In future, average tax rates will still be higher for most taxpayers under Turnbull's tax plan, but there's one exception: the top 10 per cent of income earners, write John Daley and Danielle Wood

As a symbol of the nation, Captain James Cook has always been contested. Little wonder the Government's $48.7 million allocation to commemorating 250 years since his voyage to Australia has stirred controversy, writes Tracy Ireland.

Yvette Coppersmith was rebuffed when she asked to paint New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern's portrait, and settled on a self-portrait instead. It just won this year's Archibald Prize.

In an at times revealing conversation with Australia's first female prime minister Julia Gillard, Hillary Clinton speaks about her personal struggles with what she called America's "first reality TV election".

The story of the 104-year-old Perth academic — one of the first Australians to undertake assisted suicide due to old age rather than a terminal illness — has attracted international headlines and inflamed a highly divisive debate.

For a party that just lost five sitting MPs, the ALP is well advanced in its preparations to attempt to get them all returned to Parliament. Sources from both camps agree the Opposition has a quadruple edge over the Liberals — candidates, time, history and money, writes Jane Norman.

After taunting police about his location for nearly three months on Facebook and Youtube, a NSW man who dodged parole has been arrested in Adelaide.

ABC News director Gaven Morris says there is "no more fat to cut at the ABC", and an $84-million reduction in funding revealed in the federal budget will "cut into the muscle" at the broadcaster.

Australia's progressive tax system has been getting progressively flatter for more than thirty years, and the Government wants to keep that trend going.

So how long does it take for microorganisms from your kitchen floor to attach themselves to that slice of pizza you dropped? Perhaps you're asking yourself the wrong question, writes Cathy Moir.