Australia

Australia is having its first national oral health study in more than a decade.

ASIC is being criticised for an inadequate investigation into Cash Converters after probe left thousands of people unable to claim compensation.

Port Adelaide president David Koch threatens the Gold Coast Suns, saying they won't play in China again if they wear their red-and-gold jumpers in Shanghai.

A 42-year-old man is arrested in relation to alleged terrorism offences at Young, west of Canberra.

Australia needs stronger laws and tougher enforcement to counter fake drugs, writes Bruce Arnold from the University of Canberra.

The developer who built the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Vancouver and already owns a hotel in Sydney and Melbourne rules out bringing the Trump name to Australia in the immediate future.

A 42-year-old man is arrested in relation to alleged terrorism offences at Young, west of Canberra.

An elegant 19th-century billboard tea poster has been found and restored by the National Archives.

The Catholic Church confirms it removed a NSW parish priest for inappropriate conduct towards children, but continues to house him on property neighbouring two Canberra schools.

The GWS Giants are making their presence felt amid the crowded Australian sporting landscape, with franchises in the AFL, AFLW and Super Netball.

A 42-year-old man is arrested in relation to alleged terrorism offences at Young, west of Canberra.

People living on low incomes in coastal NSW are faring just as badly as city dwellers in the hunt for affordable housing.

A 15-year-old boy becomes the third youth arrested over the violent robbery of an elderly woman in Alice Springs.

The number of syphilis cases reported in the NT jumps from 14 in 2012 to 229 last year.

Parks Australia is accused of burying its head in the sand regarding the management of a buffalo farm in the World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park.

Methane emissions gain less attention than emissions of carbon dioxide in the climate change debate, yet, when it comes to global warming, methane matters.

Queensland Parliament will urgently debate an Opposition bill aimed at forcing a long-running sugar industry dispute into arbitration.

Port Adelaide president David Koch threatens the Gold Coast Suns, saying they won't play in China again if they wear their red-and-gold jumpers in Shanghai.

The national energy regulator takes the highly unusual step of reassuring South Australians that it is not forecasting supply shortfalls as temperatures reach the high 30s over the next four days.

Port Adelaide president David Koch threatens the Gold Coast Suns, saying they won't play in China again if they wear their red-and-gold jumpers in Shanghai.

A 19-year-old L-plate driver faces court over a crash that killed his teenage girlfriend and their young son.

Mange is not the only threat facing Tasmania's wombats, as more than 50 culling permits are issued in the past year.

A tourism project on the Tasman Peninsula is on again almost a decade after its developer, entrepreneur Dick Smith, shelved the proposal due to local opposition.

Melbourne's Mayor says a noisy "mob" crossed the line by staging a homelessness protest at his home on the weekend.

The Victorian Government announces plans to rezone 100,000 housing blocks and create 17 new suburbs in Melbourne's key growth zones in an effort to tackle housing affordability.

Australian politics has low levels of female participation compared to other developed democracies, but one program is aiming to change this.

The WA Nationals leader says only his party has a viable plan to repair the deficit and debt plaguing the state's finances.

A Perth childcare operator introduces photo identification badges for parents in a bid to further bolster security.

WA Premier Colin Barnett says Liberal candidate Lily Chen was wrong to hand out free bottles of wine while campaigning.