Community sector representatives are meeting in Canberra to nut out a better approach to child protection.
A high-profile doctor savagely gang bashed in Melbourne last month is well on the mend and "champing at the bit" to get home, says his brother.
Caroline Byrne's father told a police psychologist her high school sweetheart became aggressive and stalked her after they broke up, a jury has been told.
Victorian Premier John Brumby has denied knowledge of rape allegations against senior government minister Theo Theophanous before he was personally informed.
A senior AFP official wrote that there was insufficient evidence to charge Mohamed Haneef days before he faced a terrorism charge, documents reveal.
Some 250,000 people will get a tax cut and half a million people are set to dump private health cover after politicians struck a deal to pass Medicare changes.
Tasmania's retired former police commissioner is back in uniform as a temporary replacement for the state's suspended police chief.
Tasmanian MPs are accusing each other of childish behaviour after the state's opposition leader directed a masturbatory gesture across the floor to a rival.
Police believe an estimated $25,000 worth of cocaine has stopped flowing into Sydney each week following the arrest of five men over an alleged drug syndicate.
Telstra hopes to use millions of taxpayer dollars to finance a film starring the hapless father-and-son team featured in its long-running BigPond "Rabbits" commercials, according to reports.
The government has been savaged by the opposition after calling on Malcolm Turnbull to "come clean" on whether the coalition supported the stimulus package.
Labor MP Maxine McKew should consider stepping down while a staffer's ties to a company awarded government contracts are investigated, the opposition says.
The father of young car crash survivor Sophie Delezio says a NSW government pledge to roll out flashing lights at school zones is taking too long.
Australia has a "moral" duty to tackle climate change and won't delay action because of the world economic meltdown, the federal government says.
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