East Timor has pledged almost $0.5 billion to effectively buy out one of the parties to the Greater Sunrise oil and gas project, in an effort to get the oil and gas from the project piped to its own shores.

British police detained television reporter Kong Linlin after she interrupted a forum on human rights in Hong Kong, slapped an organiser, and refused to leave.

A group of veterans and athletes are taking the long road to the Invictus Games in a convoy of army and emergency services vehicles, to try and raise awareness of post traumatic stress disorder.

In remote communities around Australia, financial counsellors have uncovered at least 74 cases of people signing up to phone contracts and unknowingly accumulating thousands of dollars worth of debt.

In Australia 16- and 17 year-olds can drive, leave school and enter the workforce - so should they also be allowed to vote?

While the Brisbane Broncos are busy clearing a space in the "pool room" for the inaugural women's rugby league championship trophy, talk is turning to whether the NRL clubs can afford to extend the 2019 women's season.

On Monday's PM: Why didn't tsunami warnings save more lives in Sulawesi?; Indigenous Australians in the Top End hit by telco bills for thousands after dodgy sales techniques; and are 16- and 17-year-olds ready to vote?

Today the Northern Territory became the first Australian jurisdiction to have an alcohol floor price. The minimum charge is set at $1.30 per standard drink, and will mainly affect the cost of cask wine.

Pressure is mounting on the Federal Government to change the way ABC board directors are appointed, following a tumultuous week for the national broadcaster.

The death toll from Friday's earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi has climbed to over 800 people. As rescuers desperately search for more survivors, questions are being asked about the area's warning systems.