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.