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.