The NSW corruption watchdog has played several tapped several calls between former premier Gladys Berejiklian and her ex-boyfriend Daryl Maguire. Here are three it highlighted.

The WA detective tasked with finding missing four-year-old Cleo Smith says investigators are reviewing reports of past approaches to children in the area where she disappeared from her family's tent a fortnight ago.

Why are Australian petrol prices hitting record highs? Part of the reason has to do with a government decision made in the 1970s.

While regional businesses nervously look forward to a boom in trade as Melbourne visitors arrive for the long weekend, hospitals prepare for a surge in COVID cases. 

In what's being called "freedom Friday", Melbourne's retail shops, cinemas and gyms are reopening tonight and many Melburnians are heading to regional Victoria as restrictions are relaxed.

Residents brace for potentially damaging storms stretching from the NSW mid-north to Queensland as SA, Tasmania and Victoria mop up after a wild night.

Ben Owen had gone to check on his neighbours in the Dandenongs this morning when his wife rang and told him an enormous pine tree had come crashing down on their home.

The Reserve Bank again fails to defend its 0.1 per cent bond yield target and that means official interest rates, as well as variable mortgage rates, could be rising sooner than previously expected.

Ahead of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, Pope Francis says world leaders must give hope to future generations.

An attempt to suspend mandatory vaccination for Tasmanian healthcare workers receives a major blow, with a judge labelling arguments against the policy "remarkably weak".

Japan experiences a sharp decline in coronavirus cases after the Olympic host country suffers its most severe outbreak of the pandemic. Health experts say public compliance, mask wearing and vaccine uptake have helped flatten the curve. ...

Mark Zuckerberg says the rebranding is part of the company's plan to develop a virtual world but critics argue it's an attempt to shift focus from recent controversies. Here's what we know about Facebook going Meta.

When Sue Dunn was pulled over by police she was met by an officer who had her down as a car thief, little did she know she was about to lose her car over a Queensland Police record-keeping error.

An ABC investigation has uncovered a black market trade for Ivermectin on encrypted social media platform Telegram.

The Australian share market is wrapping up a week of trade with Commonwealth Bank admitting to selling 165 customers junk insurance and Crown Casino settling a class action against it.

The head of the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility resigns less than 24 hours before he was due to appear before the Senate Estimates Committee.

After months of soaring case numbers in south-west Sydney, the hotspot mantle has now been passed to regional New South Wales.

The French President's fury does not seem to have cooled with the Australian government, writes Andrew Probyn.

Work is completed on tunnels that will allow commuters to travel deep under Sydney Harbour, with NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet saying the project will "transform the way we travel around our great city".

Australia's largest steel producer unites with mining giant Rio Tinto to explore decarbonising the steel-making process, signalling a move away from coal. 

Go grab a cuppa. Maybe a blanket. It's about to be election day in America again, and there are plenty of big races worth paying attention to.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot, a storm so big it could swallow Earth, extends deep beneath the planet's cloud tops. 

Former ABC camera operator Alan Dowler has been sentenced in the Northern Territory Supreme Court to four years and six months in prison for historical sex offences against two girls under the age of 14.

The Netflix hit show may have captured the attention of millions, but its lurid depictions of death and dissection prompt an Adelaide primary school to write to parents, suggesting they "monitor" the reactions of children who have seen it....

Diana Schumacher reached out to the emergency services for help. Then she had to treat herself.