A whistleblower suing Hillsong in the Federal Court alleges the megachurch moved millions of dollars in payments through overseas entities to avoid scrutiny by the Australian charities regulator.

Staff surveyed reported being bullied, yelled at and threatened and said it was normal for MPs and their chiefs of staff to be sleeping with junior staff. 

Residents of an inland city have been shocked to learn their drinking water has not had fluoride added to it for three-and-a-half years.

NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord issues an "unreservedly apology" for his conduct, after a review into workplace culture at state parliament was made public today.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton may not have to pay costs over his unsuccessful defamation case against a refugee advocate after his lawyers tells a Sydney court "sham bills" may have been the basis for an assessment of the trial's cost.  ...

Police warn people to be wary of a scam where victims receive a message from an unknown number impersonating their child. The offender requests money, often saying it is an emergency.

Google is slapped with a $60 million fine for misleading consumers about the collection and use of their personal location data on Android phones between January 2017 and December 2018.

More than 100 former detainees of Tasmania's Ashley Youth Detention Centre lodge a class action alleging they were whipped, kicked, bullied, encouraged to join gangs, sexually abused and stripped naked.

Federal, state and territory ministers will develop a national action plan, to be agreed to in December, following a meeting to fix the "massive challenge" of teacher shortages.

Horror stories of burnout, demoralisation and ever-growing workloads have become all too common as the education system faces an "unprecedented" teacher drought that's the "single biggest issue" facing all school sectors.

The four children who went missing north of Mackay yesterday are now safe, but the man wanted in connection with the incident remains at large.

Karan Talwar was arrested in spectacular circumstances last month, after police seized more than $10 million in assets and cash. He has appeared for the first time in the ACT Magistrates Court.

New satellite images reveal a before-and-after look at Russia's badly damaged Saki air base in Crimea as Ukraine declines to confirm or deny whether it was involved.

US actor Anne Heche — who is in a coma and in a critical condition — is not suspected to survive a "severe anoxic brain injury" she suffered in a car crash, a representative said, and is being kept on life support for possible organ do...

Sixteen of the 18 horses that travelled on a Spirit of Tasmania ferry trip in 2018 likely died about eight hours into the voyage, a court hears, and the two that survived were the last loaded onto their converted refrigeration trailer. ...

A woman accused of murdering her daughter allegedly threw the little girl's belongings out and told people the toddler was living with an aunt before her remains were found near a weir, a court has heard.

A former Virginia police sergeant who joined Donald Trump's supporters in storming the US Capitol is sentenced to the equal-largest sentence given to someone involved in the insurrection.

While there is already plenty of controversy around World Cup 2022, the start of the Men's World Cup is to be brought forward by one day so that hosts Qatar can play the opening game, a change that comes three months before the sporting s...

Sydney Water is convicted for discharging hundreds of thousands of litres of untreated sewage into Prospect Creek in Western Sydney after an equipment failure.

The Bulldogs are over in New Zealand to face the Warriors before Parramatta and Souths face off in a game that will go a long way to deciding the final top-eight placings. Follow our ScoreCentre for all the live scores and stats.

A prominent Taliban cleric and supporter of women's education has been killed in an attack at a seminary in Kabul, according to officials and Taliban sources.

In paddocks, corn fields and village streets across Turkey's Konya plain, strange holes are appearing and swallowing up chunks of land in the nation's breadbasket. 

The union for retail workers is seeking at least $250 million compensation on behalf of more than 250,000 current and former McDonald's workers across Australia.

The creepy moth found in the throats of murder victims in The Silence of the Lambs is helping unlock the mysteries of long-haul migration.

South Korea's President, Yoon Suk-yeol, has pardoned Samsung Electronics vice-chairman Jay Y Lee on Friday, with the nation's Justice Ministry saying the business leader was needed to help overcome a "national economic crisis".