
The cost of global obesity is more than the combined impact of armed violence, war and terrorism, a new study has shown.
There has been a mixed reaction to the federal budget from migrant and Indigenous community organisations.
G20 finance ministers and central bankers meet in Sydney this weekend amid ongoing concerns over a volatile global economy.
It could affect hundreds of similar visa cases handled by the Department of Home Affairs.
Migrant organisations are questioning a series of advertisements in community languages promoting the Rudd government's new asylum seeker policy.
Canterbury forward David Klemmer has been suspended for one match after having his dangerous contact charge downgraded at the NRL judiciary.
Cronulla Sharks chairman Damian Keogh's arrest for drugs possession in Sydney is a disappointing and challenging day for the club, CEO Lyall Gorman says.
Indigenous welfare groups and Elders have urged the federal government not to stigmatise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as part of moves to combat Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
The letter – which Dear Polly herself said was the most unhinged she had ever seen - quickly went viral.
Australian Christian leaders have made Easter calls for more compassion towards refugees and asylum-seekers.
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