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Indonesian incursion: Australian customs officer failed to report concern
Racial discrimination: more than 50 councils urge Brandis to drop changes
Battle for Donetsk airport: the story of one Russian fighter
UK to press United Nations on Syria aid
Vladimir Putin's adviser calls Ukrainian president a 'Nazi' as EU deal signed
Medicare co-payment: AMA rejects Coalition's compromise offer
Isis: Maliki hails Syrian air raids in Iraq as leaving both states 'winners'
Cameron warns EU leaders over Juncker appointment
Morrison film telling asylum seekers to go home screened in detention centres
New Zealand schoolboy wins right to keep long hair
From the archive, 27 June 1981: Ramblers find 'secret' army base on map
North Korea claims to have tested precision guided missile
Priest at heart of sex abuse allegations made 'legal threats' to bishop
Priest at heart of sex abuse allegations made 'veiled threats' to bishop
Bail law backflip: NSW review after alleged murderer released
Ukraine rebels release OSCE observers
Healthy food rating website could be reinstated within weeks
Battle over Bendigo: fear and bruised feelings in city that said yes to a mosque
Denis Napthine says Victoria will appeal $540m payout to pokies giant
Australian federal police commissioner Tony Negus to step down
Icelandic girls can't be called Harriet, government tells family
Obama administration seeking $500m to train 'moderate' Syrian rebels
Unlike David Cameron, Gavrilo Princip had fellow plotters
Cameron and European leaders attend first world war ceremony in Ypres - video
Howard Baker, a key player in Watergate hearings, dies age 88

Indonesian incursion: Australian customs officer failed to report concern

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 01:08 AM PDT

Officers failure to report crew members concern resulted in a breach of Indonesian waters, inquiry finds

Racial discrimination: more than 50 councils urge Brandis to drop changes

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 01:04 AM PDT

They all support the importance of section 18C, which prohibits offensive behaviour based on racial hatred

Battle for Donetsk airport: the story of one Russian fighter

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 12:55 AM PDT

Evgeny Korolenko was born in the Soviet Union in 1967 and died in Ukraine in 2014. His story sheds light on the lives of those who have crossed the border from Russia to fight and the efforts to cover their traces

UK to press United Nations on Syria aid

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 12:54 AM PDT

UN humanitarian chief says Assad's regime more concerned with controlling aid agencies than getting supplies to victims Continue reading...

Vladimir Putin's adviser calls Ukrainian president a 'Nazi' as EU deal signed

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 12:53 AM PDT

Sergei Glazyev tells BBC before the signing in Brussels that Petro Poroshenko lacks legitimacy to make the deal Continue reading...

Medicare co-payment: AMA rejects Coalition's compromise offer

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 12:41 AM PDT

President of the AMA says doctors will not accept any proposal which reduces the Medicare rebate

Isis: Maliki hails Syrian air raids in Iraq as leaving both states 'winners'

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 12:14 AM PDT

Prime minister denies coordination with Assad as Iraqi forces raid Tikrit and Kurdish leader makes symbolic visit to Kirkuk Continue reading...

Cameron warns EU leaders over Juncker appointment

Posted: 27 Jun 2014 12:09 AM PDT

Signs EU leaders will offer overwhelming support to the former Luxembourg leader, despite UK prime minister's objections Continue reading...

Morrison film telling asylum seekers to go home screened in detention centres

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 11:43 PM PDT

Immigration minister tells asylum seekers to return home or face a 'very very long time' in detention

New Zealand schoolboy wins right to keep long hair

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 11:02 PM PDT

Judge finds Catholic college was wrong to suspend Lucan Battison, who had offered to wear his hair in a bun

From the archive, 27 June 1981: Ramblers find 'secret' army base on map

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Nato base photographed in 1967 has been included on the Forestry Commission map ever since

North Korea claims to have tested precision guided missile

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 10:48 PM PDT

Announcement comes after South Korea said it detected three short-range projectiles coming down in the Sea of Japan

Priest at heart of sex abuse allegations made 'legal threats' to bishop

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 10:18 PM PDT

John Gerard Nestor was defrocked and excommunicated in 2008, 12 years after he was charged with indecent assault

Priest at heart of sex abuse allegations made 'veiled threats' to bishop

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 10:18 PM PDT

John Gerard Nestor was defrocked and excommunicated in 2008, 12 years after he was charged with indecent assault

Bail law backflip: NSW review after alleged murderer released

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 08:43 PM PDT

Former bikie boss Mahmoud 'Mick' Hawi was granted conditional bail on Monday and released from Lithgow jail on Wednesday

Ukraine rebels release OSCE observers

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 08:39 PM PDT

Four members of international monitoring team handed over but four still held as pro-Russia fighters make 'goodwill gesture'

Healthy food rating website could be reinstated within weeks

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 08:31 PM PDT

Ministers agree to support the star rating system pulled down by Fiona Nashs chief of staff who had links to junk food companies

Battle over Bendigo: fear and bruised feelings in city that said yes to a mosque

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 08:27 PM PDT

How did a local planning decision catapult the Victorian town into the heart of the debate over Islamaphobia in Australia?

Denis Napthine says Victoria will appeal $540m payout to pokies giant

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 08:17 PM PDT

Government to challenge Victorian supreme court decision to award compensation to Tatts over a broken contract

Australian federal police commissioner Tony Negus to step down

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 08:04 PM PDT

He will leave the AFP at the end of his current five-year appointment, ending a 32-year career with the AFP

Icelandic girls can't be called Harriet, government tells family

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 02:00 PM PDT

Authorities reluctant to renew passport of Harriet, 10, as name is not on approved list of 3,565 Continue reading...

Obama administration seeking $500m to train 'moderate' Syrian rebels

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 01:21 PM PDT

Request to Congress comes as US searches for effective alternatives to Isis, which has overrun parts of northern Iraq

Unlike David Cameron, Gavrilo Princip had fellow plotters

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 12:50 PM PDT

EU heads of state met in Belgium this week, nearly all of them support Juncker's presidency Continue reading...

Cameron and European leaders attend first world war ceremony in Ypres - video

Posted: 26 Jun 2014 12:43 PM PDT

European leaders including David Cameron and German chancellor Angela Merkel attend a ceremony on Thursday in Ypres, Belgium, to commemorate 100 years since the first world war. The ceremony kicked off a two-day EU summit during which Cameron faces defeat over the appointment of the next president of the European commission Continue reading...