Candidate quality on the ballot paper

Video shows the helicopter collecting water for water-bombing operations before it loses control and crashes into the river.

Grattan Institute finds some doctors charge up to triple the fees of their peers – well beyond what can be justified by business running costs Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast More than 2.2 million Australians paid an “extreme” fee to see a specialist last year, with psychiatrists and paediatricians among the most likely to routinely unreasonably charge their patients, according to new research. Specialists cannot justify exorbitant fees by blaming inadequate governmen

President has opposing views on many issues, and once called Leo’s predecessor the ‘representative of the Evil One’ Trees are being planted in the garden. The brightly coloured buildings are getting another coat of paint. The choir rehearses. Hundreds of other residents, several of them using wheelchairs, practise their positions outside the sanctuary. Excitement is in the air, because on Monday 9 November, the Cottolengo Don Orione – a Catholic-run home for disabled people – will be the first s

The Jillaroos have qualified for the Rugby League World Cup final, but only after surviving an almighty scare against tournament debutant Fiji at Sydney Football Stadium.