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Almost 52,000 Australian households are at risk of defaulting on their mortgages in the next 12 months and a quarter of home owners are under home loan stress, a data analyst says.

Fremantle coach Ross Lyon refutes reports the club is going to complain about the treatment Nat Fyfe receives away from the ball.

Some Opposition MPs are renewing a push for a mandatory 35 per cent tax rate on Australians earning more than $300,000, a proposal previously shut down by shadow treasurer Chris Bowen.

Members of Australia's far-right movement are not all white-skinned, neo-Nazis, but instead from a diverse range of backgrounds, according to writer and documentary maker John Safran.

The Queensland Government will conduct mandatory drug testing of parents whose children have come into departmental care, after statistics revealed one in three kids in protection had at least one parent who was using or had used ice.

The situation at Manly's local court will get a bit hairier when therapy dogs start patrolling the halls to help reduce the stress and anxiety of those going through legal proceedings.

Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Alex Hawke spends his Q&A appearance fending off attacks on the Government's sweeping changes to the nation's citizenship laws and the abolition of the 457 visa.

The Wests Tigers write to their members to ask they stop booing their captain Aaron Woods, ahead of his likely departure from the NRL club.

Danni Roche, the woman who seeking to oust John Coates as Australian Olympic Committee president, says rumours of bullying within the AOC are cause for concern and have been around for some time.

NRL round eight continues as the Eels take on the Panthers, the Cowboys play the Knights and the Sharks face off against the Titans. Follow our live commentary and the stats that matter in our NRL ScoreCentre.

Bob Murphy is playing his 300th senior match as the Bulldogs meet the Lions first up on a big Saturday of AFL footy, which will later feature a crucial Sydney derby. Follow all the scores and stats in our ScoreCentre.

Thousands of people are taking to the streets today in the name of science, with the inaugural March for Science taking place in 12 Australian locations and 500 places worldwide.

Politicians are getting away with flagrant dishonesty as a shift from fact to opinion colours the political debate around climate change, former Liberal leader John Hewson says.

The Australian Tax Office declares there is little evidence of multinational tax evasion, despite several major international cases.

The Brisbane Broncos raise eyebrows and the ire of South Sydney fans with their use of the head injury assessment and some lucky breaks in a one-point win over the Rabbitohs.

Grigory Logvinov, Russia's ambassador to Australia, says he does not believe there is any proof yet that President Bashar al-Assad was behind the recent chemical attack that killed nearly 90 people in Syria earlier this month.

The new head of the Australian Bankers Association, Anna Bligh, takes a swipe at banks meddling with the corporate regulator's press releases about banks' bad behaviour.

Bill Shorten claims more than three-quarters of foreign workers employed under the Government's new visa system will be free to work without any labour market testing because of exemptions under Free Trade Agreements.

The launch of Super Netball a few months ago promised a new start for the sport, but tensions between the state associations and the Players' Association (PA) now threaten the harmony of the competition.