Police say the people who died are believed to be family members of the injured man, but police did not confirm their identities.

Tanya Plibersek proposes rejecting Clive Palmer's Central Queensland Coal Project on the grounds it is likely to damage the Great Barrier Reef. It is the first time in Australian history a federal environment minister has set the wheels in ...

Christopher Browne weeps in court after learning he is likely to avoid jail over the fatal quad bike crash that claimed the life of his two-year-old son Lincoln on Christmas Day, 2020.

Some doctors have warned people against relying on a negative RAT result. While the makers of some RATs have blamed false negatives on a lack of education about how to properly use the tests. So how should you be taking a RAT?

China has launched unprecedented live-fire military drills in six areas that ring Taiwan, a day after a visit by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the self-ruled island that Beijing regards as its sovereign territory. ...

Sarah Copland's son Isaac was the explosion's youngest victim. Ms Copland is joining a lawsuit she hopes will shed light on what led to Isaac's death.

The government has agreed to Greens and "teal" independent amendments to its climate target bill despite not requiring their votes in the lower house, in a sign of what the crossbench hopes is a new approach to politics.

The Catholic Church is using a controversial legal tactic in a bid to be excused from a civil damages claim lodged in the Victorian Supreme Court involving Cardinal George Pell.

Electronic billboards and screens in convenience stores around Taiwan are hacked to display anti-Nancy Pelosi statements in response to the US House Speaker's visit.

Brisbane surgeons perform a world-first procedure, replacing silicone implants with a bioresorbable scaffold, and hope the technology will eventually be able to provide a more organic alternative for patients looking for breast augmentation...

In a letter written to a friend from prison, a fraudster described his two-week road trip funded by stolen credit cards as "the best 20 days" of his life.

The man charged with the alleged murder of German backpacker Simone Strobel is free to return to Western Australia as a magistrate says there doesn't appear to be any evidence connecting him to her death.

The body charged with advising the state government on WA's long-term infrastructure needs believes a per-kilometre charge for motorists could be used to fund the state's roads while also reducing traffic congestion.

After nine years as consumer affairs reporter, I’ve covered some of the biggest examples of skulduggery on the beat, but it's a story that’s happening right now that's among the most shameful, writes Amy Bainbridge.

An artist has been recognised for her work to shine a light on Australia's environmental issues and what may be lost if something is not changed.

The most-recent wave of COVID-19 infections appears to have reached its peak, federal Health Minister Mark Butler says.

Health Minister Mark Butler announced it had locked in the jabs for distribution in Australia after "27 meetings" with vaccine company Bavarian Nordic.

Australians describe their utter despair in letters to a New York bankruptcy court after cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network froze their withdrawals. 

A jury is deliberating how much Alex Jones should pay in damages to the family of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting — which he had repeatedly called a hoax — after closing arguments in a defamation trial.

Agriculture Minister Murray Watt says the new task force will provide urgent advice over the next four weeks on Australia's response in the event of a potential outbreak.

Queensland's Family and Child Commission says it's time to stamp out the practice following the revelation that a hood was used on a child as recently as seven months ago.

Residents of Australia's opal capital want Coober Pedy to receive some love and renovation as the administrator indicates his tenure is nearly over. 

Gleny Rae has received the message she was longing for after her car and prized Roth violin were stolen outside a popular restaurant in Alice Springs.

As the curtain closes on another stellar Commonwealth Games swimming campaign, Ariarne Titmus has revealed how Kyle Chalmers's unwanted media attention and mental health struggles had rippled through the squad she describes as "a family". ...

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed via a drone strike on the balcony of his four-storey safehouse. Now terrorist leaders are fleeing Kabul while the world takes stock of what this means for the future of Afghanistan.