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

The owner of a brothel opposite a school says people should be more worried about children watching violent TV than his business.

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.

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.

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.

Joshua Peter Brennan should get credit for the moral and physical courage required to break his link with the Mongrel Mob, Judge Raoul Neave said today as he jailed the armed robber for nine-and-a-half years.

Maori and Pacific high school students have finally started closing the gaps with their European counterparts in NZ schools.