Microsoft initially said the hacks had been "limited and targeted attacks" but as the malware continues to spread, US officials confirm fears there are tens of thousands of organisations affected. ...

Labor frontbencher Katy Gallagher says she expects there will be more complaints as a result of the review, which is prompted by former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins's allegation that she was raped at Parliament House...

In the rough-as-guts Bondi breaks of the 1980s, rising surf stars Pauline Menczer and Jodie Cooper both discovered it wasn't only big waves that could wipe you out.

The Prime Minister's prima facie acceptance of the Attorney-General's denial sits uncomfortably with all the rhetoric about believing victims of sexual assault, writes Laura Tingle.

The Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is being held in unfamiliar circumstances this year, but the colour and celebratory atmosphere at the Sydney Cricket Ground is familiar, with iconic motorcycle group Dykes on Bikes kicking ...

Hackers were in some computer systems for up to a month but the company that was breached will not say how many airlines or travellers were affected.

In the music industry in the '80s, there were two worlds of music — the mainstream and the alternative. Then a new decade dawned, the worlds collided and music changed forever.

A Victorian Government Minister says reports that nurses have been working across multiple COVID-19 quarantine hotels in Melbourne are "concerning".

The federal government insists its legislative agenda will not be affected by Christian Porter's absence, despite crossbench warnings it has little chance of getting its industrial relations changes through Parliament th...

Sophie Allen was suddenly jobless in the city and Rhona MacDonald didn't want to go home to Scotland. Both are making the most of opportunities in the regions where their skills are in demand.

An old rock engraving recently threw the spotlight on Australia's secret wartime chemical weapons program, prompting an "overwhelming" response from families keen to share their stories and highlight what happened. ...

The detective leading the investigation into the disappearance of two people in the Victorian High Country says police have considered whether the pair were harmed by "rogue shooters."

Digital artworks called NFTs are selling for thousands, even millions of dollars. Is this a bubble or a new way for artists to finally get paid for digital art?

There was an escaped psychiatric patient, secret marijuana crops nearby, and the frightening sounds of a "mad man shooting". Could these clues help reveal the fate of Warren Meyer?

Minutes of a meeting called to consider the Australian War Memorial's response to the Brereton report on war crimes reveal its council unanimously supported Kerry Stokes to continue as chairman, despite some calls for th...

Hundreds of Mardi Gras protesters have marched down Sydney's Oxford Street after gaining a last-minute exemption to COVID-19 restrictions. An organiser says they march helps keep the Mardi Gras' "spirit of protest" alive...

Many callers to my show this week spoke softly and in terror of a history they were only revealing for the first time. Others talked in despair and exhaustion at having to make the point again, and again, writes Virginia...

The Silver Ferns pull off a second-half comeback to beat the Diamonds in Christchurch and pull within one win of taking the Constellation Cup series.

Sexual assault support organisations and mental health workers say they are seeing more Australian women coming forward to tell their own stories of abuse, after weeks of public reporting on high-profile cases. ...

NASA's six-wheeled, car-sized astrobiology probe travelled a total of 6.5 metres during a half-hour test spin within Jezero Crater, the site of an ancient, long-vanished lakebed and river delta on the Red Planet. ...

Jason Day has to fight back at the Arnold Palmer Invitational after his tee shot is caught in a bird's nest up a tree.

French Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean was subject to the equivalent of 67 Gs of force when his Haas car crashed into barriers at 192kph at the Bahrain Grand Prix, an investigation finds.

China's rubber-stamp Parliament began meeting this week to discuss, among other things, the country's ambition for 2021. But already debate is raging about the country's economic goals, writes Bill Birtles. ...

It's one of the busiest and most esteemed emergency rooms in the country, but for decades some of the most vulnerable have slipped through the cracks — until now.

A Tasmanian garden wins international funding to create a Noah's Ark of ancient plant species, some of which have existed for 150 million years.

From The Afghan Files to the disability sector, Australians who have spoken up and paid the price are the subject of a revealing series by Iranian-Australian artist Hoda Afshar.