As the national medical regulator approves the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children aged six months to five years old, Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly warns the nation is only at the beginning of an Omicron wave that is already increasing...

A former Sydney councillor tells a corruption inquiry a Chinese property developer paid for his escort in China and secretly filmed him with the woman to "blackmail" him. 

As the Reserve Bank prepares to keep lifting interest rates and says households can cope with rising repayments, analysts warn both it and mortgage borrowers could be in for a rude shock.

The Australian Energy Market Operator has triggered the gas supply guarantee to stave off a potential gas shortage in Victoria, the state's energy minister has said.

As Portugal, Spain and France continues to battle wildfires, the broiling heatwave is moving northward towards the United Kingdom. 

The world's first commercial "sand battery" stores heat at 500C for months at a time. So how does it work, and should we build them in Australia?

Climate change, mining, pollution, invasive species and habitat loss are outlined in the five-yearly report that has been released, with Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek laying the blame squarely at the feet of the previous government...

Jessica Hull's dream of a first major medal is ended by an extraordinary first lap of the women's 1,500m final at the world athletics championships.

South Australia's top public health doctor has tested positive to COVID-19.

A man has been jailed for starting a bushfire that caused more than $1 million in damage and destroyed parts of a state forest and commercial pine plantation.

A teenager has avoided being sent back to juvenile detention for stealing a toddler from a busy playground in Perth's south, with the judge accepting that while the crime was every parent's "nightmare", the girl had not intended to harm th...

The police officer in charge of an initial search for Gordon Copeland after he fled into a flooded river has told an inquest they should have looked for longer than 13 minutes. PICTURE USED WITH FAMILY'S PERMISSION.

An Iranian asylum seeker locked up in two Melbourne hotels for more than a year has described the experience as "torture" and is challenging the federal government's decision to detain him.

Professor Nigel McMillan from Menzies Health Institute says people are not taking COVID-19 seriously enough and he's calling for a mask mandate at large public events. It comes as 18 deaths from COVID are reported today in Queensland.   ...

Gabriel Messo was shot dead by Victoria Police as he brutally attacked his mother in July 2020, a day after being turned away from mental health services.

Eight security experts reviewing the assassination of former Japanese leader, Shinzo Abe, say his bodyguards could have saved his life.

Sri Lanka's parliament is expected to decide who becomes the country's next president on Wednesday, however, some locals are looking to work abroad to send money home. 

The former prime minister says he's glad to have a "bigger hope" than politicians during speech centred on anxiety and mental health.

A new documentary tells the story of a singalong classic that began with a plane crash.

Paul Tully insists he has done nothing wrong but the Ipswich ratepayers association says he should resign and repay costs incurred on a 2012 international study trip.

Witnesses tell a commission of inquiry that Queensland Police are issuing notices protecting perpetrators of family violence from their victims, with First Nations women disproportionately affected.

The last two months have seen a different kind of war in Ukraine and both sides only have a few months before the onset of the northern winter and the battlefield changes again, writes Mick Ryan.

A parliamentary inquiry is told it is "not correct" candidate Jenny West was fully offered the NSW trade commissioner role before former deputy premier John Barilaro was appointed.

The South Australian government will review the "interactions" four agencies had with the Adelaide mother of six-year-old Charlie who died after suspected neglect. WARNING: This story contains content that some readers may find upsetting. ...

The AFL issues a warning that players will no longer be rewarded with free kicks when they duck or shrug their heads in tackles after debate over the umpiring of Collingwood's Jack Ginnivan.