March 22, 2013 One thing the Labor Party is supposed to be good at organising is a political assassination. Even their opponents assumed that.

March 22, 2013 July 16, 1982

March 22, 2013 A total of 136 Australians have died after overdosing on fentanyl in the past 12 years and two-thirds of them were never prescribed the powerful painkiller, a study has shown.

March 22, 2013 Housing is at its most affordable level since the depths of the 2009 GFC.

March 22, 2013 For a few moments in Thursday's parliamentary question time, it looked like we were on the brink of a snap election, triggered by a Labor leadership crisis that didn't actually eventuate.

March 22, 2013 Sex and intimacy should be a normal part of life in an aged-care facility, say four leading aged-care experts. Every nursing home should have clear policies on sexual expression, the academics write in the latest Australian Journal of Dementia Care.

March 22, 2013 An aged pair's attempts at a relationship results in call to police and this daughter in confusion, writes Ann F. Smith.*

March 22, 2013 An animal rights group is calling for mandatory CCTV monitoring at all Australian abattoirs after distressing footage emerged of turkeys being bashed, kicked and stomped on at a poultry processing plant in Sydney's south-west.

March 22, 2013 Robert Irwin can't yet boast a clothing range, the Bindi doll, a television series or starring movie roles. But around the dinner table of the family compound at Australia Zoo, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, the young son of Steve Irwin can lay claim to a boys-own adventure book series.

March 21, 2013 She was a lawyer, an MP, a deputy party leader, our first woman prime minister - and the focus of national daily target practice. Rocco Fazzari presents a visual ode to the life, times and rollercoaster career of Julia Gillard.