Defence says the incident occurred on Thursday when an RAAF P-8A Poseidon detected a laser illuminating the aircraft while in flight.

Russian-backed separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine have declared a full military mobilisation and called on men "able to hold a weapon in their hands" to come to military enlistment offices, a day after ordering women and children to eva...

In an open letter published on Twitter, the former Australian of the Year says the incident let her down as an advocate of the survivor community.

An inaccessible online exam administered by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has derailed the assessment of hundreds of trainee psychiatrists.

As farmers prepare for new crops, the company that makes high-demand glyphosate products, including Roundup, details a major issue.

A Hobart fire came "within metres" of torching 15 homes, the Tasmania Fire Service says, as a watch and act alert remains for the southern suburbs of Mt Nelson and Dynnyrne.

The state government is set to hold former premier Gladys Berejiklian's old seat after the counting of postal votes began.

West Australians may be sceptical after the previous border plan was ditched, but this time the state should be opening for real.

Western Australia's March 3 reopening comes with restrictions designed to minimise a growing Omicron outbreak, so how exactly will it work?

Nico Porteous wins New Zealand's second gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics as rivals crash out in a windy freestyle skiing half-pipe final.

An expert warns parents to be aware of their children's online activity after a Canadian man used the group-chatting platform Discord to groom a 14-year-old Australian girl and flew to her home city to meet.

Graphic videos of this week's fatal Sydney shark attack have gone viral, but attributing blame for this unbridled voyeurism can be ethically complex, writes NSW digital editor Riley Stuart.

After her home was severely damaged by shelling in October, Elena Borisova lives in fear of what will happen to her small village in eastern Ukraine in the event of further escalation with Russia.

Renee Ferguson, who worked as a receptionist at Cricket Tasmania from 2015 to 2017 made four complaints to five different senior staff members, against three separate men in that same time period, alleging sexual harassment in the workplace ...

Police say 35 year-old Luqman Jubair went into the water at Miami on Thursday night to help someone in trouble.

It has been 80 years since bombs dropped by the Japanese devastated Darwin, killing and injuring hundreds and destroying much of the city. Today, thousands gathered to mark one of the darkest days in Australia's wartime history.

From the other side of the world, Australians watched in horror as Nazi Germany marched across Europe. Then, in 1942, WWII came to Darwin, a day Brian Winspear will never forget.

The UK is battered with the highest wind gusts ever recorded there, with winds felling trees, disrupting transport and tearing off roofs off stadiums.

West Coast faces Richmond, after Carlton and Adelaide post convincing victories over St Kilda and GWS respectively. Follow our live ScoreCentre for all the scores, stats and results.

Items marked as classified national security information were found among 15 boxes of documents recently recovered from the former president's Mar-a-lago residence.

New Zealand complete a one-sided demolition of South Africa, winning by an innings and 276 runs before lunch on day three and in the process end a 16-match winless streak against their opponents.

Officers are moving in to clear protesters' last stronghold in downtown Ottawa, setting up roadblocks to starve the remaining demonstrators of food and fuel. 

Kim Potter, the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who said she confused her handgun for her taser when she fatally shot Daunte Wright, is sentenced to two years in prison.

Instead of having a serious conversation about defence and national security, we've seen a government reduce itself to the most partisan, misleading and disreputable of attacks on its opponents on policy, writes Laura Tingle.

Celebrated landscape designer Paul Bangay wants you to rethink your garden. Here's how.