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Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has lashed out at suggestions that principals and others could be jailed for speaking out about the treatment of asylum seekers in their care, under tough federal laws.

One of the female backpackers who survived a terrifying alleged abduction in South Australia has been released from hospital.

The PM's backdown on the GST at the first whiff of grapeshot has punctured overblown expectations.

The NSW government has been spruiking overcooked estimates of the positive effects of its electricity privatisation plan for the state's economy, a highly critical independent review has found.

A suspect has been arrested over the fatal shooting of a man in Geelong on Tuesday night.

The problem with a lot of rich people is they didn't get all that money just by toeing the line and playing by the rules.

Canberra's Satvik Sharma is making a name for himself in the beatboxing world after his video was showcased on one of its biggest online communities.

An Afghan-born teenager accused of sexually assaulting eight young females in surf at a Gold Coast beach claims he's 16, not 18, and should be tried as a child.

Two words that Virgin Australia boss John Borghetti doesn't want to hear: Bali and hedging.

The three private training colleges that collapsed, leaving thousands of students in limbo, received at least $66 million in government-funded student loans.

And maybe Greg Hunt's "Bestest Minister in the Whole Wide World!" award isn't quite as prestigious as he's suggested. Your news of the day, reduced to a snarky rant.

​Thursday's profit announcement from Rio Tinto will have to go down as one of corporate comic farce.

Malcolm Turnbull has ended his most tumultuous day as Prime Minister with a new Deputy Prime Minister, another minister hanging on by his fingernails, and the pressing need for an unscheduled reshuffle expected within days.

WA Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan has announced an overhaul to front-line policing in response to Perth's rising crime rates.

A remarkable, partially-buried rammed earth building in the Pilbara region of Western Australia has just been judged one of the best new buildings on the planet.

Ben Simmons' hopes of leading Louisiana State University to US college basketball's end-of-season tournament have taken another hit with a loss to South Carolina.

West Coast Eagles star Nic Naitanui is already noted as one of the best ruckmen in the AFL - but he might also be becoming one of the league's most proficient fisherman.

'What do I have to do to get on the news?' she asked. Then she found out.

WA bishop denies child sex abuse claims dating back to the 1970s.

Australian basketball champion Lauren Jackson won't give up on her Rio dreams until doctors tell her it's physically impossible for her to play.

The answer to this tantalising question could determine the future of two of NSW's most powerful legal figures.

Leicester City will be wary of a reality check when the Premier League front-runners visit Arsenal on Sunday before Tottenham Hotspur's burgeoning title ambitions come under scrutiny at Manchester City.

The sharemarket tumbled into bear territory this week and investors, scarred from the GFC, may be bracing for the worst, But statistics are on their side.

But the minister is on the front foot - 'As marvellous as Lake Burley Griffin is, there are not many fishing grounds in it'.

There's no easy way to say this, but Zoolander 2 should probably never have been made.