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The ACT Government is spending almost $30,000 every weekday running empty ACTION buses.
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A Casey councillor could be prosecuted for improperly giving sensitive information to a newspaper about a rival's bid for a contract.
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The Senate has voted in favour of a Greens' motion calling on the Federal Government to intervene in a deadlock between the South Australian and Northern Territory governments over renal dialysis patients.
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The West Australian Premier, Colin Barnett, says the Federal Government's proposed hospital incentive scheme is encouraging.
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Mining giant Xstrata says it has been advised the State Government has begun legal action over the discharge of water from a north-west Queensland mine.
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There are calls for a full coronial inquiry into the death of a young Aboriginal remand prisoner in Brisbane.
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Education Queensland (EQ) has launched an investigation into the discovery of asbestos at a north Queensland high school.
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A Darwin resident says he is hitting a brick wall trying to get dangerous foil insulation removed from his home.
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The State Opposition says a Brisbane man has been waiting nine months for urgent brain surgery that was supposed to happen within 30 days.
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New South Wales is the only state to have recorded a fall in its unemployment rate last month.
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Independent Senator Nick Xenophon has slammed the major parties for blocking his moves for an inquiry into the Church of Scientology.
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Labor says it will extend a $200 rebate for household rainwater tanks to include those which are not plumbed into a house.
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State Parliament has authorised more land for Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast.
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Premier Mike Rann says SA has the lowest jobless rate among the states.
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The son of the New South Wales Labor MP John Aquilina has been charged with five counts of sexual assault.
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Launceston businesses have criticised the city council for leaving them out of a survey on a smoking ban proposal.
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Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has given his clearest indication yet that the Coalition will not try to block the Government's paid parental leave scheme.
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Offered a second election debate with a day's notice, Isobel Redmond told the SA Premier she was too busy.
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New South Wales TAFE teachers have voted to end their long running dispute with the State Government over pay and conditions.
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Steve Fielding wants asylum seekers who arrive by boat sent to refugee camps in other countries to "wait their turn".
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A wind farm has been approved for the south-east of South Australia.
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A Senate report has endorsed plans to expand income management to selected welfare recipients across the country.
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Qld's Corrective Services Minister Neil Roberts has promised an investigation into an Aboriginal death in custody.
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The Treasurer says Victoria is the only state in the country that is forecasting a budget surplus.