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Queensland One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts faces an uncertain political future over his citizenship after appearing before the High Court.

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire said football clubs were picking up the slack from "gutless" politicians.

Reserve Bank Governor Philip Lowe has handed over the baton of economic management, declaring there's not much more low interest rates can do to boost the economy.

A live microphone has caught a male Coalition MP dismissing question about female representation in Parliament as "f---ed".

The One Nation senator may have sent emails attempting to renounce his citizenship to email addresses which were shut down more than half a decade earlier.

The Australian economy has reached a turning point, the Reserve Bank's assistant governor says, as the OECD lifts its forecast for global growth thanks to a co-ordinated economic recovery.

The chief lobbyist for big business has hit out at "deeply offensive and deeply wrong" comments about the children of LGBTI families.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has defended the government's decision to build the final leg of the Melbourne to Brisbane inland railway on Qld floodplains.

When Ella Crofts noticed a dull ache in right knee she never could have imagined it was a flesh-eating ulcer chewing through her skin.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has met with Ivanka Trump and hopes to work with the daughter of, and senior adviser to, US President Donald Trump on regional programs to promote women's rights and to end modern slavery.

BHP is willing to head to court to fight the Australian Taxation Office on a more than $1 billion tax bill over its Singapore marketing hub that's growing by the day.

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Same-sex marriage could help prevent up to 3000 teenage suicide attempts every year, according to five of Australia's most respected mental health groups.

It may take up to a year for the US to process and accept the remainder of the refugees under the agreement.

London: Roger Corbett has likened homosexuality to the difference between a black and a white man in arguing against marriage equality but leading 'Yes' campaigner and Qantas CEO Alan Joyce says he wishes the former Woolworths boss would "talk a bit more".

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomed the "good news" and thanked US President Donald Trump for his co-operation.

Government confirms jail time for 'improperly inducing' a patient to seek death, as Health Minister breaks down over mother's death.

Banks should not be liable for all kinds of "serious crimes" committed through money being laundered in their institutions, Australia's peak banking body says.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has rebuked Tony Abbott after he threatened to cross the floor of Parliament if any kind of clean energy target was pursued by the Turnbull government.

One of the United States' most senior retired military officers has warned during a visit to Australia that North Korea will not wind back its nuclear program.

Karina Okotel - federal Liberal party vice president, unsuccessful senate candidate, and the young, fresh face of the No Campaign - wants people to know that conservatives care.

Tony Abbott has criticised the Turnbull government's energy policy during an interview with Alan Jones and Peta Credlin.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has backed US President Donald Trump's fiery language on North Korea, saying "the whole country will be wiped out" and "many, many thousands of innocent people will die" if the regime attacks the United States or its allies.

A Christian kids entertainer who was fired from her Canberra job for saying she would vote 'no' in the same-sex marriage survey has hit back, saying she is "not afraid to stand up for my beliefs" and should not have lost her job.

Some refugees were informed on Tuesday afternoon they would learn of their fate at appointments with US authorities on Wednesday.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said "further pressure" will be brought on North Korea through United Nations sanctions, effectively brushing aside Trump administration remarks that the UN route has been exhausted.

"If the people have spoken against it, we won't be proposing it at the next election I can assure you," Mr Turnbull said.

Resettlement is expected to commence once the US quota resets on October 1.

The Turnbull government must take responsibility and invest more in frontline mental health services due to the same-sex marriage postal survey, says Bill Shorten.

A survey of voter attitudes in the Labor-held blue-collar strongholds has found 28 per cent of voters tag the federal Coalition with the blame for the ongoing electricity generation confusion.