The leader of the Palmer United Party (PUP), Clive Palmer, says Jacqui Lambie has been removed as deputy leader by the parliamentary party. Mr Palmer said in a statement that Senator Lambie had also been suspended from attending any parliamentary meetings of the party. “Jacqui Lambie has failed to attend the last three parliamentary party […]

It appears age is no barrier for these senior citizens who enjoy busting a move.

Prince William has teamed up with the popular video game, Angry Birds, in a bid to stop illegal poaching of animals.

Brave 11-year-old Isabelle and her parents Naomi and Andrew have revealed the struggles of growing up transgender. To the outside world Campbell looked like any other young boy. Inside though, her true identity was screaming to come out. In a moving edition of ABC’s Four Corners, Isabelle’s mum Naomi revealed how Isabelle first let her […]

Inspired by the Bechdel Test, a Swedish video-game trade group wants to determine if video games that don't promote gender equality deserve a "sexist" label similar to those for violence, adult language, and sexually explicit content.

Six of the eight finalists for the 2015 Australian of the Year Award are women – the highest number of female finalists in the category since the State and Territory award process was introduced in 2003. They include Deborra-lee Furness (NSW), Rosie Batty (VIC), Hetty Johnston AM (QLD), Professor Lyn Beazley AO (WA), Dr Gill […]

Aussie adoption pioneer Pat Howard leaves Ange Jolie in her dust. And she still has love to give! When Pat Howard and her husband Bert had their first child in 1957, it was a bittersweet moment. On one hand they’d been blessed with little Shane, a healthy baby boy, and were elated at his arrival. But […]

It was a meeting of epic proportions when the world’s tallest and shortest men caught up in London to mark the tenth annual Guinness World Records Day. Standing at a towering 2.51 metres, Turkey’s Sultan Kosen has shaken hands with Nepal’s Chandra Bahadue Dangi, who is just 55 centimetres tall! While Sultan, 31, is so […]

A six-year-old whiz kid has become the youngest qualified computer specialist on the planet after acing a Microsoft IT exam. Examiners at Birmingham City University in England were so surprised when British schoolboy Ayan Qureshi, who was just five at the time, showed up to sit the exam- which is usually taken by young and […]

Samantha Lewthwaite, a "bright and popular" British schoolgirl who went on to become one of the world’s most wanted terror suspects, has reportedly been shot dead by a Russian sniper.