The controversy over the rules around players making contact with umpires continues, with the AFL appealing against the tribunal's decision to clear Carlton pair Charlie and Ed Curnow.

The controversy over the rules around players making contact with umpires continues, with the AFL appealing against the tribunal's decision to clear Carlton pair Charlie and Ed Curnow.

There will be no ban on live sheep exports to the Middle East over the northern summer this year, despite the RSPCA and Australian Veterinarians Association saying there is no way to protect sheep against potentially fatal heat stress.

Expect more bids to drill the Great Australian Bight, with Australia's national security at risk due to alarmingly low levels of oil production, the Federal Resources Minister warns during his address to the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association's annual conference.

Jamie Maclaren is unlucky to miss out on a trip to the World Cup in Russia. But Tim Cahill has the leadership and ability to produce on grand occasions to be part of Bert van Marwijk's squad despite his lack of action for his club.

Coles begins to stock baby formula behind the counter, alongside the cigarettes and razors, to prevent tins being bought in bulk for resale at a huge mark-up on Chinese websites.

Julie Bishop hits back at former Australian ambassador to China Geoff Raby's calls for the Foreign Minister's sacking as "profoundly ignorant".

A prolific animal smuggler, convicted of poaching animals for the black market, says Australians would be horrified if they knew how many animals are dying while being smuggled to cashed-up collectors in Europe and Asia.

While the Turnbull Government's $89 billion naval shipbuilding project is on track in its early stages, an independent watchdog is warning the project carries a "high-to-extreme risk" of expensive blowouts and delays in the future.

While the Turnbull Government's $89 billion naval shipbuilding project is on track in its early stages, an independent watchdog is warning the project carries a "high-to-extreme risk" of expensive blowouts and delays in the future.

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".