For more than 160 years, many Australians have celebrated the Melbourne Cup, but is that changing?

Federal Labor plans to slash the HECS debt of millions of Australian students.

Rescue efforts are continuing in Spain, as emergency services search for survivors from flash flooding.

Optus has been accused of exploiting vulnerable Australians - including First Nations people and people with disabilities - allegedly selling them goods and services they didn't want or need.

There's evidence that the end to the cost-of-living crisis is in sight. Official figures show annual inflation is now within the Reserve Bank's target band, coming in at 2.8 per cent.

The Israeli Government to ban the United Nations agency UNWRA from operating in Israel, sparking new concern  for the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is under fire for accepting flight upgrades from Qantas. 

Cricket Australia has lifted a lifetime leadership ban imposed on player David Warner six years ago, after he was involved in a cheating scandal.

Senator Lidia Thorpe now says she mispronounced "heirs" as "hairs" without meaning to when she was sworn in as a senator, after she earlier suggested it was deliberate. 

Researchers uncover a link between air pollution and the onset of peanut allergies in children.