A Canberra woman accused of running a dating scam allegedly claimed she was a sports doctor who had worked for the Australian cricket team, and that she had a baby with former captain Michael Clarke, court documents say.

Melissa Sheldon's melanoma spread to her lungs and her brain, and her doctors said it was probably because of her sunbed use. Now she has issued a warning to others thinking of using one of Australia's illegal solariums - "stop".

A group of Liberal MPs determined to increase the party's number of women in federal parliament are planning to set up a fighting fund to give female candidates the money they need to succeed.

Men and women who work in and around Parliament House in Canberra don't usually see eye to eye on much, but on Q&A last night they all agreed on one thing.

Test cricket has so much more to offer than personal conflict between the players. This week, it offered a bit of everything, Geoff Lemon writes.

Australia's Nathan Lyon could be fined up to half his match fee after being charged over his drop-ball send-off of South Africa's AB de Villiers on day four.

Federal Government officials are increasingly pessimistic about Australia's chances of dodging the US steel and aluminium tariffs unveiled by Donald Trump.

The NRL does not thrive on scandal, it survives despite it — so the league's decision to allow the controversial return of Matthew Lodge will not be of benefit to the game, writes Richard Hinds.

Father-of-six Ian Fackender was suffering from schizophrenia when he was shot and killed by police. NSW officers shot dead 35 people in the past 20 years, and new data shows more than half of them had a mental illness.

Younger, low-income households are bearing the brunt of a housing affordability crisis, largely caused by community opposition to development, according to a new report from the Grattan Institute.