Anthony Albanese asks his department to investigate claims former PM Scott Morrison appointed himself to several ministries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

There's a school of thought that suggests Scott Morrison had no need for a cabinet room, let alone ministers to sit at the table alongside him, writes political correspondent Brett Worthington. 

Andrew Duggan says "the good times for landlords are over" and he's considering selling up and getting out of the property game.

Tributes are being paid to a Sydney hairdresser believed to be an innocent party caught up in a targeted shooting in the city's south-west at the weekend.

Australia's inflation rate is the highest it's been in 21 years and we're not the only country feeling the sting of rising costs. 

A coronial inquest opens on the fifth anniversary of the death of pregnant Melbourne mother Annie O'Brien, who was misdiagnosed with gastroenteritis before a stillbirth and multiple organ failure.

After five years of ongoing health issues, doctors discovered a plastic flower lodged in the throat of eight-year-old Marley. 

An Adelaide magistrate commits a man to stand trial in the District Court for the attempted rape of a 13-year-old schoolgirl, after he told staff at the secure mental health facility where he is staying that he did not want to appear in cou...

Queenslanders are being warned to expect spring and summer conditions similar to the La Niña event that brought widespread flooding to parts of the state in February.

Governor-General David Hurley has confirmed that former prime minister Scott Morrison was appointed to additional portfolios during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's what we know.

A private members bill on the Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation, making it easier for doctors to access people restricted to their homes due to ill health, is unlikely to be reviewed until after the Victorian election.

North Korea has recognised two Russian-backed breakaway 'People's Republics' in eastern Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.

Marshall Napier's daughter Jessica says her father died "peacefully and surrounded by family". 

Even energy-conscious consumers who have reduced their power usage are being slugged with higher bills thanks to rising fixed daily charges.

An amateur photographer says she is "stoked" after capturing a stunning picture of a whale breaching next to a boat off Coffs Harbour in New South Wales.

Anne Heche dies after being declared brain dead but kept on life support while being assessed for potential organ donation.

The struggling Essendon AFL club keeps coach Ben Rutten in place for now despite an 84-point defeat to Port Adelaide, however president Paul Brasher quits his role as pressure rises at the Bombers.

An Adelaide prisoner who has spent more than a decade in jail for the execution-style murder of his uncle has launched a fresh bid for freedom after the apparent deathbed confessions to the crime by another man.

A woman charged with child abduction in relation to the disappearance of five-year-old Darwin girl Grace Hughes has faced court. 

Iran, the country from which a fatwa against author Salman Rushdie was announced, denies it had anything to do with the attack that left the writer in hospital.

The Indian-born author is best known for his controversial novel The Satanic Verses and fury around the book made him a pop culture figure. 

Over a period of two months, I followed a group of women crossbenchers who have transformed the political landscape and are not afraid to speak their mind, writes Louise Milligan.

International Somerton Man sleuthing efforts have uncovered a photo of a junior football team from 1921 that could potentially contain an image of the mystery figure when he was just a boy, but the hypothesis remains far from certain.

San Francisco is testing new garbage bin designs to help clean up its streets — and they're not cheap.

Wake up, eat, go to work, come home, eat, sleep, repeat. There's more to life than the 9-to-5 routine, some Gen Zs and Millennials say.