It's been 50 years since my mother, aged three, was stolen from her mother in Bourke. But that moment has reverberated through the decades and I live with its consequences every day, writes Amanda Fotheringham.

Australian flagbearer Scotty James easily advances to the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeonchang, as Shaun White stakes a claim for a third gold medal.

The New Payments Platform, which has gone live today, will enable instantaneous bank transfers. But, if the experience from the UK is anything to go by, it could also lead to an increase in fraud.

Biological age calculators are crude measurement tools — but they can prompt us to improve our lifestyle.

A sizeable portion of the National Party wants Barnaby Joyce to resign as leader, and are turning their attention to who should replace him.

Singapore Airlines had to rejig its flight plan in and out of Canberra due to lacklustre numbers, but Qatar Airways is certain it can make its Doha route work.

One of Australia's key intelligence and security allies has warned of the need for vigilance to "any form of malign intent" from China, as it rapidly seeks to become a global superpower.

Away from the moguls, it was a game of inches for two snowboarders in the women's halfpipe — here's how the Australians fared on day three in Pyeongchang.

Isaac Emmanuel Roberts, the Queensland accountant accused of bringing 14 ecstasy tablets and 14 grams of crystal methamphetamine into Bali, said during the first day of his trial he had a serious drug addiction since 2009.

The banks might miss a deadline to provide additional information on misconduct, people who broke confidentiality agreements to give evidence or make submissions will be protected from legal action, and the royal commission doesn't have a lot of time. Here's what else we learned from day one of the ...

A childcare worker is accused of taking more than $61,000 from a man after allegedly stealing an identity off Instagram and pleading for money to pay her medical expenses.

Lindeman's Ben Ean Moselle was the ultimate wine for everyone in the 1970s. But as Australia grew wealthier, its fortunes faded in competition with other, 'finer' wines.

There are calls for the Catholic Church's tax-free status to be reviewed, following an investigation by Fairfax revealing the extent of property, assets and investments owned by the church of Australia.

Windy conditions in Pyeongchang have seen a number of slopestyle athletes crash out of the Winter Games, and injured Australian snowboarder Tess Coady believes the gusts denied her a maiden Olympic appearance.

With the Hayne Royal Commission into banking misconduct about to start, the question remains whether it can make any real difference.

The annual Closing the Gap report card is expected to reveal that just three of seven targets are on track after a decade, but there are signs of improvement.

Away from the moguls, a Games-ending injury in slopestyle, a best-ever finish in men's luge and an improved placing in skiathlon — here's how the Aussies fared on day two in Pyeongchang.

Australia has two women in the final six of the women's moguls for the first time ever, but Jakara Anthony finishes fourth and Britt Cox takes fifth place.

Women who are overweight or obese and planning to get pregnant should be encouraged to reduce their weight, experts say, as new research shows an increasing proportion of poor health outcomes for mothers and their children are linked to excessive weight during pregnancy.

Daria Gavrilova endures another Fed Cup collapse, but her loss to Nadiia Kichenok doesn't hurt Australia as Ash Barty and Casey Dellacqua win the doubles to clinch a 3-2 victory over Ukraine.