The most recent 250 top stories.
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| UpdatedFive of Australia's Catholic archbishops front the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Sydney today. Follow developments with our live blog.
Topics: catholic, community-and-society, child-abuse, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, royal-commissions, sydney-2000
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Clean energy company Carnegie Wave confirms it is interested in developing WA Labor's proposal for a wave power farm in Albany, in Western Australia's Great Southern.
Topics: tidal-energy, energy, elections, states-and-territories, albany-6330, perth-6000, wa
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They nail items into their heads, swallow swords and juggle chainsaws, but who are the real people behind these freak show acts at the Adelaide Fringe?
Topics: performance-art, offbeat, carnivals-and-festivals, community-and-multicultural-festivals, human-interest, adelaide-5000
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There must be renewed efforts to break the cycle of youth offending, instead of locking an increasing number of children up, a Victorian Supreme Court judge says.
Topics: courts-and-trials, prisons-and-punishment, lara-3212, vic
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Electricity retailers ERM Power and Alinta Energy opt to pay more than $130 million in penalties, rather than meeting their renewable energy obligations, raising fresh questions about the Renewable Energy Target.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, industry, business-economics-and-finance, environment, climate-change, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia Post director Ahmed Fahour resigns just weeks after his $5.6 million was revealed by a Senate committee, which dismissed calls for it to be concealed from the public.
Topics: public-sector, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedVictoria's Parliamentary Speaker promises to repay an allowance of almost $40,000 he claimed for living in the seaside town of Queenscliff, more than 80 kilometres from Melbourne.
Topics: states-and-territories, government-and-politics, queenscliff-3225, tarneit-3029, melbourne-3000, vic
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Former federal treasury head Ken Henry lashes out at the political and media dysfunction that he says has led to reform paralysis, saying over the last decade almost every major infrastructure project had turned into a fight.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedGerry and Rosemary Franklin have made the tough decision to move into retirement accommodation after living in their family home for almost half a century.
Topics: older-people, people, house-and-home, aged-care, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedAllison Baden-Clay's former husband Gerard Baden-Clay will not get any of her money and her father Geoff Dickie has been made executor of her estate, the Supreme Court rules.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, brisbane-4000, qld
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Solar energy is now cheaper in Australia than retail power prices in most capital cities after dropping 58 per cent in the past five years, the Climate Council says.
Topics: environment, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, nuclear-energy, solar-energy, science-and-technology, energy, coal, australia
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| UpdatedAustralia Post's managing director Ahmed Fahour resigns, despite the business posting a large profit turnaround due to online shopping parcel deliveries.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, company-news, transport, australia
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A portable helmet being trialled by Australian paramedics that uses microwave technology to quickly diagnose a suspected stroke could help doctors save lives and intervene before major brain damage occurs.
Topics: stroke, health, diseases-and-disorders, inventions, australia
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| UpdatedSunday workers are not only employees, they're also customers. So what effect do you think stripping thousands of dollars from their pay will have on already fragile consumer spending?
Topics: economic-trends, work, australia
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A Tasmanian man convicted over one of the state's largest ever drug busts, during which police seized cannabis with an estimated street value of $2.3 million, is sentenced to more than three years in jail.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, burnie-7320, tas
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When it comes to keeping fit, when do you tell yourself to stop griping and keep going — and when should you actually rest?
Topics: exercise-and-fitness, australia
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A man facing serious assault charges is on the run from police after the courts allowed him to attend the Mundine-Green boxing match at Adelaide Oval despite his strict bail conditions, the Corrections Minister says.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedWhat are the arguments for and against to cut Sunday penalty rates for some hospitality, retail and fast-food workers?
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, hospitality, retail, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedVoters will now be able to see how much has been donated to political parties and candidates within a week of money changing hands, in a move the Queensland Government says should be adopted nationally.
Topics: political-parties, elections, government-and-politics, liberal-national-party-queensland, one-nation, minor-parties, state-parliament, parliament, alp, activism-and-lobbying, brisbane-4000, qld
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The Trainspotting sequel reunites director Danny Boyle with his original cast 20 years later and has a powerfully melancholy undertow.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, scotland, united-kingdom
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| UpdatedArdent Leisure, the operator of the Gold Coast's Dreamworld theme park, reports half year core earnings at $12.8 million compared to $30.5 million in the prior period.
Topics: company-news, tourism, stockmarket, markets, regulation, qld, australia
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| UpdatedCrown Resorts reports a fall in underlying revenue amid a slump in VIP gamblers at its Australian casinos.
Topics: company-news, gambling, australia, macao
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| UpdatedSunday 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.
Topics: government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, work, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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A man receives only minor injuries after a head-on collision with a runaway horse that left him trapped in his car.
Topics: road, animals, nerang-4211
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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".
Topics: federal-government, immigration, australia, united-states