Health bodies have slammed a decision by a chemical regulator to allow the continued use of a toxic herbicide linked to Parkinson’s disease.
Researchers are installing more underwater microphones to track whale migration in Australia and they are already hearing out-of-this-world calls.
A state treasurer and premier have tried to paint a reassuring picture for a budget delivered at a time of global flux. Here is what you need to know.
Two KPMG audit partners who allegedly accessed confidential information are leaving the accounting firm, along with its national chairman.
Alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith won’t be attending the opening of a new gallery at the Australian War Memorial after he fell ill.
Labor’s contentious tax reforms will be enshrined into law after reaching a deal with the Greens in exchange for a longer inquiry into NDIS cuts.
And Queenslanders who survived being stuck on the rat-infested cruise ship are on their way back home.
After a stoush over who owns “Australian Crawl”, James Reyne and Simon Binks are finally reuniting under the legendary Oz rock band’s banner.
A burned-out truck near a North Queensland boat ramp has led police to Australia’s largest ever cocaine seizure, worth more than $800 million.
The cost-of-living crisis is forcing leaders to turn up the heat on energy retailers, who have issued a warning ahead of the state budget this week.
Weak productivity growth and stifling business conditions are preventing Australia from capitalising on its economic strengths, a think tank claims.
In an explosive television interview, one of Gus Lamont’s grandmothers has revealed a police theory that she “buried” her own grandchild.
Former shock jock Kyle Sandilands claims he spent days discussing politics with One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, calling her one of his favourite people.
Farmers fear this weedkiller made them sick. Why hasn’t Australia banned it?
Tony Modra booted 440 goals in 118 games for Adelaide, but those numbers only tell part of the remarkable story that is the iconic forward’s AFL career.
Australia’s biggest council has revealed the cost of restoring an Olympic host city’s famous bridge, prompting pleas for state and federal financial help.
Socceroos boss Tony Popovic could well spring more selection surprises ahead of a high-stakes World Cup clash with co-hosts the United States.
A little more than a year into its second term and with Pauline Hanson turning politics upside down, the Albanese government finds itself in policy quicksand on three core issues, writes Michelle Grattan.
Ukraine has struck a major Moscow oil refinery as part of a bid to force Russia to the negotiating table, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says.
Leading experts say CFMEU allegations show a union acting more like a crime network than an industrial watchdog, using fear to dominate building sites.
Former AFL star Tony Modra is critically injured in hospital after an accident involving his truck, rocking his home state and the football community.
Today, press gallery journalist Karen Middleton, on Hanson’s big moment, and the fight coming for One Nation.
