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The NSW government has opened up its proposed CTP reforms to public discussion after failing to get the numbers in the Legislative Council.

Tasmanian former federal politician Michael Hodgman has died aged 74.

Job ads on the internet rose 0.2 per cent in May, according to new figures from the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

The DPP should explain why it allowed the man who killed Thomas Kelly in Kings Cross last year to plead guilty to manslaughter, Barry O'Farrell says.

The Northern Territory government says a state funeral will be held for former Yothu Yindi lead singer Yunupingu.

Cabinet minister Greg Combet says preselection is a gift of any political party and not a personal right.

The Australian Defence Force is investigating whether military personnel are linked to Facebook pages that included offensive sexist and anti-Muslim posts.

A legal fight continues over whether the public have a right to see CCTV footage of a policeman appearing to punch and knee a prisoner in Broome

Australian scientists have re-created a series of super-sized bugs in a Melbourne lab - but don't worry, they're just for research purposes.