Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate is confronting a tough new world of digital disruption. Almost a year into the job, she tells AM that Australia Post's outlook is far from bleak and contributed $6 billion last year to the overall economy.

Local councils across Australia have been moving to reduce their reliance on the weed killer Roundup. More could follow in the wake of a US court case which ruled the product's manufacturers failed to warn a man it may cause cancer.

Nearly 11 million Australians were slugged billions of dollars in out-of-pocket costs for medical services in 2016-2017, a new AIHW report has revealed.

Italy's Prime Minister has declared a 12-month state of emergency for the region surrounding Genoa, as part of the Government's response to the collapse of a large motorway bridge, a tragedy that has claimed at least 39 lives.

Senators have been debating this whether the Northern Territory and ACT should be allowed to consider legalising voluntary euthanasia. The matter came down to two votes, with the Senate saying no to further discussion on the issue.

The Australian Workers' Union, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten's former union, is calling on the federal ALP to back the Government's National Energy Guarantee.

On today's program: US President Donald Trump calls his former staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman a "dog"; The AWU believes shift workers could be owed hundreds of days in unpaid sick leave; and cystic fibrosis sufferers await a decision on whether an expensive drug will finally be put on the PBS.

The very public falling out between the US President and high-profile former staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman has escalated, with Trump referring to her as a 'dog' in a morning tweet.

A review of the impact of the Stolen Generations shows survivors and their children are sicker and poorer than other Indigenous Australians.

An independent review has concluded two boys inside Western Australia's only juvenile detention centre were 'probably' held in solitary confinement for around 10 days last year.