June 11, 2013 Australian police officers are helping other forces around the world to fight HIV/AIDS by taking a less hardline approach to enforcing drugs laws.

June 11, 2013 Australia's young and wealthy need to be a lot more philanthropic - and realise that the time for giving is now. That is the message from visiting 36-year-old philanthropist Daniel Lurie, the founder of a non-profit group in San Francisco that has raised $60 million in the past eight years to eradicate poverty.

June 11, 2013 Federal police are obtaining Australians' phone and internet records without warrants nearly 1000 times a week, it has emerged as controversy rages over a vast US surveillance program.

June 11, 2013 It's a case of believe it or not for parents of teenaged children. An Australian study has found kids love spending time with their mother and father more than their best friend on Facebook or Instagram.

June 11, 2013 The Australian Securities and Investments Commission could face a government inquiry into its regulation of the financial services industry after revelations the corporate watchdog ignored whistleblowers' warnings about misconduct inside the Commonwealth Bank.

June 11, 2013 Revelations ASIC ignored warnings from whistleblowers about serious misconduct.

June 11, 2013 One of Australia's best performing schools launches a scathing assessment of exam regime.

June 10, 2013 Alan Moir, The Sydney Morning Herald's political cartoonist, sketches the political unreality.

June 10, 2013 Moby Dick's descendants are in trouble. Sperm whales are failing to recover from whaling in Australia, 30 years after the great predators were last harpooned.

June 10, 2013 A potpourri of Australian women and men have received Queen's Birthday honours.