To save you spending your Friday night sifting through the government's modelling for its net zero by 2050 plan, here are a few of the key takeaways. 

Family, friends and famous Australian faces farewell Bert Newton, whose love for his wife Patti was so strong he waited for her to leave the room before taking his final breath.

A former patient of Dr Daniel Lanzer says she was left with "putrid" rotting skin after an "excruciating" operation to fix a tummy tuck that the controversial cosmetic surgeon insisted only he could do. Warning: This story contains graphi...

It is reasonable to assume Xi has close supporters within the CCP leadership. But they are not as visible as was the case for his predecessors, Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, writes David Goodman.  

The trial of Paul Winston Oatey continues in Adelaide's Supreme Court. He is accused of murdering 53-year-old Darren Perry in December 2019. The teenage girl who the court heard discovered Mr Perry's body in a backyard gives evidence.  ...

Facing multiple accusations of lying from foreign leaders, former prime ministers and the opposition, Scott Morrison says he does not take the "sledges" personally.

A child has been rescued, and a man from the Sunshine Coast has been charged with more than 40 child abuse offences, including rape, after a five-day police operation. 

A massive funnel-web spider with fangs so long they could bite through a human fingernail is donated to a lifesaving antivenom program at the Australian Reptile Park. 

A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentences US journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in jail, as he still faces several more serious charges including terrorism.

The world's most indebted developer, China Evergrande, keeps avoiding default. But where is the company getting the money from? 

Thailand’s sex industry generates billions of dollars, but the workers have to work in the shadows because it’s not legal. Now Thai sex workers have been holding protests, wielding high heels and underwear, to demand their labour be rec...

Wyangala Dam in the NSW Lachlan Valley overflows and elsewhere, people are rescued from their cars in floodwaters, after heavy rain pounds parts of New South Wales.

The world's largest online shopping festival sets a new sales record, with Australian products playing a big part, but year-on-year growth falls to its slowest since the event began.

An affirmative consent model will put the focus on the accused person confirming they have received consent, rather than scrutinising the behaviour of the victim-survivor.

A mask mandate in the town of Katherine is extended for a further 24 hours after positive wastewater results were detected in the region.

Executives from Brazilian meat processing giant JBS are in Tasmania surveying its new seafood company Huon Aquaculture ahead of its takeover next Wednesday.

Police say a man floated in the sea off Tasmania for eight hours after the dinghy he and his father were in capsized. The man's father did not survive.

It seemed remarkable chutzpah that Scott Morrison, back from Glasgow where Australia remains a criticised laggard despite its embrace of a 2050 target, would hit the trail to campaign on climate policy, writes Michelle Grattan.

Australia lost five consecutive T20 series prior to the men's World Cup, but coach Justin Langer believes the experience ultimately benefited his squad.

An outburst of frustration leaves Devon Conway nursing a broken hand following New Zealand's semi-final victory over England, ruling the wicketkeeper-batter out of the tournament decider against Australia.

Manfred Steiner, 89, decided to study physics rather than hit around golf balls after retirement — earning his PhD and inspiring others to pursue their ambitions at any age. 

Sydney Roosters captain James Tedesco is issued with a breach notice for "drunken and disorderly behaviour" after he was alleged to have made a racial slur against a woman, citing the Netflix series Squid Game.

Pipecon is fined more than $500,000 for a fatal work safety breach on a Ballarat housing development. 

Byron Bay's Council is powerless to interfere in the explosive property market where a cabin in the council-run caravan park is asking $750,000.

Before this year's spiralling COVID-19 outbreak, in which at least 15 Aboriginal people have died, one of Australia's most senior police officers swayed the New South Wales government to reject a plan to protect Aboriginal communities.  ...