The nation's second law officer finds former prime minister Scott Morrison was validly appointed to the resources portfolio but not notifying ministers, parliament or the public "fundamentally undermined" the principles of responsible gove...

The solicitor-general could have answered the Prime Minister with one word. That he went so much further in rebuking Scott Morrison's secret ministries is an indication of just how uncharted the waters are in which the government has found...

A former detainee of Tasmania's youth detention centre tells an inquiry he was bribed by the current centre manager to say nice things about the facility — while the centre's manager says he was greeted with a "voodoo doll with pins throu...

The man was working as a contact tracer when he gained access to the woman's personal information and told her he had to conduct a home visit to ensure she was complying with isolation requirements.

An inclusive morning tea event banned by former defence minister Peter Dutton for being part of a 'woke agenda' is back on the menu, after the new minister orders the ban to be scrapped.

The demise of Australia's construction industry was caused by speculation and greed, major developers argue, with more builders tipped to collapse over the next 18 months, leaving consumers in significant trouble.

Anthony Albanese says the advice was a "very clear criticism" of the implications for Australia's parliamentary democracy. Here's what the advice said, and what happens next.

So what triggered the change, what do all of the new numbers mean, and how does this compare to the rest of the world?  

Some Australians are waiting longer than ever to see their GP, and one state has come up with a possible solution that would allow pharmacists to take over some of the doctors' prescription work. But a trial that was due to begin in June has...

Darshan Arora, 66, ends up in intensive care after staff at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth allegedly overdose him on blood pressure medication, prompting a high-level investigation to be ordered.

Rick Thorburn, who was convicted of killing Queensland schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer, has been found unresponsive in his Brisbane jail cell.

A jury hearing new evidence in a retrial from a witness claiming a woman expressed doubt about whether she had been raped at a party in western Victoria finds the two men guilty of the attack.

In a court filing where he's repeatedly referred to as 'president', Donald Trump says he wants a special master appointed to review material seized from his home by the FBI — and that investigations should pause until that happens.

Greg Lynn has been charged with the murders of Russell Hill and Carol Clay, who vanished from their campsite in Victoria's high country in March 2020.

Some high-risk gamblers were "actively encouraged" – and even incentivised – to travel to Queensland to gamble at Star Entertainment Group's casinos even though "red flags" should have seen them banned, an inquiry hears.

The boy was taken to Yarrabah Hospital on August 16 with life-threatening injuries then flown to Townsville for treatment, but died yesterday.

Mitchell Laidlaw is sentenced by the ACT Supreme Court to a two year and three month prison sentence, but will only spend three months there before serving the rest with a good behaviour order.

Taken on the James Webb Space Telescope, the pictures capture Jupiter's northern and southern lights.

Space experts say more pieces of space junk, belonging to the SpaceX Dragon aircraft, could still be found.

Thousands of Chinese tourists are stranded in Tibet as the region suffers a spike in coronavirus cases and provinces impose restrictions on travel from the area.

Censors alter the ending of the recent animated film Minions: The Rise of Gru for its domestic release in China — sending one character to jail and the other back to his family.

Polio cases originating from mutated virus used in oral vaccines are a new challenge, health experts say.

Just days before the six-month mark of the invasion of Ukraine, a car bomb attack in a wealthy Moscow suburb killed the daughter of one of Vladimir Putin's allies and puzzled observers. So how could it change the war?

The two Sydney sisters were looking through their late father's papers when they uncovered his hidden life. It made them see him very differently.

Emotion is the lifeblood of sport, but when it bubbles over as it did with Anthony Joshua after his split decision defeat to Oleksandr Usyk, there's truly nowhere to hide.