A senior emergency room doctor breaks down as he addresses Aishwarya Aswath's parents directly during his testimony at an inquest into the seven-year-old's death at Perth Children's Hospital

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reaffirms his party's commitment to keep stage 3 tax cuts for high income earners, despite growing calls for them to be delayed or scrapped.

The Indonesian fishing camp on the northern WA coast has sparked concerns about how the crew was able to come and go undetected by the Australian Border Force.

Authorities were alerted when the Cessna failed to land at Brisbane's Archerfield airport earlier on Monday afternoon. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has launched an investigation. 

Novice investors were convinced to place their hard-earned money in Greywolf, assured of life-changing riches. Instead, they became part of a trail of financial destruction.

Six-year-old Eugene Mahauariki was thrown from a ride at an Easter carnival in Victoria's south in 2017 and died in hospital several days later.

A group of Australians are stranded at Narita airport in Tokyo "without food or water", unable to leave due to Japan's strict COVID controls, after Jetstar cancelled their connecting flight from Finland to Australia.

A survey finds two-thirds of Tasmania's parliamentary and ministerial staff have witnessed discrimination, sexual harassment and bullying in the workplace, with MPs and managers the worst offenders.

Despite a consistent record of alienating all three key elements of the business he heads, Qantas boss Alan Joyce somehow has remained at the controls of the airline for the best part of a decade and a half, writes Ian Verrender.

Emergency services were called to the high school in the NSW Central West this afternoon following reports a 16-year-old girl had been wounded.

If the fuel excise cut is not extended, average petrol prices in Australia will almost certainly return to the above $2 territory by early October. But a different solution is needed, writes Vlado Vivoda. 

Christie Lee Kennedy pleaded not guilty to unlawfully striking the pair after discovering they were having an affair in March last year.

The government initiative will make placements more affordable for students like Sophie, who faced $5,000 in costs for a nine-week placement.

Thomas Rickard left a message threatening to kill the wife of ABC journalist Mark Willacy after he uncovered war crimes allegations.

The state's homicide squad boss says using beanbag rounds to shoot out the windows of the car of an alleged murderer in Sydney's eastern suburbs was "proportionate" as they believed he could be armed.

A coronial hearing is told that Travis Cashmore told police he would "take care" of one of the two men he killed before taking his own life in south-west Victoria earlier this year.

The escalating rhetoric and posturing between China and the United States is concealing a crucial defence contest deep within the oceans — one Australia has a stake in, writes John Lyons.

An investigation into a plane crash that killed three US firefighters in January 2020 finds both the aviation company and the NSW Rural Fire Service should have had better safety policies in place. 

Unlike others in the park, Lee-Anne Gray has the relative luxury of a rented caravan. She doesn't know where she'll end up now that the council has moved to evict those doing it tough during the housing crisis.

Zac says he got an apprenticeship as the best way to learn a skill and land a secure job, but he is one of the 45 per cent of apprentices who have dropped out.

Police say the theft of jewellery and other personal belongings from the house of Susan Duffy after her death has made a distressing situation for the family even worse.

The accused is facing more than 50 charges in total, including an additional 30 counts of sexual assault. Police say the charges relate to four young men.

Australian-based head offices are swept up in two industrial disputes in New Zealand, one of which could lead to a toilet paper shortage.

John Farnham's family says the 73-year-old singer is awake and stable in intensive care after cancer surgery last week. 

The MTV VMAs brought its fair share of the show-stopping shock value you'd expect (like a weird flying Johnny Depp cameo). Here are the winners and who wore what.