reignited between Labor and the Coalition.
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Five of Australia's Catholic archbishops will give evidence today in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. This is who they are, what they've said and their relationship to Cardinal George Pell.
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Seven Earth-sized planets, some of which fall within the Goldilocks zone and could harbour life, have been discovered orbiting a dwarf star in our own galactic neighbourhood.
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President Donald Trump's administration revokes landmark guidance issued to public schools in defence of transgender student rights, reversing course on a signature initiative of former Democratic president Barack Obama.
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What are the arguments for and against to cut Sunday penalty rates for some hospitality, retail and fast-food workers?
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Foreign Minister Julie Bishop meets with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to discuss global security and how the two nations will prepare for foreign fighters attempting to return if Mosul is successfully liberated.
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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton backtracks on his comments on the refugee resettlement deals between Australia and the US, saying he has "been clear that it's not a people swap".
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The owner of a Wollongong swim school that has been criticised for putting children in traumatic situations says her techniques are safe, appropriate and focus on teaching skills needed to avoid drowning.
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A large fire breaks out at a waste recycling centre at Chullora in Sydney's west sending plumes of thick black smoke over the area that is visible from the CBD, as 100 firefighters respond.
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As new evidence of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef emerges, scientists warn the temperatures that caused last year's devastating coral die-off will be commonplace within decades.
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Around 10 Australian couples are left in legal limbo in Cambodia — unable to bring surrogate babies home months after their birth — as they wait for the Government in Phnom Penh to draft new laws on surrogacy.
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Thousands of counterfeit prescription pills made their way into Australia's official supply chain in 2010, ending up at a children's hospital in Sydney. Now the pharmacist who supplied the fakes is fighting the cancellation of his licence.
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The world's longest-running personality study finds that by the time you reach the age of 77, you bear almost no resemblance to your 14-year-old self.
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A cold, snowy winter is forcing wild boars to feed on false truffles in the Czech Republic, which have absorbed high levels of a radioactive isotope as a result of the Chernobyl disaster.
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Gowns worn by Princess Diana for everything from meeting diplomats to dancing with movie stars feature in an exhibition celebrating the fashion of one of Britain's favourite royals.
