American authorities have also revealed Australian woman Shadi Jabar Khalil Mohammad was also killed in an air strike a week earlier near the Syrian city of Al Bab. Mohammed is the sister of Farhad Mohammed, the teenager who shot dead police accounta...
Mortgage holders with ANZ bank are likely to be feeling short changed this morning, after the bank decided to hold on to a big chunk of the RBA's rate cut. All of the other big banks have passed on yesterday's quarter of per cent cut, but ANZ bank ha...
Police have confirmed a man has been killed and two people have been injured after a shooting outside a Bankstown shopping centre. Emergency crews were called to the Bankstown central shopping centre just before midday. There are reports several shot...
A three year old boy has died after a car crash in Granville in Western Sydney. The child was being wheeled along in his stroller by his dad, when he was struck by a car. The car collided with another vehicle before crossing the road, mounting the fo...
The federal opposition is trying to ramp up pressure on the government over bank misconduct. The government has recalled parliament to debate its bill to re-establish the Australian building and construction commission. But labor has tried to turn th...
The Australian share market has failed to hold on to the morning gains. At the close the all ORDs lost four points or 0.1% as was the the ASX. Bhp Billiton fell in line with the mining stocks. Blackmores and News Corp among the best performers. The b...
The prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says the states and territories could be better governed if they take on more responsibility for income tax. The proposal to allocate a share of income tax, to help pay for schools and hospitals, will be discussed...
The family of remote nurse Gayle Woodford says she will be remembered as a loving wife and mother who was devoted to caring for others. The body of Gayle Woodford was found outside the south Australian outback community of Fregon yesterday. A 36-year...
Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered his armed forces to withdraw from Syria and instructed his diplomats to step up the push for peace... as U-N-mediated talks resume in Geneva on ending the five-year war. Syria says president Bashar al-Assa...
The government remains divided on the safe schools program, with a number of coalition backbenchers petitioning for it to be defunded. In question time the prime minister called for MPs to watch their words on the issue, while labor says Malcolm Turn...
Speculation continues over the timing of this year's federal election. Yesterday several ministers said the government was considering bringing the budget forward clearing the way for an early election. But the prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says he...
A fragile peace appears to be holding in Syria. The un-brokered ceasefire is the first since the civil war began in 2011. There have been some reports of violence including a car bombing but observers on the ground say the truce is working. Life save...
Cardinal George Pell has denied all knowledge of a paedophile priest operating in the Ballarat diocese when he was a priest and adviser to bishop there. The former priest Gerald Ridsdale has been convicted of 138 offences against children involving 5...
The federal government has promised to build 12 new submarines...to replace the ageing collins class fleet...as part of its defence white paper. The long-awaited document will stick to the former Abbott government's spending pledges... and will forma...
The Prime Minister says he won't be rushed into announcing the government's tax plans before this year's budget. Over the weekend Federal Labor released a politically bold policy to restrict negative gearing tax breaks. But while the government is is...
