Authorities confirm that the 23-year-old Australian woman was working as a film production assistant at the time.

The Department of Defence is continuing to examine personnel data from 2018, which could have been compromised as part of a hack on an external information technology provider.

Cathie Allen is asked if it was "acceptable management practice to be asking your senior managers to speculate as to which scientists on the staff are thinking about getting pregnant?"

In her first interview as US ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy says she's honoured to serve in the role.

The mother of Cassius Turvey calls for calm ahead of nationwide vigils planned in the wake of the Aboriginal teenager's death. 

Netball Australia has managed to secure a major sponsorship deal with a tourism company backed by state government funding just over a week after Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting pulled its support. So what does this mean for the sport? ...

As students at a religious school, they thought they were the only ones battling the shame of being queer. But when they came out they sparked a political firestorm.

Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine left dozens of countries teetering on the edge of famine. Now Russia has been accused of "blackmailing the world with hunger" by ending Russia's ceasefire. 

After four-and-a-half hours of deliberation, the jury has returned a guilty verdict in the Bowie murder trial in the New South Wales Supreme Court.

Australia must beat Ireland at the Gabba to have any chance of progressing at the T20 Cricket World Cup. Follow live.

Royal Australian Air Force personnel will be allowed to have facial hair from November 1. 

The warning was revealed in the first day of the royal commission hearings being held into the controversial scheme, which ran from 2016 to 2019 and involved recovering debts from welfare recipients.

Modern pentathlon is the only sport specifically designed for the Olympics, but it has been left off the program for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles and an attempt by the sport's governing body to move away from show jumping — after accusat...

A police officer who chose not to tell the Yuendumu community Kumanjayi Walker had died has defended his decision, saying he used "calculated deception" due to a fear of "cultural payback".

Smoke is seen rising above Kyiv after a series of explosions, causing electricity and mobile phone network outages, as other cities report suffering damage to "critical infrastructure". 

More than 150 people were crushed to death, trapped in a narrow Seoul alley for more than an hour. Here's what we know about how the tragedy unfolded.

High-profile Americans have condemned a violent attack on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, but Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, took a different approach in a now-deleted tweet.

Iranians living in regional Australia are exercising their freedom to protest and condemning their own country over its violent crackdown on similar events. 

This month was the wettest October on record for New South Wales and the Murray-Darling Basin, while a South Australian town had its wettest month on record, with data going back to 1892.

A Four Corners investigation can reveal the US Air Force is planning to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to Tindal air base near Darwin, as fears grow that China is preparing for an assault on Taiwan. 

Oodnadatta locals are without power and are dealing with the clean-up after winds of almost 140 kilometres per hour tore through the South Australian outback town yesterday.

IUDs are one of the most effective forms of contraception, but for some women getting one inserted can be excruciating. Here's why — and what can be done to make it less painful.

A Tasmania Police officer is charged with two counts of causing death by negligent driving — as well as driving while disqualified — following a crash in which a mother and son died and two others were injured.

Traffic congestion is a growing frustration in Melbourne's booming outer suburbs, where experts say growth is far outpacing infrastructure. Pollsters say voters in the outer suburbs feel neglected because of a lack of services, an issue tha...

A local GP says it was the experience of a lifetime to help care for the baby gorilla at Mogo Wildlife Park, while a paediatrician says the team used the same parameters as they would on a human baby.