A law expert says Waitakere City Council is wrong to think it cannot help a school that wants a nearby brothel removed.

Australia is poised to introduce the world's harshest anti-smoking laws, with tobacco companies forced to sell cigarettes in plain packets resembling prescription drug packs.

Gus and Irene Fisher have won the fifth annual Arts Foundation award for patronage.

An opponent of raising the drinking age says if John Key was 18 right now, he would be unlikely to support it.

A school chairman calls for Waitakere City to step in after learning Rodney has a bylaw stopping a brothel opening near a school.

Drunks could be charged $250 for a night in police cells or a ride home in a police car.

Party politics still rule when it comes to tangling with the vested interests of the liquor and hospitality industries.

Victoria is attracting immigrants in record numbers and building new homes at twice the rate of NSW.

Matthew Newton, who played Terry 'Mr Asia' Clark in the second series of Underbelly, has been admitted to a private hospital.

A mother died four days after her claim for ACC-funded counselling for sex abuse was rejected.

Hollywood, aromatic with the scent of gorgeous and available young women, still remains a sexualised and sexist ecosystem.

Australia's Opposition Leader says cutting the dole for people under 30 would reduce the need for skilled migrants to staff mines.

Dita De Boni largely agrees with columnist Jenny Dillon's argument that working mothers have never had it so good.

A study has revealed women from Asia and the Pacific are the most likely to be victims of domestic murder.

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Claims working mothers should quit complaining because they "have never had it so good" have prompted anger from women's groups who say juggling parenting and work is no easy task.

Britain's most senior police officers slam the social-networking giant for refusing to adopt a "panic button".

The govt-appointed Welfare Working Group will consider unemployment insurance among options for reforming the social security system.