Birds have long been considered the reliable creatures to sound the alarm when there’s something unhealthy in the environment.

New research has shown a little brown bird, a house sparrow, could help alert experts to lead poisoning in Australian children.

Day after day, Magistrate Megan Greenwood presides over an increasing number of domestic violence matters.  She must pick her way carefully through entangled traumas, look at the facts and apply the law. 

Australian think-tank the Centre for Policy Development has charted a path to get to universal childcare

It took a 14 month inquiry, dozens of submissions and multiple hearings, but this afternoon a Senate committee - looking into Australia’s corporate consultancy firms - has tabled its final report.

And it’s called on P-W-C to release the names of those involved in the embattled consultancy firm's controversial tax leaks scandal.

The inquiry was launched last year when it was discovered P-W-C leaked sensitive Australian government information to large corporations, including Google.

China's Premier Li Qiang will arrive in Australia this weekend, travelling to Adelaide, Canberra and Perth. 

But it comes at a time of increasing tensions between the superpower and its neighbours – with critics  including the Australian ambassador to the US, Kevin Rudd, accusing China of deploying so-called 'grey zone' tactics.

This week it emerged at least 50 school girls had fake nude images of themselves leaked online.

A new documentary tells the story of an 11-year-old from Venice Beach, California, who survived his troubled upbringing to become one of the world’s best skateboarders.

Executive pay has risen by double digits in the last year, according to a new survey by the Governance Institute of Australia.

The average pay of CEOs grew by 14 per cent, while for managing directors it was 11 per cent.

So why do we value some roles and industries much more than others?

The Opposition says it will soon announce its suggested sites for nuclear power with Nationals leader David Littleproud saying they will all be in his party’s seats. 

More than 40-thousand Queenslanders have signed a petition calling for laws to allow them to kill home intruders without legal consequences.

The Katter Australian Party says its petition for state parliament to introduce the so-called Castle Law, comes as crime concerns simmer in the lead up to the state election. 

However, The Queensland Law Society says it would amount to "state sanctioned murder".