The Government says it is cutting the permanent migration program, but temporary visa holders in Australia are at a record high and include 37,000 mystery holders whose nationality is unknown.

Male contraceptives have been under development for at least the past 50 years, but they haven't come to market because of the success of the female pill and pessimism about men taking a pill.

Former Perth student Henri van Breda has been found guilty of murdering his parents and brother with an axe in South Africa in 2015, and the attempted murder of his sister.

Former Perth student Henri van Breda has been found guilty of murdering his parents and brother with an axe in South Africa in 2015, and the attempted murder of his sister.

Former Perth student Henri van Breda has been found guilty of murdering his parents and brother with an axe in South Africa in 2015, and the attempted murder of his sister.

The banking royal commission hears an elderly, seriously ill woman faced homelessness after her daughter's business, for which she had acted as guarantor on a loan, failed and Westpac tried to take her home.

The head of Parliament House's security branch admits he might have said he would "burn the security division to the ground and start again with other people", in response to questioning at Senate Estimates based on leaks he says could undermine public confidence in the way the building is protected...

North Melbourne-Tasmania won't play their first AFLW game until next season — but already they have got on the wrong side of the Brisbane Lions for their aggressive approach to the signing period.

The business media has long fawned over the wealthy so it is not surprising the moral crusaders came out to decry the ABC's treatment of controversial former AMP boss Catherine Brenner, writes Ian Verrender.

The business media has long fawned over the wealthy so it is not surprising the moral crusaders came out to decry the ABC's treatment of controversial former AMP boss Catherine Brenner, writes Ian Verrender.