Police lay another two charges against the 21-year-old man accused of murdering West Australian schoolboy Cassius Turvey.

Elon Musk has formally completed his $US44 billion ($68 billion) acquisition of Twitter, immediately firing multiple top executives including CEO Parag Agrawal.

Horses set to race on Melbourne Cup day are stuck in Tasmania after the operator of the Spirit of Tasmania stops livestock freight in the wake of a devastating court decision.

A senior public servant says former prime minister Scott Morrison may have breached the principles of cabinet confidence when briefing journalists during the COVID pandemic.

The petrol price cycle means many motorists will be paying more at the bowser on Saturday and Sunday. It's been described as a cycle with "no rational explanation".

The first group of Australian women and children held in Syria is returning to Sydney after spending four years languishing in a detention camp. 

A juror, whose personal research ended the ACT Supreme Court trial of Bruce Lehrmann, had three academic papers about sexual assault in his possession in the jury room.

Experts say it's unclear what the hackers are after, but the intimacy of what has been stolen could undermine our trust in the health system. 

Former Northern Territory police officer Zachary Rolfe "didn't care about, or like Indigenous people", while his "unjustified" use of force incidents were "swept away" by superior officers, the Kumanjayi Walker inquest has been told. ...

A years-long battle over alleged sacred site damage at one of the most popular attractions in Kakadu National Park is set to reach the High Court.

The head of the Bureau of Meteorology has offered a "sincere apology" for "confusion or uncertainty" about its recent naming controversy. 

Evie has confronted a widespread and often unchallenged form of discrimination in Australia — weight stigma. And recent research says it's doing us harm.

A senior manager at Queensland's troubled state-run DNA testing laboratory breaks down in tears as she is repeatedly accused of lying to a commission of inquiry during day two of her evidence.

The 36-year-old woman, who can't be identified, searched Google for a range of methods including 'killing someone with an axe' before the attack in 2020, a Sydney court hears.

A Chinese comedian based in Sydney has become the latest target of Chinese nationalists' online trolling, after clips of her stand-up routine went viral in Australia. 

Authorities have issued a stark warning about the dangers of flash flooding in Melbourne streets as persistent rain continues across the city.

Trucking company boss Simiona Tutera is no longer facing manslaughter charges after one of his truck drivers killed four Victoria Police members in April 2020 while drug affected and sleep deprived.

While enduring its worst flood in a decade, properties in Moree were inundated, highways closed, cars and people were stranded and locals could not get to the other side of town.

Both Australia and England are fighting to keep their T20 World Cup campaigns alive in a critical pool match at the MCG. Follow all the action in our live blog.

Rescue operations are ongoing for people who are missing after flash floods and landslides swamped a southern Philippines province.

North Korea launches two ballistic missiles into the eastern area of the Sea of Japan, amid growing fears of potential nuclear tests. 

Aboriginal community leaders are penning an open letter to voice their frustration over the WA government and police response following the death of Indigenous schoolboy Cassius Turvey. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander reader...

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Mohamed Ibrahim can barely bring himself to recall his run-in with so-called Islamic State fighters — he's terrified about the prospect of their wives returning to Australia.

A staff member at a Tasmanian Marist Catholic school accused of sexually exploiting multiple students and young girls pleads guilty to a string of offences.