An estimated 537,000 refugees have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar's Rakhine state, escaping what the UN dubs a "textbook case of ethnic cleansing".
The Victorian gaming regulator has launched an investigation into allegations rejected by Crown Casino that engaged in improper conduct.
A new poll shows Nick Xenophon is the preferred premier, ahead of Labor Premier Jay Weatherill and Liberal Opposition Leader Steve Marshall.
Victoria's controversial assisted dying bill will move to the next phase of debate after an attempt to have it suspended indefinitely failed.
Crossbench senator Nick Xenophon may have made his last speech to the Senate, ahead of a High Court ruling and tilt at South Australian politics.
The High Court of Australia has found aspects of Tasmania's anti-protest laws are 'unconstitutional' following legal action by former Greens leader Bob Brown.
Two elite Sydney schools failed to adequately respond to allegations of boys being abused by other students, a royal commission has found.
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast a reprieve for central Queensland and Wide Bay residents who've been inundated by a spring deluge.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will continue to spruik his energy policy as pressure builds to release the modelling and thinking behind it.
Economists expect the latest jobs figures to show the number of people in employment grew by 15,000 in September.
Jobseekers without non-school qualifications are finding it increasingly tough to find work, a national report card has found.
Home ownership rates are falling most dramatically among young Australians, a biennial report card has found.
A new report has found an increase in refugees finding jobs in Australia but many have skills that are going to waste.
Iran has threatened to pull out of its nuclear agreement with Western powers if the Trump administration does.
Chanting protesters have marched through the streets of Mogadishu after a huge truck bomb killed over 300 people.
The Turnbull government says more pedophiles will be allowed into the community if Labor votes against compulsory jail terms for child sex offenders.
Three seperate attacks have hit southwestern Pakistan, led by a Taliban suicide bomber hitting a police truck and killing seven.
The WA premier has likened the "undermining" behaviour of retired police commissioner Karl O'Callaghan to former prime minister Tony Abbott.
Police are investigating fraudulent insurance claims following a series of car crashes allegedly linked to former Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer.
A Sydney high school teacher who sent students to do work experience at a nuclear reactor has won a prime minister's science award.
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