More men want to take action against domestic violence but almost half think they can't do anything to change it.
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Energy rebates have lowered Australia's headline inflation rate, but the Reserve Bank remains focused on underlying price pressures.
A police officer who fatally tasered a 95-year-old woman has been found guilty of manslaughter after a jury rejected claims he acted lawfully.
More than two years after it was launched, the inquest into the death of indigenous teenager Kumanjayi Walker is about to begin closing submissions.
A wage increase for early childhood educators has been lauded as a first step towards universal childcare that will benefit the sector and Australian families.
Questions are being raised about the eligibility of ex-Labor now-independent senator Fatima Payman to sit in federal parliament because of her dual citizenship.
The heartbroken parents of Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles have brought their bodies back to Australia after their deaths from methanol poisoning in Laos.
A year after students were slugged with a huge increase to their debts, the government has passed thousands of dollars in relief and teased of further help.
Supermarkets will face multimillion-dollar penalties for breaches of the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct under a proposal being introduced to parliament.
Federal MPs are being lobbied to help pressure the US government to grant a presidential pardon for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
A proposed social media ban for children under the age of 16 has been criticised for being rushed as a parliamentary inquiry is due to hand down a report.
As the Greens agree to back landmark reforms to help first-home buyers, the housing minister says the new schemes won't be a cure-all for issues in the sector.
