It goes without saying that overseas travel can be expensive, but the Federal Treasurer's suggesting banks could be doing more to keep the costs down.

International aid organisations are trying to find ways to deliver clean drinking water, food and emergency shelters to Sulawesi, where thousands of survivors are now homeless.

There has been another earthquake in Indonesia, this time near the island of Flores. There are no reports of injuries at this early stage.

Two cancer researchers whose work has been heralded as "revolutionary" have won this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine.

When Australia's population hit 25 million earlier this year, Liberal senator Dean Smith called for a national population debate.

Figures obtained by the ABC can reveal exactly what the bank has been paying state schools as an incentive for their school banking program in at least one state, prompting calls to have it phased out in favour of an independent educational program.

On Tuesday's The World Today: The consumer watchdog takes a look at the big overseas transaction fees that you're slugged with; and the Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded to researchers who've made discoveries that have revolutionised cancer care.

Pain specialists are warning there could be disastrous consequences if private health coverage for chronic pain is changed.

There are concerns of a growing bushfire risk in the Northern Territory, thanks to a weed that is spreading rapidly and increasing the fuel load.

Queensland is home to nearly 1,000 threatened animal species and their diverse range of habitats. Despite that staggering statistic, Queensland has the smallest percentage of land listed as national park in Australia.