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The class action, which was officially launched in the Federal Court today, will operate on an opt-out basis.

Two Victoria Police officers were hospitalised after violent clashes, while protesters were also arrested following scuffles in Canberra.

Journalists working at the Pentagon had been asked to sign a pledge to refrain from reporting information not authorised for release by the US Department of War.

Yemenis who fled Houthi areas of this divided country paint a grim picture of life under the militant group. People are forced to attend rallies and chant death to America and Israel, pay crippling taxes and hand children over to be soldiers, they say.

Brisbane women have told the ABC they paid an abortion clinic for their chosen miscarriage care rather than getting it at their large public hospital.

An agent shot Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, father of two, during a massive immigration sweep.

Hackers have released personal data from Qantas customers onto the dark web, following a cyber attack in July.

Labor backbencher is calling for drastic intervention to secure supplies for the east coast * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Labor backbencher Ed Husic is demanding an intervention to combat Japanese gas companies re-selling Australian exports to other markets, breaking ranks from the government and risking diplomatic blowback from Tokyo. The former industry minister said the government must send a “powerful signal” to overseas multinationals, in particular in Japan, to stop “playing us off as mugs” by profiting off the resale of Australian gas while households and industry on the east coast face high prices and potential supply shortages. Continue reading...