Acting Home Affairs Minister Jim Chalmers announces a Tamil asylum seeker family will be allowed to return to their central Queensland home in Biloela on bridging visas. 

On her first visit to a Pacific nation as incoming Foreign Minister, Penny Wong makes a public pitch to maintain Australia's influence in the region.

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says the former government's decision to publicise the interception of a Sri Lankan asylum seeker boat on election day undermined Australia's border security and put lives at risk

One of Scott Morrison's final acts as prime minister was to instruct the Australian Border Force to publicise an intercepted boat of asylum seekers on election day, which the Liberal Party then seized upon.

Joe Garcia dies of a heart attack two days after his teacher wife Irma was shot dead in the attack at Robb Elementary School, with his family saying the 50-year-old "pretty much fell over" and died after returning home from laying flowers at...

NSW ambulance union calls on paramedics to keep patients' billing details off the books in a move to pressure pay rises from the state government.

A multi-agency investigation begins after this morning's boat crash at Horizontal Falls north of Derby, with the most seriously injured to be transferred to Perth.

The timing of the Quad has been much to Albanese's advantage, however, at home, the picture is grim on cost of living, as treasurer Jim Chalmers has underlined this week, writes Michelle Grattan.

Australia has never before relied so much on China for its trading wealth. But as the devastated rock lobster industry can attest, the Asian giant can lose its appetite overnight.

Curtin University researchers have used samples collected by lone sailor Jon Sanders to measure the presence of microplastics in far-flung ocean environments.

Tasmania's Attorney-General has announced plans to create a new criminal offence that will punish people in positions of power for failing to protect young people from sexual abuse. Katrina Munting says it is a step forward, but not somethin...

Friday footy kicks off with the Panthers taking on the Cowboys. Then it's an all-Queensland clash as the Broncos host the Titans. Follow our ScoreCentre for all the live scores and stats.

A Sydney cleaner who murdered her elderly client by beating and stabbing her is sentenced to 22 years in prison.

The largest industrial city in Ukraine is known for producing iron ore, steel and fearless leaders. As Russian missiles begin to fall again, the birthplace of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is getting ready. 

As Russians warn supplying arms to Ukraine could lead to an "unacceptable escalation", two captured Russian soldiers plead guilty to shelling a town in eastern Ukraine.

It's one of only four seats in Australia still in doubt and Queensland's last seat to be called — so who will win the electoral race for the federal seat of Brisbane?

After a tight race, Labor's Marion Scrymgour has officially claimed victory in Lingiari, previously held by Warren Snowdon for more than two decades. 

A former South Australian Liberal Party staffer who criticised the party over its treatment of women and her own alleged assault has her pre-selection bid for a blue-ribbon seat denied.

Nine diverse religious leaders have united to push for a referendum on an Indigenous voice to parliament. 

When Darwin's only AFL games were cancelled in 2021, Gold Coast's Malcolm Rosas Jnr lost an incredible opportunity to play in front of his community. On Saturday, that will all change.

A 56-year-old Victor Harbor woman dies after falling from a horse at Hindmarsh Valley.

The Victorian MP says "extreme" comments from some of his colleagues contributed to the Coalition's loss and the party needs to listen to what Australians want.

Senegal's President, Macky Sall, sacks the country's Health Minister, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, after officials reveal a short circuit caused a fire in a neonatal hospital ward that spread in less than five minutes, killing 11 babies. ...

A 30-year-old man has been arrested in Sippy Downs on the Sunshine Coast after a 25-year-old woman died in hospital with a gunshot wound to the head. 

The earthquake was felt extensively throughout the Top End, with accounts of rattling apartment buildings in the city and shaking across Darwin's northern suburbs.