Male contraceptives have been under development for at least the past 50 years, but they haven't come to market because of the success of the female pill and pessimism about men taking a pill.

A 70-year-old man is remanded in custody over a string of alleged child abuse offences uncovered in a joint investigation between NSW Police, Northern Territory Police and the Australian Federal Police.

Almost everybody in the western world has had their personal details stolen by digital fraudsters according to a former con man.

Simon Birmingham says Australia needs a nationally consistent schools funding model to replace the Gonski arrangements.

Changes to the Safe Schools program demanded by Canberra three months ago are yet to be fully adopted by NSW.

Labor is facing a budget shortfall of at least $8bn on the strength of policies announced so far and the measures it has blocked.

PSYCHIATRISTS want gov­ern­ments to reopen children’s homes to care for troubled teens, in a return to instit­utional care.

Efforts to increase the number of people studying science and maths are wrongheaded, says Productivity Commission.

PoliticsNow: Details emerge from Labor caucus after it voted to block the government’s same-sex marriage plebiscite.

ANDREW Chan’s older brother, Mich­ael, has flown from Australia to visit him in Bali’s Kerobokan prison.

Simon ­Birmingham has declared he wants to right the ‘corruption’ at the heart of the Gonski funding model.

Sydney siege hostage Jarrod Morton-Hoffman tried to let police know what was happening from inside the Lindt cafe.

Edgar Newman thinks it’s ‘ridiculous’ his $52,000 heart implant can cost $30,000 less in the public health system.

Tony Abbott is prepared to “do anything” during the campaign to ensure Malcolm Turnbull and the Coalition win.

Plus Australia’s greatest Olympian talks for the first time about that photo at the Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras parade.

Clive Palmer has denied being “involved intimately” in the decision to plunge Queensland Nickel into administration.

The CFMEU launched a social media campaign over the Easter weekend that targeted Malcolm Turnbull.

Scott Morrison has no intention of inviting the past or present prime minister to help him campaign in his electorate.

MALCOLM Turnbull says an ABC survey question about mining in waters near the Great Barrier Reef “does not appear to be accurate”.

Many of the most pristine parts of the Great Barrier Reef have been “fried”, according to a reef expert.

Bill Shorten has accused the Liberal Party of gearing up for a “civil war” that will be played out after the election.

An earthquake that shook Western Australia’s Goldfields overnight had the strength of an “atomic bomb”.

Malcolm Turnbull has indicated that his government will ditch Tony Abbott’s cuts to state hospital funding.

A top UN official says Europe must prepare for the arrival of millions more refugees from the Middle East and Africa.

Victoria plans to pay for the Safe Schools program if it loses federal funding.