State hospital services may be cut after review
​State and territory health ministers say hospital treatments and services will suffer under a Commonwealth proposal to withhold budgeted funds and reduce spending.
​State and territory health ministers say hospital treatments and services will suffer under a Commonwealth proposal to withhold budgeted funds and reduce spending.
Border and security authorities are going to be "doing a lot of soul searching".
A majority of voters in six seats held by Liberal MPs undecided on marriage equality support same-sex marriage and a free vote in Parliament, new polling shows.
Refugees and advocates are in despair over Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's admission, revealed in a leaked transcript, that Donald Trump could take as few as 100 or even zero refugees from Manus Island and Nauru under the US refugee deal.
A deal to resolve the Coalition's internal split over marriage reform looks like the most likely outcome from Monday's special policy meeting. Here's how it could plan out.
We learnt some important new things from the transcript of Malcolm Turnbull's explosive first phone conversation with US President Donald Trump.
Speculation is rife the ABC is considering moving its flagship current affairs program, 7.30, to 9.30pm.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been caught out by the leaked transcript of his phone call with Donald Trump.
Australia's greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, making the task of future pollution cuts more difficult.
Turnbull told Trump "we will take anyone that you want us to take" in the refugee deal, despite publicly insisting it was not a swap.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will this weekend push for a further widening of sanctions against North Korea at Asia's biggest security forum where the rogue state faces a diplomatic barrage over its nuclear weapons program.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has thrown the switch to brow-beating.
A new category of not-for-profit journalism in Australia could get the government's media laws over the line.
Barring refugees awaiting decisions on their status from working increases the propensity for illegal cash economy activity, a government taskforce says.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called an emergency meeting of the Liberal Party.
Senators warn they still have a conscience vote on same-sex marriage and haven't discussed how to deal with a private member's bill.
Australia's biggest consultancy firms have cost taxpayers nearly $1 billion since 2013.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has blamed "staff incompetence" for her party's breaches of electoral laws in Queensland.
Australians would no longer be able to receive wages in cash, and industries classified as being at "high risk" of illegally taking secret cash-in-hand payments including cafes and restaurants could be subject to a minimum rate of tax, which they could then claim a refund on if they can prove to the tax man that they should be paying a lower rate.
Australia's climate research is in "urgent" need of dozens more scientists to help prepare for global warming.
Australia and the rest of the world must keep global temperature increases to 1.2 degrees to save the reef.
Australia will be forced to choose between the military security of the US and the economic opportunity of China, experts warn.
Despite once arguing a postal vote would unfairly disenfranchise millions of voters, the PM refused to rule out the proposal on Wednesday.
Newly arrived Afghan refugee underpaid $25,000 in just four months of work at a Melbourne fruit market.
Government MP has criticised colleagues for "ratcheting up the bullshit" over a push for a free vote on same-sex marriage
Australian universities have been hammered by the results of the world's largest survey into sexual assault on campus after the Human Rights Commission labelled its findings "unacceptable".
The typical Australian family takes home less than when Kevin Rudd was prime minister.
The President of the Queensland LNP has excoriated MP Trevor Evans for flagging that he could cross the floor to support gay marriage, saying the issue is 'peripheral' and MPs should abide by the party's policy.
The Turnbull government has vehemently denied that police were rushed into arresting alleged plane bomb plotters.
No matter how this proceeds, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has lost control. It is a bizarrely weak position for a prime minister.
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