Cleo Smith's parents speak out for the first time since the four-year-old was rescued, saying they are "so thankful that our little girl is back within our arms".

Here's how Australia could become a renewable superpower by 2030. Sounds too good to be true? You tell us.

Scott Morrison's cops a backlash on Chinese social media after referring to "global momentum to tackle China" instead of "climate change" during a COP26 speech.

National Cabinet agrees to consider loosening restrictions on fully vaccinated people who are exposed to a COVID-19 case. State and territory leaders say they will look at exemptions to self-isolation for primary close contacts of cases...

The reopening of the state to domestic and international travellers at the 90 per cent double vaccination mark would also see the reintroduction of some restrictions.

The state government has sent letters to residents whose properties will be compulsorily acquired as part of the last installment of the North-South Corridor.

The RBA says Australia's economy is recovering strongly from recent lockdowns, which bodes well for employment and wages growth.

Some stations surpass their highest daily November rainfall, coming as a welcome relief for many after the Territory's third-warmest October on record.

The USS Connecticut, a nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine, was reported to have struck an "object" underwater in early October under the busy shipping lanes of the South China Sea.

Port Adelaide Football Club veteran and football great Russell Ebert has died from leukemia at the age of 72.

Swedish pop sensation ABBA has made a comeback with their new album Voyage, nearly 40 years after they split up, with a digital avatar concert eventually planned in London.

The man accused of taking Cleo Smith from her family's tent at a WA campsite is flown to Perth as police try to track his movements in the days before the four-year-old girl was found in Carnarvon.

The man charged with abducting four-year-old Cleo Smith is linked to a social media account that posts about loving children’s dolls and claims to have a partner and five children, despite living alone. 

NSW Transport Minister Rob Stokes says all 12 light rail vehicles used on the inner-west service will be out of action following the discovery of cracks last month.

Students in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan got an up-close lesson on the animal kingdom yesterday, when a moose crashed through the window of their school.

In what is believed to be a first, two prisoners facing the death penalty say the practice of being told they will be executed that day is illegal.

An accessible custom-designed home in the NSW Blue Mountains, whose roof opens to a view of the Milky Way, wins a top prize as one of the nation's best designed homes — the Robin Boyd Award for Residential Architecture.

The government agrees to state demands for an extension of special COVID-19 hospital funding, as the country is poised to reach its 80 per cent double vaccination target.

Opals star Liz Cambage is handed a formal reprimand after an independent review finds she "brought Basketball Australia into censure" during a pre-Olympic clash with Nigeria.

Voters in America went to the polls this week. And Democrats are freaking out after looking at the results.

Tasmanians were treated to a spectacular show from the aurora australis last night, with viewers describing it as "the best and strongest" they had seen in years.

The World Health Organization is warning 500,000 people could die in the next three months in Europe and central Asia, as COVID-19 surges across the region.  

In a memoir coming out next week, Natalie Wood's younger sister alleges Kirk Douglas sexually assaulted the Hollywood actress when she was a teenager.

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has its bid for an appeal to a Federal Court ruling thrown out of the High Court. Lawyers for thousands of women who are part of a class action for compensation say they hope the company takes steps t...

Raising six grandchildren on her own is not how Jill picturing things going as she approached her late fifties. But she is far from alone.