Whistleblower begs leniency as jail sought
David McBride will learn his fate after a guilty plea for leaking classified information that exposed alleged war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan.
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A search for a person who went overboard from a P&O cruise ship in waters off Sydney is underway after an alarm was sounded before dawn.
Qantas will pay $20 million to customers and a fine of $100 million for selling thousands of tickets for cancelled flights.
The family of the Robinson brothers, feared killed in Mexico while on a surfing trip, have arrived in Baja California to view the men's suspected dead bodies.
Health
Doctors press for a tax on sugary drinks
The AMA is calling for a tax on sugary drinks, believing that a targeted sugar tax would help combat obesity and other preventative chronic diseases.
Police
Dead body found near Point Hut Crossing
A dead body was discovered near the Point Hut Crossing of the Murrumbidgee River on Sunday afternoon.
A nation-first scheme will provide 10 days reproductive health leave for all Queensland public sector workers.
The prime minister has thrown his support behind WA police following the fatal shooting of a teenager who had stabbed a man in suburban Perth.
Corporations aligning with political causes could do better paying workers, suppliers and taxes fairly while investing in local communities, a survey says.
Students on social work, nursing and teaching placements to get weekly $319.50 means tested Prac Payment from July next year.
A knife-wielding teenager who had been involved in an anti-radicalisation program has been shot dead by police in Perth after stabbing a man at a Bunnings.
A shortfall of hundreds of promised domestic violence workers is down to recruitment issues, with the women's minister admitting more needs to be done.
The federal government will cap indexation on student loans as part of the May budget, wiping about $3 billion worth of debt.
Three bodies found in Mexico are likely to belong to two Australian brothers and a US friend who went missing in the area last week, local authorities say.
Australia's superannuation funds, as long-term investors, are increasingly making decisions based on the best returns for members in a decarbonising world.
The ACT Brumbies have held their nerve to defeat a motivated Fijian Drua side 28-20 to keep their Super Rugby Pacific top-two hopes alive.
Mexican authorities have found three bodies on Baja Peninsula, where two Australian brothers and a friend went missing.
Member for Keppel Brittany Lauga says she was drugged and sexually assaulted on a night out in central Queensland, with police investigating.
