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Malcolm Turnbull has pledged not to back down on the government's complete income tax cut package, despite the Senate dumping the final stage of the plan.

Catholic priests in Tasmania will report child sexual abuse to police but not if it has been revealed during confession.

Telstra is axing 8000 jobs over the next three years as it tries to save $1 billion while tackling the cost of investing in new technology and increased competition from its rivals.

Several cases of salmonella have been linked to South Australian alfalfa sprout products, prompting state authorities to issue a health warning.

A woman viciously assaulted in the Adelaide parklands has told her attacker in court how demeaned, degraded and humiliated she felt, saying: "You smiled at me as you raped me.

A leading South Korean cryptocurrency exchange says $US31 million ($A42 million) worth of virtual currencies have been stolen by hackers, a latest in the series of recent hacks that raised security concerns.

A young Queensland woman has won the right to use her dead boyfriend's sperm to have children in a landmark decision.

Australian parents are crying out for more help to tackle and prevent childhood bullying, with new research finding it's not just the child who suffers but the entire family.

President Donald Trump has told House Republicans he is "1000 per cent" behind their rival immigration bills, providing little clear direction for party leaders searching for a way to defuse the escalating controversy over family separations at the southern border.

Dylan Napa's fitness will be assessed on Thursday after the Queensland prop tested his ankle injury at the Maroons' Gold Coast camp.