A Melbourne primary school staff member has been suspended amid allegations of "inappropriate" touching of students, the Department of Education has confirmed.

Sites will be blocked but Aussies will escape punishment for illicit downloading under proposals.

The Asian Cup dream of Mitch Nichols is over, with the Perth Glory midfielder set to miss up to eight weeks with a torn hamstring.

The ACT Brumbies or an Olympic Games? That is the agonising choice Tom Cusack had to make between his childhood dream and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to chase a gold medal in Rio.

Share losses have accelerated, as the big banks take another hit, but BHP is the main drag on the benchmark index amid the listing of South32.

Malcolm Turnbull would do well to remember most urgent advice drummed into children about looking right and left because when he steps off the kerb in the 45th parliament, he's as likely to get cleaned up by the Karma bus as he is to get safely to the other side.

The young man with the baseball cap was bidding like a winner.

Raheem Sterling eased the pressure on under-fire manager Brendan Rodgers as Liverpool defeated Championship leaders Bournemouth 3-1 to book a League Cup semi-final with Chelsea.

Casey, Canberra's latest pop-up suburb, is well on the way to getting a town market of its own.

Australians are the second-highest users of antidepressant medications among 33 nations, with 89 per 1000 people taking them. And they're readily available.

Here we are in beautiful L.A. 

The PM's office blocked her proposal to travel to a global climate negotiation in Peru. She took the matter into her own hands.

South African court acquits British man of charges he paid hitmen to kill his wife, despite secret life.

Boxes of "original formula" Arnott's Shapes are now selling online for as high as $50 amid a customer outcry about the taste of the "new and improved" biscuits.

Geelong will be without star recruit Jeremy Cameron against Adelaide after he re-injured his hamstring at training on Wednesday.

Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams were named as men's and women's World Champions for 2014 on Thursday by the International Tennis Federation.

Private hospital group Ramsay Health Care has lifted net profit 17 per cent and unveiled a push into pharmacies.

Title holders Australia shook off some poor group stage form and a slow match start to beat Argentina 4-2 on Thursday to reach the Champions Trophy hockey semi-finals.

Thousands of people are expected to attend a Black Lives Matter rally outside the State Library of Victoria at midday.

Our top CEOs have had a bumper year, but one television executive easily outperformed the pack.