Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe is facing an internal investigation and the prospect of parliamentary censure, following revelations she failed to disclose a relationship with a former bikie boss. 

The jury is continuing their deliberations for the second day in the trial of Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of raping his former colleague Brittany Higgins in 2019.

Heavy rain is set to lash parts of Queensland this weekend as the Bureau of Meteorology issues several flash flooding and severe thunderstorm warnings for the south-east corner.

Emergency authorities now say the Murray River could peak at Echuca as early as Sunday, with the river to rise to major flood level on Saturday.

Whether it was sexism that brought her down, her inexperience and overconfidence, her party's unravelling, or a combination of all three, Liz Truss plunged over the glass cliff with breathtaking speed. 

Despite being mostly eradicated from first world countries, rheumatic heart disease continues to plague remote Australian populations, but a study led by Aboriginal community workers is having a positive impact.

Her name is Capree Eve and she hails from near Bathurst. And she has just sold for an eye-watering sum at auction.

They may have a "toenail like a can-opener" that can kill foxes, but these pet emus also love a cuddle and a selfie.

The father of a teenage boy killed after a prolonged and brutal assault tells a court his life was on the up before his murder over "trivial reasons".

The WA government is warned it risks being found in contempt of court for continuing to house juvenile detainees in an adult prison, with a senior Perth judge describing what's happening as 'barbaric", "cruel" and "a form of child abuse". ...

Commissioner Walter Sofronoff KC said the lab was run like a production line where DNA analysts would process a sample without knowing whether it was blood, semen or saliva.

A man charged with murdering his wife has been accused of being violent to two former partners in court. 

US Senator Lindsey Graham must testify before a special grand jury investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia.

More than 65 per cent of Boomers owned their own homes when they were aged 25-39, compared to just 54 per cent of Millennials now.

A group of West Australian women come forward with complaints about obstetrician gynaecologist George Campbell du Toit, who is at the centre of a storm in two states about his competency as a surgeon.

Ingenia Communities has informed Nambucca Valley Council of its plans to withdraw the proposal for an over-55s "lifestyle community" at Scotts Head.

For decades, anonymous sperm donation has existed in a legal grey zone in Japan, with no law explicitly prohibiting it, but no framework to govern it either.

Police allege he made online threats to kill a member of the Australian senate on social media in September and October of this year.

Despite a claim that has gone viral, Pfizer never said that pre-market trials of its COVID-19 vaccine tested for its effect on transmission of the virus.

Netflix has dropped a trailer for The Crown's controversial season 5 and it foreshadows the fate of Princess Diana. Here's what the trailer tells us to expect. 

Two-time champions West Indies crash out of the Twenty20 World Cup before the 12-team main event after being humbled by Ireland in Hobart.

A grieving mother tells an inquest into her son's 2019 death that manufacturers of aerosol products have a duty of care to prevent further loss of life.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he is 'concerned' about delays to the Australia-UK free trade agreement following UK Prime Minister Liz Truss's resignation. 

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers says widespread flooding across some of Australia's most productive agricultural land will push up the prices of fresh produce.

A dog handler who was in Yuendumu on the night Kumanjayi Walker was shot has told the Northern Territory coroner he can't remember what was said when the body-worn camera was turned off.