An Australian state parliament has legalised voluntary euthanasia 20 years after the country repealed the world's first mercy-killing law for the terminally ill.

Australia's parliament could legalise gay marriage this year if the government is allowed to let the public vote in a referendum, a senior minister has said.

Australia’s highest court has struck down a law allowing the country’s first gay marriages, shattering the dreams of over two dozen same-sex newly- weds whose marriages will be annulled less than a week after their weddings.

Australia’s highest court has struck down a landmark law allowing the country’s first gay marriages.

Australia’s first gay and lesbian weddings could be annulled within a week if a high court challenge is successful.