The fate of two Sydney magistrates will likely be decided by NSW MPs within the next two months, after separate reports detailing complaints against them were tabled in state parliament.

A new Australian discovery could lead to the first ever drug treatment for people battling the most aggressive form of breast cancer.

A building union will pay more than half a million dollars in penalties, costs and compensation for a blockade it held in Melbourne last year.

NSW MPs and unions are preparing for days of debate on the state government's contentious public sector wages changes as the Greens and Labor try to delay a vote on the bill.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Star centre Justin Hodges has conceded he will miss the second State of Origin match in Sydney, despite speculation he will be named on Tuesday in Queensland coach Mal Meninga's 17-m

The NRL has banned several exotic betting options offered by bookmakers in a desperate bid to retain integrity in a code plunged into crisis by last year's match-fixing scandal.

More than 1300 employees will have lost their jobs at Borders bookstores after its remaining nine Australian shops close next month.

Medicare is investigating around 3500 suspected cases of rorting the subsidised medicine scheme each year, mostly from public tip-offs.

SYDNEY (AAP) - Monks and rabbis have stood alongside Catholics and Anglicans in Canberra to show support for the federal government's plan to tackle climate change.

SYDNEY (AAP) - His good looks won him accolades, but an ugly assault outside a Melbourne nightclub has earned him a jail term.