YouGov polling commissioned by the ABC's Q+A shows about half of the country thinks the federal budget makes them better off — but there's overwhelming support for industry grants.

Mark Wales says a close family member has suffered a "serious medical episode" and was in intensive care.

Melbourne and Queensland superstar five-eight Cameron Munster will eight to 10 weeks of football after aggravating a groin injury in the Storm's win over Parramatta on Sunday.

An inquest into the death of Douglas Thrift has heard the Upper Hunter Valley man had almost twice the amount of the poison is his system needed to kill a person.

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister have died in a helicopter crash. These experts explain who is charge in the interim, when the next election will be held, and what their deaths means for foreign policy. 

Billionaire mining magnate Gina Rinehart has been getting a lot of attention following the calls for Vincent Namatjira's portrait of her be removed from the National Gallery of Victoria.