There are calls for a national inquiry into surrogacy after the ABC uncovered another case of an abandoned baby. An Australian couple who had twins to a surrogate in India left one behind because they preferred one gender over the other. Former Forei...
And fears of an economic slowdown have sparked big falls on world markets. The International Monetary Fund has downgraded its global forecast for the next two years. Wall Street closed more than 1.5% lower and there're also big falls across in Europe...
It appears the US-led airstrikes have failed to stop Islamic State militants from advancing on a key town in Syria. A black IS flag has been seen flying over a building in the northern Syrian town of Kobani on the border with Turkey. The town now loo...
Australian fighter jets have completed their first combat mission in Iraq. The chief of the Defence Force Mark Binskin says the two jets were armed but did not launch airstrikes. Two FA-18 jets were involved. The jets have returned safely to base. Th...
The biggest bank in the US JP Morgan Chase has revealed that information on 76 million household customers and 7 million business customers was compromised in a data breach a few months ago. It says the hackers accessed names, addresses, phone number...
Let's take a look at the satellite image: Troughs over Western Australia's interior and central Queensland are triggering thunderstorms, while west onshore winds along the New South Wales and Queensland coasts are producing patchy cloud and the odd s...
The Prime Minister has intervened to reverse controversial restrictions on women wearing facial coverings in Parliament. The new rules sort of segregate the women who covered their faces behind glass barriers in Parliament's public galleries. The rul...
Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says the Prime Minister should keep his opinions on the burkas himself. Tony Abbott says he finds such facial coverings confronting and would prefer that wasn't worn in Australia. Mr. Shorten says he is disappoi...
A new research has found some household power bills have been increased by up to 1,000 dollars in the past five years. Another report was by St. Vincent de Paul and Elvis Consulting, and it says the cost of poles and wires make up more than half of s...
And raids, as we speak, are underway in three Melbourne suburbs. The joint operation involves Victorian and Federal police. The raids had been carried out in the suburbs of Seabrook, Flemington and Meadow Heights. To other stories: The center of Hong...
There have been violent clashes in Hong Kong in the worst unrest since China took control of the city in 1997. Police used teargas to try to disperse thousands of pro-democracy protesters who have brought part of the city to a standstill. There have...
The Australian share market has closed at a six-month low after duties on Wall Street sparked a sharp sell-down. By the close, the All Ordinaries Index was down 1.2% or 66 points. The ASX 200 Index fell 1.3%. Stocks were low across the boards. Iron o...
We've got a front system set to move through the southwest corner of Western Australia tomorrow and that's going to bring some strong and gusty winds. Some potentially moderate to heavy rainfalls about the far southwest corner and also some hail. And...
The FBI has identified the masked Islamic State militant who murdered two American journalists and a British aid worker, the man who has a British accent appeared in the video showing the beheading of the three men. Now the FBI hasn't named the man o...
Overnight the Security Council has passed a unanimous resolution to prevent the recruitment and financing a foreign terrorist. The terrorist movement calling itself Islamic State insults Islam and it mocks the duties of a legitimate state towards its...
