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Marist Brothers 'did not go to police' after paedophile teacher's confession
Deficit tax debate rumbles on politics live
Arms imports: Australia doubles its global share in four years
Palestinian parliamentary speaker arrested in search for kidnapped teens
Iraq crisis: US could team-up with Iran - live updates
Russia cuts off gas supply to Ukraine as deadline passes
Australian PM warns of 'terrorist state' if Iraq extremists consolidate
Allison Baden-Clay's mother says her son-in-law was 'calm as a cucumber'
Kenya attack: gunmen kill at least 48 people
Royal commission told big tobacco funded Health Services Union nominee
Suspected Somali rebel attack leaves dozens dead in Kenyan town
Three sentenced to death in China for car ramming attack in Beijing
Papua New Guinea prime minister served with arrest warrant
Tamil asylum seeker's grieving family unable to attend funeral
Australian welfare reliance has declined over the past decade, report says
Scientists bend banana genome to help children overcome vitamin A deficiency
World cup 2014: Australia's Socceroos on upcoming game against Netherlands - video
Gerard Baden-Clays father helped murder accused file life insurance claim
Tourist falls to her death in remote central Australian tourist destination
Asylum-seeker fight for baby's refugee status goes to federal court
Cory Bernardi and Ian Macdonald break ranks over deficit levy
Beyondblue survey finds construction sites are mentally healthy workplaces
Colombia election: Juan Manuel Santos wins second term as president
US prepares for talks with Iran to stop Iraq militants, says official
Australia has begun withdrawing officials from Iraq

Marist Brothers 'did not go to police' after paedophile teacher's confession

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 01:14 AM PDT

Inquiry hears how boy took his own life after being molested by a primary school teacher later jailed for 67 counts of abuse

Deficit tax debate rumbles on politics live

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 01:03 AM PDT

While the world frets over events in Iraq, federal MPs are in Canberra for the two remaining parliamentary sitting weeks before the new Senators take their place. All the developments live from Canberra

Arms imports: Australia doubles its global share in four years

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 12:57 AM PDT

Research institute says the country is now the worlds seventh largest buyer of major weapons, mainly from the US

Palestinian parliamentary speaker arrested in search for kidnapped teens

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 12:52 AM PDT

Israeli army says Aziz Dweik among 40 arrested in West Bank, including 'Hamas leadership and operatives', bringing total to at least 150 Continue reading...

Iraq crisis: US could team-up with Iran - live updates

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 12:49 AM PDT

Iran-US talks could start this week, says WSJ
Outrage over 'massacre' of Iraqi soldiers
Intelligence breakthrough against Isis
Staff evacuated from US embassy in Baghdad

Russia cuts off gas supply to Ukraine as deadline passes

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 12:40 AM PDT

Ukraine and Russia fail to agree compromise deal over gas prices and unpaid bills but EC hopes accord can still be reached Continue reading...

Australian PM warns of 'terrorist state' if Iraq extremists consolidate

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 12:40 AM PDT

Tony Abbott says violence in the north is a humanitarian disaster for civilians and fast becoming an international crisis

Allison Baden-Clay's mother says her son-in-law was 'calm as a cucumber'

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 12:26 AM PDT

Priscilla Dickie tells murder trial how the former real estate agent called her husband to report his wife missing

Kenya attack: gunmen kill at least 48 people

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 12:14 AM PDT

Militants struck in coastal town of Mpeketoni while cafes and bars were packed with people watching the World Cup Continue reading...

Royal commission told big tobacco funded Health Services Union nominee

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 12:12 AM PDT

Former HSU official says he discovered MP David Feeney had secured donations from Philip Morris for his election campaign

Suspected Somali rebel attack leaves dozens dead in Kenyan town

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 11:38 PM PDT

Gunmen flying black flags fired on banks, hotels and bars in the attack on Sunday evening, killing 26, officials say

Three sentenced to death in China for car ramming attack in Beijing

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 10:37 PM PDT

Court in western Xinjiang province passes death sentence for the attack, which was blamed on the Uighur minority group

Papua New Guinea prime minister served with arrest warrant

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 10:08 PM PDT

Warrant served on Peter ONeill in relation to an alleged illegal payment of $30m by the government to a Port Moresby law firm

Tamil asylum seeker's grieving family unable to attend funeral

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 09:53 PM PDT

Refugee council says Leo Seemanpillais parents, who live in an Indian refugee camp, have been 'blocked at every turning'

Australian welfare reliance has declined over the past decade, report says

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 09:33 PM PDT

Hilda survey says 10.1% of population get more than half their income from welfare, down from 12% ten years ago

Scientists bend banana genome to help children overcome vitamin A deficiency

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 08:58 PM PDT

Genetically modified Australian fruit could save the sight and lives of thousands of East African children

World cup 2014: Australia's Socceroos on upcoming game against Netherlands - video

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 08:20 PM PDT

The Socceroos say they will need to be confident when they face the Dutch team on Wednesday. Australia lost their opening World Cup match 3-1 to Chile, but dominated proceedings for long spells. While defender Alex Wilkinson says the team is unhappy with the result, they don't plan on repeating the same mistakes against the Dutch Continue reading...