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An inquest into the death of an elderly woman in a near-freezing Tasmanian shipping container will examine whether her level of care was motivated by money.

Bill Shorten has blasted a "disgusting" poster carrying the slogan "stop the fags" which has been seen in a Melbourne laneway in the lead-up to a postal survey on same-sex marriage.

The South Australian and ACT governments will push for a national space agency arguing it will give the country a bigger slice of the $420 billion a year global industry.

Internet providers will have to advertise minimum download speeds NBN customers can expect at peak times or potentially face prosecution, under new guidelines set by the consumer watchdog.

When a woman turns 40 is the optimal age to start having regular mammograms to reduce the number of breast cancer deaths, the findings of a US study suggests.

The head of Qantas has suggested airfares won't rise if extra security measures are introduced at Australian airports to foil potential terror attacks.

A Tasmanian volunteer firefighter accused of setting his brigade's rural fire station alight has pleaded not guilty.

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris has held a Mass dedicated to the victims of the suspected Islamic extremist attacks around Barcelona.