The telco operator sent two emails about its outage, which understated its extent, to a departmental email address that had been changed a week earlier.

An Australian activist accuses the federal government of not providing enough support after she and other members of a flotilla were detained by Israel.

Australia's parliament is likely to get larger as the government canvasses possibilities for expanding the number of MPs and introducing fixed or four-year terms.

The last Australian copper smelter processing third-party product will stay open after its owner accepted a support package.

Police have arrested a digital forensics officer and are investigating whether his work compromised hundreds of cases over nearly a decade including sexual offence and child abuse cases.

A senior NSW Police officer has expressed cynicism that a crowd of tens of thousands could be managed in a staggered manner.