Australia Post chairman John Stanhope admits it was a mistake to try and hide its director's $5.6 million pay packet from the public to avoid media scrutiny and reputation damage.
A surge in commodity prices and exports, as well as reasonable government and household spending, are almost certain to keep Australia out of recession.
A media war is set to break out between the union movement and employer groups in the wake of last week's decision to lower Sunday penalty rates for some workers.
Steven Freeman took part in a practice in which prisoners in a methadone program at the jail where he died would swallow the drug, then later vomit it up to share with other inmates, a coronial inquest hears.
The Government's privacy watchdog wants answers from bureaucrats who leaked a Centrelink client's personal details to a journalist in a bid to counter her public criticisms.
A host of Australian sports stars throw their voices behind a new campaign to stamp out poor sideline behaviour that is turning kids away from weekend games.
We were just 12 and I remember everyone telling William he played the game of his life. But his dad bent down and said, "Don't believe anything they say." William didn't play much after that.
Former Wallaby James O'Connor's alleged cocaine possession appears to have ended his time at Toulon with the French rugby club not looking to renew his contract.
Former New South Wales premier Mike Baird is moving back to banking, as the National Australia Bank's chief customer officer for corporate and institutional banking.
Nokia's decision to revise a mobile phone classic should appeal to a movement of people who prefer to play with the older technologies, write Ozgur Dedehayir and Tomi Nokelainen for The Conversation.
Question Time has kicked off with Labor taking aim at Liberal MP Ann Sudmalis, who described penalty rates cut as a "gift" for young people. Follow live.
Later today a parliamentary report into the Racial Discrimination Act is set to be handed down, with Coalition backbenchers hoping it recommends changes to section 18C.
Byron Bay woman Sara Connor will directly address judges in her murder trial today in a bid to avoid a possible 15-year jail sentence for her role in the death of a Bali police officer.
The Border Force Commissioner defends his agency's decision to ban all mobile phone use in the nation's onshore detention centres, arguing it is a way of cracking down on crime within the facilities.
Labor, the Greens and crossbench Senators Nick Xenophon and Derryn Hinch write a letter to Senator Brandis asking him to address what they describe as an "inconsistency" between his previous statements on the matter and comments from his WA counterpart Michael Mischin.
The Australian Workers Union is urging Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to "act decisively and rationally in the national interest" to ensure a portion of Australia's natural gas is quarantined for domestic use.
Tennis Australia is hoping to set up a Crimestoppers-style hotline within the next few weeks for athletes allegedly abused by coaches and others who have control over them, the ABC has learned.
An Australian man allegedly caught with 7 grams of hashish in Bali tells the court he did not realise "it was such a big criminal offence" and that he uses it to manage back pain.
Crowdfunding initiatives are helping community groups, such as Melbourne's Footscray Community Arts Centre, install solar power systems in order to save money and reduce their environmental footprint.
Immigration department secretary Michael Pezzullo rejects claims of unlawful and inappropriate personal searches at international airports, calling the allegations published by the National Audit Office "unworldly".
