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A United Nations human rights expert has questioned the legality of Australia's controversial Centrelink robo-debt scheme and the country's use of cashless welfare cards.

A man on a bender who was caught with ecstasy pills in his underwear after trying to pay for a flight with cash at Hobart Airport has been described as "out of control" by a judge.

Wildlife authorities in Tasmania have expanded their investigation into a video showing a bloodied wombat and a man gloating about punching it.

A suspicious substance found on an Air Canada flight has been found to be non-hazardous and the plane is heading back into the air after a five-hour delay.

The future of refugee medical transfers are in the hands of Jacqui Lambie, after a Senate committee failed to reach an agreement on the federal government's push to repeal the laws.

An international marine researcher and passionate advocate for female leadership in science has been named Tasmania's Australian of the Year.

Racing Australia's chief executive says he's "appalled" that healthy Australian racehorses are being slaughtered but insists it's up to state governments to ensure animal welfare laws are being obeyed.

The stagnant economy has been blamed on a "complacent" prime minister, who is too busy chasing "big headlines, not good outcomes", Labor says.

The Morrison government has ruled out extracting Australian women and children from refugee camps during a brief ceasefire in Syria.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has apologised for a major systems outage that left customers out of pocket and forced some branches to close.