Women MPs and senators are coming together from across the political spectrum to form a network in the face of rising abuse towards females in office.
Emily Woods
Promises to fix regional roads marked a state election campaign, but have raised further questions over affordability amid spiralling government debt.
Duncan Murray
Australia's defence chief has acknowledged findings the military effectively lost control of special forces in Afghanistan, but the consequences remain unclear.
Will Nicholas
Youth justice workers say the passing of a state government's controversial new bail laws will increase pressure on frontline staff in an embattled sector.
Andrew Stafford
Peter Costello, the architect of the 10 per cent goods and services tax, has explained why it’s a bad idea to raise the GST and where he would cut government spending.
Stephen Johnson
Opposition leader Angus Taylor has labelled Anthony Albanese a ‘serial liar’ for not coming clean over his golf club sewage claim.
Caitlyn Rintoul
MARK RILEY: Anthony Albanese wants Aussies to believe better times are ahead for the economy. They’re sceptical.
Mark Riley
Australia's top general has asked a senator to give him a heads up next time after she went over his head to make a sexual harassment investigation public.
The Nationals leader has accused Labor of using dodgy figures to sell a free-trade deal with the European Union as he plays down reports of coalition dissent.
Annika Rhoades
The boss of the Australian Taxation Office admits he “jumped to conclusions” as sweeping changes to card payments were brought in, distressing thousands of small businesses.
Blair Jackson
A high-speed crash has killed at least 68 people in Spain, with hundreds more injured. The government is still concluding if any Australians are involved.
Lucinda Garbutt-Young
A fresh poll shows Labour six points clear of National in the New Zealand election contest, but with a new teal party holding the balance of power.
Ben McKay
Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie says WA Premier Roger Cook’s complaints to Federal Immigration Minister Tony Burke shows Labor’s visa changes are ‘crook’.
LATIKA M BOURKE: Britain’s new Chancellor of the Exchequer has revealed the country’s new defence budget — cementing its place as the ‘all talk, no action’ NATO ally.
Latika M Bourke
Greens leader David Shoebridge has been accused of being a “doormat” for Russia’s Vladimir Putin in a fiery exchange with fellow senators and defence officials.
Blair Jackson, Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
A police commissioner says her officers acted in accordance with their training when they shot and killed a woman who was armed with an axe.
Abe Maddison
LIVE UPDATES: The Prime Minister has revealed police were called to his official residence following a security scare.
Kimberley Braddish and Emily Williams
One Nation and Labor are neck and neck in a new poll, but IT offers the trailing Coalition a “glimmer of hope” at the next federal election.
Jack Nivison
About 500,000 absentee ballots remain to be counted in Israel's general election, with no clear winner expected to emerge.
Staff Writers
Alarming new figures have revealed why full-time employment no longer guarantees Aussies will have a roof over their head.
Emma Kirk
Some households in the United Kingdom will be helped with a payment to ease the hit from rising energy bills in Prime Minister Andy Burnham's first budget.
Sellers are using deceptive practices to advertise childlike sex dolls on Amazon, with activists launching a petition after finding 100 listings this year.
Sunday will be a historic day when the new Fremantle Traffic Bridge, now known as Walyalup Bridge, officially opens.
Rita Saffioti
Residents of an apartment complex overlooking Perth’s newest tourist attraction are asking why they weren’t consulted before a giant Ferris wheel was erected opposite their homes.
Sophie Gannon
