Family First defector Lucy Gichuhi is facing relegation to an unwinnable spot on the Liberals' South Australian Senate ticket and an early end to her political career.

Family First defector Lucy Gichuhi is facing relegation to an unwinnable spot on the Liberals' South Australian Senate ticket and an end to her political career.

A Canberra woman who admitted to touching a 15-year-old girl's breast in the back of a car after a night out on Christmas Eve secures a non-conviction order for the "drunken lark".

A Canberra woman who admitted to touching a 15-year-old girl's breast in the back of a car after a night out on Christmas Eve secures a non-conviction order for the "drunken lark".

Australia isn't prepared for a global economic downturn and should be doing more to pay down debt, the chair of the peak body for company directors says.

Australian batsman Cameron Bancroft takes the first step on his long road to cricketing redemption, winning a reprieve to play club cricket while serving his nine-month Cricket Australia ban.

Australians who do not want their medical records stored on a national electronic database will have a three-month window to opt out of the scheme later this year, the Australian Digital Health Agency announces.

Would-be car buyers remain vulnerable to being hit with high interest rates on loans, despite new regulations designed to limit gouging by banks and dealers.

Jessica Mauboy tanked in the popular vote with her song We Got Love despite doing well with the jury — which a Eurovision historian says is simply because her performance was "terrible".

The Liberals will not run candidates in the federal by-elections for Fremantle and Perth, with one senior minister saying "it is never a good idea to just waste money on a contest you are unlikely to win".