United Australia Senator Ralph Babet is defying parliamentary orders to attend behaviour workshops for ‘using racist, homophobic, sexist or other language’ to demean others.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is holding a Chatham House rules event with economists on Friday, including an advocate who wants to replace the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount on investment properties.

Penny Wong is refusing to say whether Australian personnel were on board a US submarine which sank an Iranian warship overnight, insisting the Government does not discuss deployments.

Donald Trump has ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after a tense congressional grilling and growing backlash over immigration enforcement tactics.

The CIA is providing arms to Kurdish forces as President Donald Trump says the US military will shadow their ground forces to facilitate an uprising in Iran.

There are two key weaknesses the US president saw in Iran before launching joint strikes with Israel.

Australia sent two military passenger planes to the Middle East earlier this week and six DFAT crisis response teams are on their way as the Government makes contingency plans to help people leave the war zone.

An Australian fertility giant has issued a major update after it was rocked by a shocking embryo bungle at two of its clinics in Queensland and Victoria.

The inspirational athlete bravely competed just days after experiencing unimaginable pain before Christmas.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is holding a Chatham House rules event with economists on Friday, including an advocate who wants to replace the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount on investment properties.

Travellers will end up footing the bill for major expansion works at Australia’s four biggest airports, the consumer watchdog has warned.

Star Casino’s former CEO was found to have broken the law, although Justice Lee at times also ruled in his defence and that of other directors.

The South Island draws the alpine crowd, but more people should realise that Ruapehu is well worth the journey. 

Nestled in a quiet corner of England’s West Country, Michelin-starred ‘restaurant with rooms’, Osip, is a peerless celebration of locality.

Two years ago things were looking up for America’s pandemic-battered Navajo Nation parks. Then their lifeblood, international visitors, slowed to a trickle.

There are two key weaknesses the US president saw in Iran before launching joint strikes with Israel.

Should the unthinkable happen and Australia come under direct military threat, it is a sure bet that it will not be a middle power that Australia turns to for help. 

Canadian PM Mark Carney is on a mission to warn against the rupture of the world’s rules-based order. Will Australia listen?

There are two key weaknesses the US president saw in Iran before launching joint strikes with Israel.

Expanding the battlefield is Iran’s strategy to exhaust the immense firepower of America and Israel.

WATCH: A torpedo launched from a US Navy submarine struck a vessel in combat, sending the Iranian frigate Iris Dena to the bottom of the Indian Ocean.

The shock jock feels extremely ‘betrayed’ by his long-term co-host.

Catapulted to the very top of the TV zeitgeist, it took only two years for the internet to turn on The Bear. Hopefully it will go out with some well-deserved good will.

The US singer and dancer has been slammed for stealing the spotlight at her brother’s wedding in California this weekend. 

A concerned wife backed her gut feeling and the ‘Find My iPhone’ app when her husband disappeared after a massive avalanche in the US.

Australian scientists may soon be able to grow models of human spinal cords from live cells in a new effort to understand a fatal disease dubbed ‘The Beast’.

In the first of what is set to be series of landmark cases, one plaintiff has spoken out for thousands of teenagers and parents who have accused social media companies of hooking young people.

Supermarket shelves are being stripped and an urgent recall has been issued after a frozen food product was found to be contaminated with Hepatitis A.

The inspirational athlete bravely competed just days after experiencing unimaginable pain before Christmas.

Aviation experts have issued a warning for Aussies with plans to travel to Europe any time in the next five months.

The Matildas have booked their spot in the Women’s Asian Cup quarter-finals, but need to defeat South Korea in Sydney on Sunday to qualify top of Group A despite a 4-0 win over Iran.

It’s taken a half, but the new AFL season has sparked to life as former Carlton forward Charlie Curnow slotted his first goal as a Swan.

On the eve of a new season, the AFL lost one of its greatest champions as close friend, Bruce McAvaney, led a fitting tribute to farewell Dennis Cometti. 

The CIA is providing arms to Kurdish forces as President Donald Trump says the US military will shadow their ground forces to facilitate an uprising in Iran.

Convicted sex offender, who raped man with learning difficulties, has had egg thrown at him by angry protesters as police escorted him from his home.

A former Royal Australian Navy officer says the destruction of the Iranian frigate may have been intended to warn China about the costs of launching a broader war.