Almost 80,000 Queensland state schools have been listed as confirmed or presumed asbestos sites on a government online register.
Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has refused to comment on reports that his leadership is under threat over climate change negotiations.
Police have laid further charges after two people shot into a crowd that had gathered for a funeral in a West Australian town.
A former parliament house barmaid has come forward claiming she had a sexual relationship with South Australian Premier Mike Rann.
State Emergency Services members are moping up following Friday's storm which caused havoc on roads and cut power to more than 15,000 homes and businesses.
The NSW government has denied it is trying to axe National Parks and Wildlife firefighting jobs.
Fire crews are working to contain a number of fires on a day of total fire ban across NSW.
Police say they are happy with the behaviour overnight of Gold Coast schoolies in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast.
Police nabbed 58 motorists driving over the limit and another 139 for various traffic offences on the first night of a drink driving and traffic operation.
More than $1 million of heroin concealed inside tiles normally used for indoor games has arrived at Sydney International Airport, police say.
The pilot hailed a hero for ditching his plane safely off Norfolk Island this week may have been dangerously negligent after reportedly making the journey without enough fuel.
A 15-year-old boy has died after he was thrown from the tray of a utility that rolled in Deptford, near Bairnsdale, on Friday night.
Australia will pay tribute to the men and women who served in Iraq with a national parade in Canberra on Saturday.
An woman has died and a man is in a critical condition in hospital after fire gutted their home in Melbourne's west.