The third leaders' debate was a much more subdued affair than the fiery, more shouty previous clash between the two leaders. But in politics, less shouting doesn't necessarily mean fewer furphies.

When this election campaign is done and dusted, the PM should give the MP in his most marginal seat in Tasmania, Bridget Archer, a call to thank her for enduring the most frequent number of awkward press conferences of the campaign, writes P...

An investigation is underway into whether a shipment of drugs discovered near a dead diver in the Port of Newcastle this week is linked to Indonesia's biggest seizure of cocaine on record.

Several south-east Queensland communities are on flood alert after days of heavy rain, with Gympie bracing for six-hourly falls of up to 160 millimetres early Friday and into the evening. 

Actor Craig McLachlan has been accused of repeatedly lying in his defamation trial after giving contradictory evidence about on-stage kissing during a 2014 production of The Rocky Horror Show.

Documents released by Labor show Scott Morrison signed off on a federal agreement to pay almost $20 million to the NT government as part of an incentive program for privatising the Darwin Port.

Liberal MP Fiona Martin accuses her Labor opponent in the Sydney seat of Reid, Sally Sitou, of "desperate political games" in an ongoing stoush over an alleged racist comment made on radio yesterday.

A woman is extradited to Sydney from New Zealand following a cold case police investigation into the suspected murder of a two-year-old girl 35 years ago.

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan says this year's budget aims to fix the ailing health system while easing cost of living pressures, underpinned by a $400 power credit. 

Tahnee Shanks's two-year-old daughter, Adelynn, is now safe with her extended family in Mackay, but the search for her mother continues in Mexico.

The dollar in your pocket doesn't go as far when you're buying something made overseas. And, with the Aussie dollar falling against the greenback, that's bad news for inflation, writes David Taylor.

Finland is virtually certain to seek NATO membership, with neighbouring Sweden expected to decide on joining the military alliance in the coming days.  

Mr Gurruwiwi was known as a genius, had toured the world, made Yothu Yindu's yidakis, and generously shared his instrument with people, including Gotye, who appeared in a biopic about his legacy. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island...

Victoria's Information Commissioner is investigating whether VicForests breached the state's Privacy and Data Protection Act when it allegedly hired a private investigator to spy on activist Sarah Rees about 10 years ago.

Tasmania's Education Department misled a regulatory body about a teacher who had been accused of sexually abusing a student, the child sexual abuse commission of inquiry hears.

Police are investigating a motor vehicle accident that killed Papua New Guinea's Deputy Prime Minister Sam Basil on the eve of the 2022 general election nominations. 

For over a century, the destiny of this island paradise has been in the hands of outsiders. Now locals are fighting to reclaim it.

While house prices are expected to fall nationally as interest rates continue to rise, that won't necessarily improve the plight of first home buyers, according to CoreLogic's latest housing affordability report. 

Victims of the devastating February floods in south-east Queensland say the latest severe rain event has triggered trauma, as a joint federal and state government flood package becomes available to flooded homeowners.

Warning: This story contains distressing content. The arrest of a Canberra man who was tasered and pepper-sprayed on suspicion he had breached the peace is referred to ACT police's professional standards unit after the case was thrown out b...

A South Australian education department coordinator, who has been a teacher for more than 30 years, has faced court today accused of sexually exploiting three children.

Australians were asked to rate Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese out of 10 on trust and competency — Vote Compass has the results.

Queensland's most senior police officer in charge of domestic violence investigations — Assistant Police Commissioner Brian Codd— is cleared by the state's anti-corruption watchdog of allegations that he failed to report a family-relate...

There's big news on the "event" horizon: For the first time tonight, we'll get a good look at the supermassive black hole in the middle of the Milky Way. But how do we know it's there at all?

A 12-year-old boy who was critically injured when he fell from a height at a residential construction site in Perth's south-east dies, his family confirms.