A plane that crashed near Essendon Airport, killing five people, had been through a maintenance check only last month, it is revealed, as investigators continue to gather evidence at the scene.

Thousands of counterfeit prescription pills made their way into Australia's official supply chain in 2010, ending up at a children's hospital in Sydney. Now the pharmacist who supplied the fakes is fighting the cancellation of his licence.

A man who allegedly pretended to be a police officer to pull over his stepdaughter before blindfolding her, driving her to a deserted bush area and stripping her naked and photographing her is refused bail.

Australia's Ross River virus has the potential to become a global epidemic, similar to the Zika virus, researchers say.

Western Sydney Wanderers are fined $20,000 after being found guilty by Football Federation Australia of bringing the game into disrepute after their fans had displayed an offensive banner during its match against Sydney FC.

The Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher, tells a royal commission the response by Catholic Church leaders to allegations of child sexual abuse amounted to "criminal negligence".

Australia's batsmen are under the pump as the first Test against India gets underway in Pune. Follow the action in our live blog.

Electricity retailers ERM Power and Alinta Energy opt to pay more than $130 million in penalties, rather than meeting their renewable energy obligations, raising fresh questions about the Renewable Energy Target.

Australia Post director Ahmed Fahour resigns just weeks after his $5.6 million was revealed by a Senate committee, which dismissed calls for it to be concealed from the public.

Former federal treasury head Ken Henry lashes out at the political and media dysfunction that he says has led to reform paralysis, saying over the last decade almost every major infrastructure project had turned into a fight.