A commissioner is needed to prevent adults at risk of abuse and exploitation from falling through cracks in the system, Queensland's public advocate says.
While flood waters come and go across rural Australia, they expose lingering financial, emotional and physical scars.
A Queensland inquiry says the state should consider laws to make it quicker to assess Indigenous people applying to work with children.
A Queensland inquiry has recommended decriminalising public drunkenness, urination and begging once people can be diverted to social services.
The Queensland government will waive fees for entry and fitness tests for police recruits amid concern about falling short of employment targets.
The Queensland government will speed up providing temporary emergency housing after disasters by scrapping planning approvals.
Protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini have reportedly continued across several parts of Iran.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi says Mahsa Amini's death is a tragic incident and "forensics will present a report on her death in the coming days".
Iran has curbed access to Instagram and WhatsApp amid protests over the death of a woman in police custody, residents and internet watchdog NetBlocks say.
Brisbane Mayor Adrian Schrinner threatens to hike rates for short-term rental owners by 50 per cent if they don't return properties to the long-term market.
Large energy projects bring rapid changes that can impact local residents, says a new report which calls for grant programs and the like to be formalised.
Tasmanian Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliff says he will table legislation in parliament to end conversion practices in the state.
Entrepreneurs are unearthing talent in Indigenous, refugee and bushfire-affected communities across regional Australia.
Katherine Deves says she will conduct herself in a more dignified way but believes the issue of trans kids playing sport needs to be debated.
A Queensland university has created a unique online dashboard to track social media spending trends during the federal election campaign.
A new study has found the national gig economy can "reproduce and exacerbate" existing gender inequalities.
A Senate inquiry into GP services in rural Australia has heard the doctor shortage in the bush is a desperate situation that is only going to get worse.
A redress scheme will be established for women who had their babies forcibly adopted in Victoria from 1958 to 1984, the first of its kind in Australia.
Victoria has passed legislation to become the third Australian jurisdiction to decriminalise sex work, ending a decades-long wait for advocates.
The UK Supreme Court has rejected gender-neutral passports, saying there is a need to maintain "a coherent approach to issues of gender across the law".
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