Australia has been increasingly uneasy about the growing security cooperation between China and the Solomon Islands, where Australia has traditionally been the main security provider.

Dipping his son in an ice bucket, tackling his young daughter rugby-style, or snatching one off the street — these were just a few of the cruel acts murderer Rowan Baxter visited upon his children, even posting videos of abuse he thought...

Federal MP Andrew Hastie tells a Sydney court how he spent time on deployment in Afghanistan with Ben Roberts-Smith and how the war veteran had a reputation for bullying another elite soldier.

With their World Cup hopes on a knife-edge, the Socceroos must defeat Japan tonight in Sydney to keep automatic qualification for Qatar alive.

US President Joe Biden and Western allies gather for NATO talks aimed at ramping up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine. Follow live.

A survey investigating sexual harassment and sexual assault among students across 39 Australian universities reveals some institutions are recording results three times the national average. All 39 universities have been collated and rank...

The former Silverchair frontman says he has checked himself into a rehabilitation facility after a crash on the Pacific Highway last night.

David Warner departs after scoring a half century as Australia's lead over Pakistan goes past 200 on day four of the deciding Test in Lahore. Live updates.

Continuous rainfall since the crash of a China Eastern Airlines passenger aircraft earlier this week has complicated search and rescue efforts, making the steep slopes where the plane ploughed into a hillside slippery with mud.

Tensions between the two countries are still high, and Beijing still has not ended the diplomatic freeze on top-level meetings with Chinese leaders.

Australian tennis star Ash Barty says she is "not hiding anything" after fronting a press conference to explain her decision to retire from the sport at just 25 years of age. Re-live the blog and watch the conference replay.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison once named Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston as a friend and mentor, but details about the pastor's treatment of women has fractured their public standing.

Former NSW United Australia Party candidate Timothy Banfield says party members must adhere to an authoritarian structure that bans them from speaking to the media.

The West Australian government hopes the final closure of an asbestos-riddled town will at last deter social media influencers and 'danger tourists' from visiting.

While the Bulldogs had a somewhat distracting week after an opening loss, Carlton is riding high after knocking off Richmond. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, stats and results.

Prince William and Kate have been greeted by the Jamaican Prime Minister who told the royals the country had plans of seeking independence.

Rumours posted on Russia social media claiming former Canadian sniper "Wali" had died on the Ukrainian frontline have been debunked, with the foreign soldier saying he "was the last person to learn about my death".

The parents of a five-year-old boy with special needs who choked to death on a nectarine stone at an Adelaide school were "misled" into believing an investigation had been conducted by education authorities, a coronial inquest hears. ...

Anatoly Chubais resigns as one of Vladimir Putin's senior Kremlin officials and reportedly leaves Russia in what is thought to be the highest profile protest by a Russian figure against the invasion of Ukraine.

For the first time in Australia's history, a truth-telling commission has begun investigating the nation's brutal history since colonisation, to lay bare systematic abuses against Aboriginal people.

Former Boeing test pilot Mark Forkner was found not guilty of deceiving federal regulators about a key flight-control system that played a role in two deadly crashes involving 737 MAX jets.

Police revisit search zones and bring in extra resources including horses as concerns increase for the safety of a four-year-old Shayla Phillips missing in southern Tasmania for more than a day.

New Zealand will take 150 refugees from Australia each year for three years, settling a deal first struck by former prime minister Julia Gillard almost a decade ago.

Josh Frydenberg is being warned that massive federal government debt from emergency pandemic spending could double in coming decades as borrowing costs rise and spending costs blow out.

Two Tasmanian ministers at the centre of a furore over accusations they groaned during a question asked in parliament on behalf of a child sexual abuse survivor apologise.