The first leaders' debate of the 2022 federal election campaign has arrived, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese going head-to-head at a voters' forum in Brisbane. Follow live. 

More than 20 women have come forward with allegations about their time at the Esther Foundation rehab facility, sparking questions about whether federal and state governments did enough to vet the organisation before investing millions of...

By inking a security pact with Solomon Islands, China furthers two objectives. And with the constitutional caretaker grey zone of an election campaign, it also knows exactly when to strike, writes Andrew Probyn.

When Harold MacMillan was asked what throws governments off course, he reportedly responded: "Events, dear boy. Events”. Today we had an Event to interrupt the Nerf war that has been the 2022 election campaign so far, writes Annabel Crabb...

Russian forces have seized the city of Kreminna in eastern Ukraine, a sign the "battle for Donbas" has well and truly begun as Russia shifts focus to claim Ukraine's industrial heartlands.

The organisation's chief executive officer Karen Hayes has publicly endorsed the Treasurer in her seat of Kooyong through a social media video and in letterbox flyers.

A review into allegations of physical and emotional abuse of young female gymnasts on an elite program at the WA Institute of Sport details a host of complaints including body shaming and separation of child athletes from their families. ...

The Prime Minister rejects accusations that the Coalition has bungled a key security relationship, after Solomon Islands shrugged off warnings from Australia and signed a new pact with China. 

The ink on the March 29 federal budget is barely dry, but the weeks since have seen more than $700 million in extra spending announced.

Nearly two months since he launched his invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is facing heavy troop losses, ruinous sanctions and rumours of purges and even a possible coup. 

The loss of any baby — at any stage of a pregnancy — is a tragedy. But the late-term loss of a twin is rare and brings with it so many additional emotions, writes Fiona Ellis-Jones.

The decision to prevent Sue Chrysanthou from representing the former federal attorney-general against the ABC cost Christian Porter more than $400,000.

Court documents reveal "horrific" details about the death of Cameron Paul Forrest, who was found with fatal injuries during a welfare check, resulting in his mother and brother being charged with his murder.

Dominic Perrottet says he agrees with Prime Minister Scott Morrison that controversial Liberal Warringah candidate Katherine Deves should not be "silenced" over social media posts about transgender people.

A prosecutor tells a Supreme Court jury that childcare worker Dionne Batrice Grills walked away from a bus that had a toddler on board hours before his death. Her lawyer says the three-year-old was not her responsibility.

Health authorities say they are investigating what they say was a patient's "sudden death".

They've been labelled the "teal independents" — a group of mostly female candidates taking on mostly male Liberal MPs in some of Australia's wealthiest electorates. This is how they could impact the federal election.

Netflix has hinted it will start cracking down on password sharing after posting an unexpected drop in subscribers. The streaming giant has reported a loss of 200,000 subscribers in the first three months of the year.

Australia and the US will meet in the revived Duel in the Pool event, 22 years since the infamous "smash them like guitars" comment sparked a flashpoint in their rivalry at the Sydney Olympics.

The NSW government scraps the requirement for close contacts of COVID-19 cases to isolate at home for seven days.

This year we're looking down the barrel of an unusual flu season. So when it comes to COVID, flu and vaccination, what's changed — and what hasn't — since last winter?

No injuries are reported after a hot air balloon comes down on a property in the Melbourne suburb of Elwood.

Both parties renew a debate over industrial relations, with the Coalition vowing to double the fines imposed on unions that break the law and Labor arguing the Coalition's proposed changes to penalty rates and overtime will leave some worke...

Russian forces seize the city of Kreminna in eastern Ukraine, as Russia says it is "methodically carrying out" its plan in Ukraine's Donbas region.

Wild blue mussels in South Australia are eating about three and a half pieces of microplastics – a much larger meal of unwanted waste than researchers initially expected, a study shows.