Tasmania faces a protracted period of political limbo as election votes are counted and major parties court the cross bench.

Two people have died after a light plane crashed in south-eastern Queensland, authorities say. Emergency services said a twin ...

A ferry carrying hundreds of people has caught fire at sea off Sulawesi island in Indonesia, killing at least five people, ...

Support for Labor has crept up as backers of the coalition have retreated, according to the first Newspoll since the election ...

A search has resumed for a fisherman who’s been missing in waters off Australia’s east coast for two days. The man, 56, failed to return after a day of fishing on Saturday. He had left Batemans Bay ...

Woolworths is expanding its high-tech digital trolley trial to more of its supermarkets, following a successful start in NSW.

Armed with obscure jargon and fringe interpretations, “sovereign citizens” are testing the limits of the justice system’s ...

A basketball player, a kidnapping consultant and a foster carer are just a few of the new faces set to fill the hallowed ...

Coldplay's Chris Martin is giving concertgoers plenty of notice they may appear on the big screens after an embarrassing video went viral.

Can any one diet actually keep the brain strong and lower dementia risk? Evidence suggests the so-called “Mind diet” might.

Australia must take a proper look at the global order, its place in it and why it remains caught in the slipstream of ...

Tasmania's election has delivered another hung parliament, with the Liberals ahead of Labor on the seat count and seemingly ...