Chantelle Al-Khouri

A report by the NSW Crime Commission finds tracking devices are now part of standard toolkit for violent organised crime and their widespread use by domestic and family violence offenders is an urgent issue.

Inspector Amy Scott, the police officer who stopped Bondi Junction attacker Joel Cauchi, is recognised with a valour award and labelled a hero at a ceremony in Goulburn. 

A strain of high pathogenicity avian influenza was detected on a poultry farm in the Hawkesbury this week, as other subtypes of bird flu have made its way across the country.

Victorian woman Kellie Ann Carmichael went missing after leaving a hostel in the Blue Mountains in 2001. Her remains have been found in bushland near Katoomba, with an investigation underway. 

Australian healthcare workers returning from Gaza describe the region as a "prison", with many patients forced to take over-the-counter pain relief drugs after life-threatening amputations.

A federal Labor backbencher has broken ranks to accuse Israel of carrying out "genocide" in Gaza, calling on her party to sanction and cease trade with Israel.

The National Housing Supply and Affordability Council warns of worsening conditions across the housing system for years to come, unless the government fulfils all of its housing promises.

The federal government has committed to permanent funding to help women escape violence and online measures including an age verification trial to block children accessing pornography. But not everyone is convinced those measures will work.

A UNICEF aid worker recounts the moment her aid convoy, which had informed both parties in the Israel-Gaza conflict of its movements, was hit by bullets in Gaza.

Aid workers in Gaza say they're "overwhelmed" as humanitarian requests are constantly rejected while famine looms. 

Several Palestinians who had their temporary Australian visas cancelled last week are still awaiting clarity from the federal government, however others have had their visas reinstated.

Finally escaping the horrors of the Gaza Strip and holding onto hope for some reprieve, Hani has found himself trapped in visa limbo.

Some who have had visas cancelled are now stuck in foreign countries where they have no legal status and cannot return to Gaza.

The 52-year-old WikiLeaks founder is wanted in the US for espionage, and faces 18 charges related to the publication of a range of highly classified information relating to the US-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Greens senator David Shoebridge labels comments by the Australian Federal Police as "chilling" and "extraordinary" after it defended its handling of terror charges against an autistic teenager.

Human rights groups are urging the federal government to take "concrete" steps to help prevent the genocide of Palestinians after the International Court of Justice's ruling that South Africa's allegation against Israel is "plausible".

The Labor backbencher's comments come after Benjamin Netanyahu rejected calls to scale back Israel's military assault in Gaza or take steps toward the establishment of a Palestinian state.

As Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers completes the finishing touches on his mid-year economic outlook, he’s been urged by his state and territory counterparts to make the GST 'no-worse-off guarantee' a permanent arrangement.

Following a Hight Court decision that resulted in 93 non-citizens being released from immigration detention, the federal government is promising law enforcement more money.

The Australian government has granted hundreds of temporary visas to Palestinians in the weeks since Israel began its bombing campaign of Gaza, which has killed thousands of civilians and flattened large swathes of the densely populated strip.

The backlash against actors Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis has sparked a debate in Australia over the use of character references for people convicted of sex crimes.

The Australian Multiple Birth Association is ramping up calls for the government to consider additional parental leave for parents of multiples, in order to help address their unique challenges.

Federal Transport Minister Catherine King rejected a bid by Qatar Airways to introduce an additional 28 weekly flights into major capital cities on the same day she signed a letter to five Australian women who were invasively strip-searched at a Qatari airport.

Australia will require both climate and gender objectives in much of its foreign aid spending, under a new framework aimed at strengthening Australia's influence in the Indo-Pacific.

The senior bureaucrat who oversaw the rollout of the Robodebt scheme is suspended without pay after the royal commission found she did "nothing of substance" after discovering illegalities.