China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrives in Solomon Islands, while Australia's Foreign Minister vows to listen to the Pacific on climate action in Fiji.

Onlookers say police were "unprepared" for the attack, amid reports it took up to an hour for police to enter the school and shoot the attacker.

Some were cousins, others were just celebrating making the honour roll days before the summer holidays. These are the names and faces of some of the 21 killed at a Texas primary school.

Queensland MP Melissa McMahon reveals her harrowing experiences as a victim of child sexual abuse in a bid to raise awareness and inspire other victims to speak out.

Families launch a discrimination complaint with the Queensland Human Rights Commission against Brisbane's Citipointe Christian College after an "unthinkable" enrolment contract denounced homosexuality and stipulated students could only enr...

Two people are receiving treatment for the disease in hospital and Queenslanders have been urged to watch out for signs and symptoms, including rashes, fevers and headaches.

A former drug addict who turned her life around says the trauma which plagued her past is what makes her a more compassionate, empathetic and successful counsellor.

The Tesla CEO announces he's putting more of his own money into purchasing the social media giant — but he's not alone in footing the mammoth bill. Here's who else is helping fund his takeover.

Police policies, procedures, recruitment and training are among issues set to be explored during a coronial inquest into the 2019 death of Kumanjayi Walker in Yuendumu.

Business owners in WA's Goldfields say they are thousands of dollars out of pocket due to extended blackouts on Sunday and Wednesday, and are calling on Western Power to fix the issues with its network.

NASA calls the test flight, featuring a dummy called Rosie the Rocketeer, extremely successful.

It's looking like those already sodden are in for more wet days while many who need rain are more likely to miss out this winter.

Homeless issue could change how Queenslanders should live.

The eldest child of the conservative Duggar family, who rose to fame in TLC's '19 Kids and Counting', was sentenced to 151 months in jail on Wednesday. 

One day after North Korea launches missiles into waters separating it with Japan, US jet fighters join Japanese warplanes in a show of strength. 

ACT Supreme Court Justice Loukas-Karlsson reminds victims in the case, who had expressed feelings of shame as a result of the abuse, that "the fault lies with the offender, not with any of you".

The shelling in Ukraine's east threatens to shut off the last main escape route for civilians trapped in the path of the Russian invasion.

With rental prices at record highs in the regions, hundreds of applicants like Tailah Dippel are often competing for the same property — and residents in the Bundaberg community are reaching a breaking point. 

Daniel James Boldison pleads guilty to dousing Andrea Atkins-Greed in petrol and setting her alight in the lounge room of her house in Perth's southern suburbs.

A Sydney woman who left her daughter with horrific injuries after drunkenly running over her and dragging her underneath a car has been sentenced.

A jury in the US has convicted a self-published romance novelist — who once wrote an essay titled “How to Murder Your Husband” — of fatally shooting her husband four years ago.

Labor's Brian Mitchell will win the Tasmanian seat of Lyons, ABC chief election analyst Antony Green says, bringing federal Labor's total seats to 75, one short of a majority.

The former defence minister says Tanya Plibersek apologised for likening him to the Harry Potter villain and that while he is "not the prettiest bloke on the block" he believes he will be effective as opposition leader, as he seeks to recas...

In his first interview since the Coalition's election defeat, the former prime minister says he is looking forward to supporting the new leaders of the Liberal Party and going back to being a "quiet Australian in the shire". 

Benchmark power prices will rise by up to 18.3 per cent as the energy industry watchdog seeks to pass on rocketing production costs to consumers.