The Family Court decides it will no longer intervene in cases where children with gender dysphoria have the permission of their parents and treating doctors to undergo surgery.

Cooper Cronk and James Tedesco combine for a try in the Sydney Roosters' 18-point win over Canterbury, while the Broncos hold on for a 24-20 victory over North Queensland.

A judge sentences Christopher Josevski to four years in jail for bashing his girlfriend and dragging her by the hair in a "monstrous and dreadful" attack captured on security camera at a Melbourne petrol station.

Millions of Australians regularly put food out for the wild birds that visit their gardens, yet the practice is frowned upon by my many bird experts and conservationists. That's not the case in just about every other country, writes Darryl Jones.

Several MPs are calling for a special humanitarian intake, arguing South African farmers would bring relevant skills to Australia and integrate well into the community.

Platypuses are, plainly put, oddly shaped. Now it seems an unusual ringlet-shaped protein in their milk could be a new weapon in the fight against superbugs.

Australia is facing a swelling population and it might mean the things you love about your area — the beach, the park, your short commute — will change. Here's what you said you would be willing to give up to help deal with the problem.

The Commonwealth Bank is facing a lawsuit alleging discrimination over its touchscreen EFTPOS machines, which blind and vision-impaired people say are preventing them from conducting transactions safely.

Centrelink recoups an average of $43,000 from each of over 1,000 Centrelink clients with unexplained wealth, with the government crackdown revealing one disability support pensioner who had not declared any income over four years had $700,000 deposited into their account over the same period.

The two Australians were reportedly working as military trainers at a shooting range in the south-east Asian nation.

Roman Quaedvlieg rose through the ranks to reach the pinnacle of a prosperous career in law enforcement. But he's just been booted from the top job. So who is the Australian Border Force boss and what led to his dismissal?

One of the Federal Government's most highly paid public servants is sacked from his job as Australian Border Force Commissioner, after a lengthy review found his conduct with a younger female staffer was inappropriate.

As it hosts a meeting of ASEAN leaders this weekend, Australia must look critically and objectively at the Myanmar Government's treatment of its Muslim Rohingya population and at Aung San Suu Kyi's refusal to denounce it, write Nicholas Farrelly and Adam Simpson.

We may not have backyards in five years' time, but our city's one hell of a playground, writes defiant Sydney-sider Dom Knight.

Australian alpine skier Melissa Perrine collects her second medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics with bronze in the giant slalom vision-impaired class.

The number of homeless people in Australia jumped by 14 per cent in the five years to 2016, according to census data which also reveals a "significant" increase in older women on the streets and a growing group living in overcrowded accommodation.

A National Australia Bank executive admits to the royal commission that the bank breached responsible lending laws through its Introducer Program, which saw people including a gym owner and a tailor refer customers to the bank for loans in return for commissions.

For the past 10 days, a security guard has stood outside a room at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court while Cardinal George Pell's complainants gave evidence. Today, the court has reopened to the public.

Labor's plan to abolish cash refunds for some shareholders reopens the debate about how much government support retirees deserve.

Ipswich, west of Brisbane, has won the race to build hundreds of Boxer CRV lethal fighting vehicles as part of the largest purchase in the Australian Army's history.