April 18, 2013 Federal Liberal MP Dennis Jensen has told an Aboriginal woman on Twitter to ''get over'' colonialism - and later issued a statement in which he regrets using Twitter, but not the comments.

April 18, 2013 The New Zealand Parliament voted to legalise same-sex marriage on Wednesday night, a move Australian campaigners said would encourage gay and lesbian couples to travel overseas to formalise their relationships.

April 18, 2013 Australians are increasingly split in their attitudes to drinking between binge drinkers and people who have quit alcohol entirely, a national survey has found.

April 18, 2013 Childless women who freeze their eggs in their early 30s are more than six times as likely as older women to be able to successfully use them, a fertility conference has heard.

April 18, 2013 A 17-year-old Jehovah's Witness suffering from a lethal form of blood cancer and refusing treatment threatened to rip the IV needle out of his arm if doctors attempted a blood transfusion.

April 18, 2013 Broadcaster Alan Jones was met with an online backlash after suggesting on national television that ''left-wing radical students'' were behind the Boston Marathon bombings and that Australia should reconsider its intake of foreign university students in response.

April 18, 2013 Hundreds packed into the Australian War Memorial as a new daily ritual, the Last Post, begins.

April 18, 2013 Drug abusing public servants and profiteering pharmacists have been warned to stop rorting a generous federal government insurance scheme.

April 18, 2013 People can be educated about the importance of eating sensible serving sizes - but their self-control will fly out the window the moment they are given a bulging plate of food.

April 18, 2013 The New Zealand Parliament voted to legalise same-sex marriage on Wednesday night, a move Australian campaigners said would encourage gay and lesbian couples to travel overseas to formalise their relationships.