The Nationals have split from the Liberals and will sit alone in the parliament.

For most of his adult life Joel Cauchi's schizophrenia was successfully treated with medication and careful psychiatric care.

Bringing a diva to the outback for a once-in-a-lifetime performance may sound like the plot from a familiar movie, but it was instead a very real scenario for the organisers of this year's Festival of Outback Opera in Queensland. Tom Hartley reports.

One of the Liberal Party's most experienced campaigners, Senator James McGrath, is calling for an inquiry into the party's disastrous result at the federal election.

Medicinal cannabis access in Australia was hard won by high profile lobbyists seeking to help terminally and chronically ill patients as an option of last resort.