Former Labor leader and Opposition services spokesman Bill Shorten has announced that a class action will be launched against the Government over the controversial “robodebt” scandal.

Gordon Legal, who will lead the proposed class action, say they will allege the federal government financially benefited through the robodebt algorithm, when it wrongfully collected and banked money that legitimately belonged to recipients.

An experienced Brisbane bushwalker has been found, having crawled for two days with a fractured leg after a 6-metre fall down a waterfall at Mount Nebo

Neil Parker, a 45-year Brisbane Bushwalkers hiking guide, splinted his shattered leg with hiking sticks and crawled for 48 hours to a clearing while lifting his broken leg every step of the way, Queensland Health have said.

Israel’s second election in five months is too close to call, according to exit polls from last night’s vote in the country.

Polls suggest that the centrist Blue and White alliance of former military chief Benny Gantz is projected to win between 32 and 34 seats, while PM Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing Likud party is set to fall to 31 to 33 seats.

Mr Netanyahu has vowed to annex parts of the occupied Palestinian Jordan Valley if he can form a coalition with both religious and right-wing parties.

A long-forgotten documentary Dirt Cheap, which details the early pushback against uranium mining was rediscovered in Northern Territory Library.

It can be only shown in film festivals because only one digital copy was found.

This has stirred up controversy about the contentious  Ranger Uranium Mining Agreement.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson closed down parliament to silence opposition to his Brexit strategy in an unlawful abuse of power, the UK's Supreme Court has heard

Judges began hearing three days of highly-charged arguments over whether it was lawful for Mr Johnson to advise the Queen to prorogue the UK’s Parliament for more than a month, as the clock ticks down to Britain's October 31 exit date from the European Union.

The record-breaking Powerball worthing 150 million dollars is taking place tomorrow.

To protect the privacy of winners, the WA lottery agency lottery West will give money to the winners in a low-profile manner.

Financial planner Mr Sharpe reminds winners not to use the money too quickly if they overcome the overwhelming odds against them.

Facebook has unveiled its plan to create an independent "oversight" board to make decisions over how the network is moderated.

The company says that the panel will have power to override decisions it makes over contentious material and will influence the implementation of any new social network policy on the platform

Experts have questioned the legitimacy of the move, which comes in the midst of a major debate over the power Facebook has to remove content on its platform.

Taliban suicide bombers have killed 48 people in two separate attacks in Afghanistan, with an election rally for Afghanistan’s President appearing to be the main target.

In Parwan province north of Kabul, 26 people died at an election rally where President Ashraf Ghani was due to speak was attacked, while 22 people died when a bomb exploded near the US embassy in central Kabul.

‘Critical’ drought are putting water supplies at risk across New South Wales.

Forecasters say the Menindee River will run dry in November, leading to a water shortage in several parts of regional New South Wales if there is no assistance from the government.

The water entering the river system has decreased over 12 months, triggering a massive spike in fish deaths.

Dubbo, Cobar, Nyngan and Narromine will be the first towns affected.