Government frontbencher Simon Birmingham does not believe one of his Cabinet colleagues should step aside, after a letter accused an unnamed government Minister of allegedly raping a woman more than 30 years ago. ...

A letter alleging a man who is now a federal Cabinet Minister raped a young woman in 1988 has been referred to the AFP, sending shockwaves through Parliament. Here's what you need to know.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Auckland will go into a lockdown for seven days after a community case of COVID-19 with an unknown origin was recorded.

NSW Police establish a crime scene and send the remains for forensic analysis, though it is too early to say whether they belong to Sydney businesswoman Melissa Caddick.

Police have confirmed accused conwoman Melissa Caddick is dead but her story is far from over. Seven years of transactions are being traced in the hope of returning the millions investors thought they were putting into h...

That the national Parliament has been made to look like a "lawless bubble" since Brittany Higgins made public allegations she was raped is perhaps the blackest irony of them all, writes Laura Tingle. ...

The death of a Somali asylum seeker in Perth years after he suffered a heart attack on Nauru highlights the deep impact of Australia's refugee policies, advocates say.

Former devotees of Russell Kruckman accuse the US-born spiritual leader of mind control and preying on vulnerable women at his bucolic ashram in bayside Mount Eliza and say he believes he does not answer to the laws of A...

Prominent congressional conservatives, including senators Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley, are among the Trump loyalists speaking at the start of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando. ...

The family of an 82-year-old man accused of murdering his elderly wife, who he met more than 60 years ago, say they are supporting their father and have unwavering love.

Lady Gaga's two French bulldogs are recovered and returned unharmed after they were taken in an armed dognapping that put a dogwalker in hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest.

As a young man, Puck Vaughan would catch fish among the giant underwater kelp forests along Tasmania's south-east coast. He later landed a job in a kelp processing factory, but then the underwater forests began to disapp...

A saleyard mistake is paying back dividends for a farmer in lucrative market in specialist sheep breed, Australian White.

With nearly 6,000 cases around Australia in the past year, experts say the debilitating Ross River virus is ruining lives. And there's no silver bullet in sight.

The Dockers record their first loss since the 2019 season after going down by 11 points at home to the Brisbane Lions, while the Bulldogs post their fourth straight win of the season.

An exclusive survey conducted for the ABC shows that the vast majority of Australians have utmost trust in our health professionals to deliver the coronavirus vaccine, and they don't think international travel will happe...

The Gold Coast Suns and AFL acknowledge the hurt suffered by former player Joel Wilkinson at a 2013 Wacky Wednesday event, where two of his teammates dressed in blackface.

Scientists believe drought and fires hitting south-western Australia are connected to drought and fires hitting Mediterranean climates around the world.

New sanctions are placed on a former Saudi intelligence official, but not Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as a report concludes the Crown Prince likely ordered the 2018 murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ...

Victoria will ban certain single-use plastics — such as straws, cutlery, plates and cotton buds — by 2023 in a bid to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill, the state government announces. ...

Sex worker advocates say Queensland police are using "predatory" entrapment techniques to unfairly target sex workers, forcing them underground, with legal experts calling for the state's laws to be brought in line with ...

Housing and economic experts outline policies for national reform to avoid furthering polarising the economy into "haves and have nots".

Seemingly endless lockdowns have brought many small businesses to their knees in the UK, but Australian baristas hope that offering Londoners a decent flat white and a little bit of conversation may be enough to keep the...

Russia is about to double its controversial export tax on wheat. What could it mean for Australian farmers?

A NSW parliamentary committee is currently weighing up the pros and cons of criminalising coercive control but only one thing is clear so far — any changes to the law will be difficult.

A First Nations man with cognitive disability has told a public inquiry his criminal record is like a "life sentence" that makes it hard to break the cycle of crime and move on with his life.

Unidentified gunmen seize more than 300 schoolgirls in a night-time raid on a school in north-west Nigeria, the second such kidnapping in a little over a week in the region.