Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australian troops and police will be sent to Solomon Islands to help stabilise the island nation amid growing violence and unrest.

The federal government deploys AFP and ADF personnel to Solomon Islands amid civil unrest in the Pacific country. Here's why Australia is getting involved.

Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn has been charged with murder after spending several days being questioned by police over the disappearance of campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay.

Scott Morrison says former New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian was "done over" by the NSW corruption commission, while defending the government's decision to block debate on a federal anti-corruption body.

The NSW government updates the roadmap for easing COVID-19 restrictions after the state reaches the 95 per cent double-dose vaccination target or December 15, whichever comes first. 

The Northern Territory Chief Minister has delivered a spray against "tinfoil hat-wearing tossers sitting in their parent's basement" who he says are spreading conspiracy theories about the Territory's current COVID-19 outbreak.

In her inquest findings, the Northern Territory coroner Elisabeth Armitage says Territory Families did not provide a nine-year-old girl, "Sammy", adequate therapeutic treatment and ignored its responsibility to find her kinship care. ...

After some surprises on night one, the AFL draft continues with a number of highly regarded players still on the board. Follow every pick in our live blog.

Thanks to the La Niña, finally announced on Tuesday, conditions are expected to be wetter than average for parts of the east coast this summer, according to the Bureau of Meteorology's official summer outlook.

A Melbourne man has been awarded a record settlement by the Catholic Church of $3.7 million for historical sexual abuse, after the Archdiocese of Melbourne admitted a former Archbishop breached his duty of care.

Senator Dorinda Cox hopes the inquiry into murdered and missing First Nations women will offer a step towards justice for grieving and overlooked families.

Glen Boss calls time on a decorated career which included three consecutive Melbourne Cup wins on board Makybe Diva.

A company which failed to provide a safe workplace for a teenage boy which resulted in him falling 12 metres to his death at the old Perth post office building is fined $320,000.

A new study finds the rate of stillbirth in Melbourne during the lockdown period increased from one in 400 births to one in 300. 

South Australia records three new cases of COVID-19, with three flights now listed as exposure locations.

Perth soccer player Danny Hodgson is moved out of the intensive care unit at Royal Perth Hospital almost three months after he was attacked on a night out.

A year after suffering a huge election loss, New Zealand's conservative Opposition Leader Judith Collins is ousted by her colleagues.

A blunt warning from the Russian military that rocket debris may fall close to Tasmania came as quite the surprise to the island's aviation industry, with one pilot saying it made a change from the usual messages about "boring things, like ...

On what authorities say is "clearly a positive day" with only one new case recorded, the Chief Minister says the Northern Territory's hard lockdown is proving effective.

A group of 13 fully vaccinated friends went out for a post-lockdown dinner in Melbourne's CBD. Three days later, 11 of them tested positive to COVID.

Queensland captain Usman Khawaja hands Travis Head another opportunity to prove his worth for a spot in the first Test team by enforcing the follow-on in the Sheffield Shield clash with South Australia.

Greg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and neighbour William "Roddie" Bryan were not charged until a video of the incident emerged, two months after Ahmaud Arbery's murder in 2020. 

Victim survivors and women's advocacy groups launch a campaign to have trauma from gender-based violence recognised as an injury so that they have access to better care.

The first claims in one of Australia's largest native title applications has been granted on Cape York, the culmination of the "hard work and determination of a lot of people".

Canberra is known for many things — mostly politicians and public servants. But it's also home to a growing music scene, and one of its members just took out four ARIA awards.