Priya Nadaraja, Nades Murugappan and their daughters have been living in Biloela in regional Queensland since June, after the new Labor government granted them bridging visas.

Police have charged a 59-year-old man with the murders of three people and the attempted murder of a fourth on a rural cattle property at Bogie in north Queensland.

When the government announced a landmark defence review this week, it invoked Paul Dibb's work for the Hawke government 30 years ago. Three decades on, he explains why this latest review is so significant.

Steel mogul Alexander Abramov argues sanctions the federal government has imposed over Russia's invasion of Ukraine have caused him severe reputational damage.

Trapped in a never-ending cycle of back pain and locked in a compensation battle with a government department that had placed her under surveillance, senator Jacqui Lambie tells the defence royal commission she lost hope completely.

The Reserve Bank slashes its forecasts for economic growth as rate rises, house price falls and a souring global economy weigh on Australia's outlook.

Domestic offshore wind zones have been given the green light after the federal Energy Minister announced the location of the first of six sites.

A sweeping, large-scale woven sail, once used on fishing boats between Arnhem Land and Indonesia prior to colonisation, has won first prize in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards.

Four years ago, Kim agreed to transfer her home to her son. Then she found herself penniless with nowhere to go. Lawyers say it's a "classic case" of financial elder abuse and the issue is increasing.

The Burrinjuck Dam began spilling this morning after more than 230,000ML – a quarter of its full capacity – flowed in from various tributaries overnight.

NSW Public Service Commissioner Kathrina Lo has told the John Barilaro inquiry she would never have signed off on the former deputy premier's appointment as New York trade commissioner had she known of the level of ministerial involvement. ...

The vice-chancellor and chief executive of the University of New England has resigned after allegedly assaulting a 16-year-old girl at a licensed venue.

The Minister for Indigenous Australians tells the decision-makers who are closing the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence in inner Sydney they have "a week to get their acts together" to keep its doors open.

Retired AFL player Josh Jenkins calls for a "damning report" by a club doctor following the Adelaide Crows' controversial 2018 camp to be made public, and says he was moved on from the club for being a "problem child".

A sentence imposed for a Warrnambool man who attacked two police officers with a metal baseball bat has sparked outcry.

A 17-year-old boy who fatally stabbed teenager Jack Beasley at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast in 2019 is sentenced to ten years in prison. Mr Beasley's mother called the culprits "cowards" who left her son to "die on the footpath". ...

A director at France's Atomic Energy Commission apologises after his "distant star" tweet turns out to be a slice of chorizo.

WNBA star Brittney Griner has been sentenced to nine years in Russian prison in a sentence that US President Joe Biden has deemed "unacceptable", but what did she do and what's the government's plan to get her out? 

Some experts suspect the CIA might have used the Hellfire R9X — a highly secretive missile sometimes called the "knife bomb", the "ninja bomb" or the "flying Ginsu" — to kill Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

A homeless man who was tackled to the ground and arrested in front of SA's Premier at a press conference in June says he feels he was unfairly targeted by police.

Melbourne will be looking to reaffirm their top-four credentials when they take on the battling Titans. Follow our ScoreCentre for all the live scores and stats.

Melbourne man James Leonard Fairhall is sentenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria to 25 years in prison over the 2020 murder of his partner Noeline Dalzell.

Kyiv angrily denies Amnesty International's claims that it deliberately positioned troops in residential areas during fighting against Russian troops.

While no-one appeared to believe China's show of force in response to Nancy Pelosi's visit posed any immediate danger, experts say the episode is still likely to have important longer-term implications.

The active 86-year-old was independent until last year when Alison noticed the strength in her father's legs declining. He was unknowingly consuming about 70 times the recommended daily intake of a vitamin for a man his age.