No matter how George Pell's case is resolved the fact he is facing charges at all is the biggest crisis of Pope Francis's papacy and will test the Pope on just how true he is to his vow to be "zero tolerance" on a problem that has dogged the church for decades, writes Lisa Millar.

The two sides of Australian cricket's pay dispute are edging towards a cliff with the July 1 deadline looming and no apparent way forward.

Voting has begun for PNG's national elections, but Australians know little about the complications of democracy in our nearest neighbour.

A number of federal Liberals have been working on a plan to legalise same-sex marriage in Parliament instead of having a national vote or plebiscite.

If Australia were just 100 people, what would it look like? New census data gives us an opportunity to find out, and provides some surprising insights into the state of the nation.