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A woman who killed a mother and her young son when she likely suffered an epileptic fit while driving has begun a minimum 18-month sentence behind bars.

Queensland's bushfire and cyclone seasons could collide later this year as the state cops a battering from climate change, the Palaszczuk government has warned.

Doctors have warned embedding photo identification on Medicare cards could hamper access to treatment for vulnerable people.

The Minister for Indigenous Australians will next week travel to a United Nations meeting in Geneva to spruik the federal government's efforts to close the gap.

Instagram has teamed up with an Australian mental health organisation to help parents understand the popular social media platform.

Two US companies are under fire for saying they want to sell do-it-yourself rape kits to sexual assault survivors.

US social media company Twitter has blocked the accounts of Cuban Communist Party Leader Raul Castro, his daughter Mariela Castro and Cuba's top state-run media outlets, a move the Cuban Union of Journalists denounced as "massive censorship".

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has denied lying to the Queen over the reasons for suspending the British parliament after a court ruled his decision was unlawful and opponents called for lawmakers to be recalled to discuss Brexit.

Queensland's premier has jetted back to her fire-ravaged state with a warning of worsening weather conditions that could plunge the state back into a bushfire crisis.

Morons, ratbags, smelly-hairy greenies, cultists, fascists - just a few choice words conservative senators have launched at vegan farm invaders.