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Kim Jong-un slams weather service for inaccurate forecasts
Review blames Immigration for data breach exposing 10,000 detainees
Iraq crisis: Isis militants close in on Baghdad - live coverage
Pervez Musharraf's travel ban has been lifted by Pakistani court, says lawyer
WA corruption report finds $3.6bn health program at risk of fraud
Australia backs increased military role for Japan
Indian police 'gang-rape woman after she fails to pay bribe'
Funding cuts mean 'more women will remain in violent, abusive relationships'
Thousands march in anti-budget protest in Melbourne video
Suspected US drone strike kills 10 militants in north-west Pakistan
Marist brothers closed classroom blinds raised suspicion, inquiry told
Peter McClellan says time is running out to hear all child abuse cases
Free-range definition should not focus on hen numbers, says egg producer
Bruce Wilson asked about workplace safety scheme described as slush fund
Julie Bishop supports easing constraints on Japan's military video
Bust the budget protesters take to the streets in their thousands
Welfare claimants with psychiatric problems 'should keep links to work'
'A sickening feeling of betrayal: the new battle for Maules Creek
Eric Cantor confirms resignation urging successor to find 'common ground'
Scott Morrison misled the parliament on Manus inquiry, says Greens senator
House teeters on edge of cliff in Texas
Snow looks set to dust ski resorts in NSW and Victoria
Kevin Andrews says welfare can deny citizens the opportunity to be virtuous
Bust the budget: thousands fight cuts in march through Melbourne
Iraq army capitulates to Isis militants in four cities

Kim Jong-un slams weather service for inaccurate forecasts

Posted: 12 Jun 2014 02:07 AM PDT

North Korea leader offers rare criticism of government body during inspection of meteorological centre

Review blames Immigration for data breach exposing 10,000 detainees

Posted: 12 Jun 2014 02:03 AM PDT

KPMG report reveals document containing the information was approved for publication by assistant secretary at the department

Iraq crisis: Isis militants close in on Baghdad - live coverage

Posted: 12 Jun 2014 02:01 AM PDT

Iraqi parliament to meet for emergency session
Isis militants gain control of town 56 miles from Baghdad
500,000 people flee northern Iraq
Who are Isis? A terror group too extreme even for al-Qaida

Pervez Musharraf's travel ban has been lifted by Pakistani court, says lawyer

Posted: 12 Jun 2014 01:23 AM PDT

Lawyer says Karachi court has told Pakistani government to remove ban on former military ruler going abroad Continue reading...

WA corruption report finds $3.6bn health program at risk of fraud

Posted: 12 Jun 2014 01:07 AM PDT

CCC report says department lacks adequate processes to prevent fraud and corruption in its health procurement activities

Australia backs increased military role for Japan

Posted: 12 Jun 2014 12:46 AM PDT

Foreign minister Julie Bishop sees great benefits of Japan playing a greater role in 'global and regional peace and security'

Indian police 'gang-rape woman after she fails to pay bribe'

Posted: 12 Jun 2014 12:40 AM PDT

Woman says she was raped when she went to police station to seek husband's release in Uttar Pradesh Continue reading...

Funding cuts mean 'more women will remain in violent, abusive relationships'

Posted: 12 Jun 2014 12:21 AM PDT

Lawyers speak out about $43m cut from 60 community centres, causing family violence programs to be scaled down or scrapped

Thousands march in anti-budget protest in Melbourne video

Posted: 12 Jun 2014 12:17 AM PDT

Workers at a union-organised Bust the Budget rally in Melbourne march to Parliament House. Speaking at the rally, the ACTU secretary, Dave Oliver, denounced federal budget cuts. Marches were held in Sydney and Melbourne to protest against the recent federal budget and how it will affect workers Continue reading...

Suspected US drone strike kills 10 militants in north-west Pakistan

Posted: 12 Jun 2014 12:10 AM PDT

Officials say missiles fell in North Waziristan, hours after earlier strike marked end of six-month pause in drone programme Continue reading...

Marist brothers closed classroom blinds raised suspicion, inquiry told

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 11:39 PM PDT

Former assistant principal admits she suspected Brother Gregory Sutton was abusing students, but did not go to police

Peter McClellan says time is running out to hear all child abuse cases

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 11:31 PM PDT

Chairman reveals at least 30 more institutions must be examined and that the Vatican is yet to respond to a request for documents

Free-range definition should not focus on hen numbers, says egg producer

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 11:13 PM PDT

Environmental conditions and the frequency of bird 'rotation' most important, says Queensland industry spokesman

Bruce Wilson asked about workplace safety scheme described as slush fund

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 11:08 PM PDT

Julia Gillard's former boyfriend confronted with a denial from beyond the grave by a man he said was central to the scheme

Julie Bishop supports easing constraints on Japan's military video

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 10:55 PM PDT

Australia's foreign minister, Julia Bishop, has publicly supported Japan's push to loosen constraints on its military. A 'more normal defence posture' would let the country play a greater role in the region, Bishop told a media conference at the Japanese Press Club in Tokyo Continue reading...

Bust the budget protesters take to the streets in their thousands

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 10:22 PM PDT

'This is what democracy looks like,' chants Melbourne crowd as marchers wind their way to the steps of parliament house

Welfare claimants with psychiatric problems 'should keep links to work'

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 10:21 PM PDT

Head of Australian government welfare review also says welfare should be looked at in conjunction with the tax system

'A sickening feeling of betrayal: the new battle for Maules Creek

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 10:05 PM PDT

Allegations spies infiltrated a group of NSW anti-coalmine activists have shaken but not shattered the sense of trust in the close-knit protest camp

Eric Cantor confirms resignation urging successor to find 'common ground'

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 09:43 PM PDT

Obama insists immigration reform is not dead despite House majority leader's surprise defeat by Tea Party in primary election

Scott Morrison misled the parliament on Manus inquiry, says Greens senator

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 09:41 PM PDT

Immigration minister told parliament the inquiry would examine his own conduct, but it did not, prompting the accusation

House teeters on edge of cliff in Texas

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 08:54 PM PDT

Owners evacuate $700,000 luxury home on Lake Whitney after ground collapses into water below

Snow looks set to dust ski resorts in NSW and Victoria

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 08:33 PM PDT

Up to 40cm forecast to fall over the weekend, almost a week after the official start to the season

Kevin Andrews says welfare can deny citizens the opportunity to be virtuous

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 08:21 PM PDT

The act of giving becomes a professional activity rather than an act of charity, says social services minister, defending budget

Bust the budget: thousands fight cuts in march through Melbourne

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 08:09 PM PDT

'No ifs, no buts, we'll stop these budget cuts,' chant marchers who blocked traffic on their way to parliament house

Iraq army capitulates to Isis militants in four cities

Posted: 11 Jun 2014 07:09 PM PDT

Half a million people on the move after gunmen seize four cities and pillage army bases and banks

Iraq crisis latest developments LIVE Continue reading...