Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce calls for an overhaul to the hiring regulations at Parliament House to allow politicians to work alongside their partners.

Knee reconstructions for young Australians are on the rise, posing an expensive and painful public health problem in the future, a new study finds.

Veteran Boomers centre Andrew Bogut ends his 13-season NBA career and will return to Australia to play in the NBL with the Sydney Kings.

After a week of shocking revelations at the banking royal commission, Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer repeatedly avoids questions about the Government's delay in establishing the probe.

The idea that low inflation is a problem may be dismissed by anyone struggling to make ends meet, but it's worrying the RBA, particularly as jobs growth looks to be slowing.

Port Adelaide's Lindsay Thomas faces an AFL suspension after he was reported for high contact with Geelong's Scott Selwood, which left the Cats midfielder concussed.

The Federal Government is ordering aged-care homes to offer staff a flu vaccination this year after last year's deadly influenza season saw about 1,000 people aged over 65 die of influenza-related complications.

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu's final album Djarimirri (Child of the Rainbow), released posthumously last week, becomes the first in an Australian Indigenous language to top the Australian music charts.

For more than 100 years, Private Edward Attfield was wrongly believed to have been a deserter from the Australian Army — but in fact, his body was buried in an Egyptian war cemetery.

A UK man who caught what was dubbed the world's "worst-ever" case of super-gonorrhoea is cured — but two similar cases have now been reported in Australia.

Donald Trump appears to have seen off the worst of the dangers presented by James Comey, but the cloud he has governed beneath will hang heavy over the White House until his legal woes are dealt with, writes Greg Jennett.

The Blue Derby mountain bike network opened in 2014, and last year 30 thousand riders from around the globe visited to ride what is being touted as one of the hottest trails in the world.

The Federal Government is facing an uphill battle to convince some states to back the National Energy Guarantee, with some leaders saying the plan's targets are too low to drive any new investment in renewable energy.

Melbourne City make the A-League's final four by defeating Brisbane 2-0 in their elimination final through second-half strikes to Stefan Mauk and Nick Fitzgerald.

As Cricket Australia begins the search for the man to lead the national team out of the wreckage of the ball-tampering scandal, who are the likely candidates to replace Darren Lehmann?

Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce and his partner Vikki Campion welcome a baby boy, named Sebastian.

Perth Glory's long-serving coach Kenny Lowe has been axed after his team missed out on the A-League finals this season, with Tony Popovic tipped as a likely successor.

Treasurer Scott Morrison continues to resist calls for him to admit he was wrong in repeatedly opposing a banking royal commission, instead opting to turn his fire on Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

Three Australian warships were challenged by the Chinese military as they travelled through the disputed South China Sea earlier this month, the ABC can reveal.

The Federal Government is chasing down 170,000 Australians who have welfare debts, threatening to charge them interest on the funds owed which have topped more than $900 million nationally.