An Adelaide Catholic school has covered up a statue of a religious icon after it created a stir on social media because of its apparently unintended suggestiveness.

Last year Shirleene Robinson, Macquarie University Australia, interviewed a man who had joined the Royal Australian Navy aged 19 in 1967, as Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War escalated.

Australia - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) young people are knocking on the doors of crisis accommodation centres in disproportionate numbers, but statisticians are not capturing the trend.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has requested an investigation into a taxpayer-funded program aimed at helping lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and/or intersex (LGBTI) school students.

Australian of the Year David Morrison wants the nation to legalise same-sex marriage.

The Victorian government will attempt to crack down on so-called gay conversion therapy through a new public watchdog with the power to investigate people purporting to "cure" or suppress homosexuality.