Vigils have been organised in all Australian states to mark the death of Indigenous teenager Cassius Turvey, who died after allegedly being attacked while walking after school.

Soaring production from households with solar has sent records tumbling across Australia as output from fossil fuels falls to all-time lows.  

The latest rate hike by the Reserve Bank of Australia means mortgage borrowers have been pushed to the limits — and beyond — of their "stress test" buffer.

The inquiry was shown emails between the lawyers within the Social Services Department in 2015 relating to a draft brief being prepared for Mr Morrison.

A taxi service providing vital transport for people who use wheelchairs in regional Victoria is "not economically viable" and is calling for state government intervention.

A family has described the moment they were run down to a safe zone after five lions escaped their enclosure at Sydney's Taronga Zoo. 

Taronga Zoo has blamed a fence issue after five lions are found outside their enclosure in an "emergency situation" that saw staff moved to safe zones before the animals were recaptured and one cub was tranquillised.

Australia donates rifles and police vehicles to the Royal Solomon Islands Police Forces ahead of the Pacific Games, but the country's opposition leader criticised the donation, saying Australia did it to stop China's influence. 

A flurry of banks have passed on interest rate rises to borrowers after the Reserve Bank increased the cash rate by 0.25 percentage points on Tuesday.

The ABC is given a rare look inside Ukraine's central prisoner of war camp, where Russia's hapless soldiers are stuck in an eerie half-world between the war's living and its dead.

Former Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson says he is looking forward to the chance to contribute to the Hawks cultural safety review and defend himself — but in the meantime he is getting on with his new role as North Melbourne coach. ...

With one round of games to go in Australia's group at the T20 World Cup, the host nation has a task ahead — but five teams still have a mathematic possibility to make the last four. Check out the Group 1 permutations here. 

A growing resistance to sponsorship dollars from bookmakers is highlighting a growing tension within Australian sport about the normalisation of wagering.

Online betting companies will have to ditch the tagline "gamble responsibly" next year under new rules. What are the new taglines and are they enough?

John Gorman is probably the most famous Australian you've never heard of. His groundbreaking medical research to treat a blood disease has saved millions of babies' lives around the world and it wouldn't have happened if not for an ice box,...

Former and current members of an isolated Christian community in New Zealand are speaking out.

A 20-year-old man — whose father is facing multiple charges over the fatal incident — has been refused bail after being charged with commercial drug importation.

A US woman who led an all-female Islamic State battalion in Syria is sentenced to 20 years in prison after her own children denounce her in court and detail the abuse she heaped on them.

Four financial counsellors offer useful, practical tips — to help those of us struggling with the rising cost of living — to keep our heads above water. 

The remarkable survival story of how Ettie Darlington raised six children alone after losing their father in the outback is a snapshot of another time. Now, four of her children are reflecting on their mother's life and legacy.

The missile is one of three short-range ballistic missiles fired from the North Korean coastal area of Wonsan into the sea, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Residents in Wagga Wagga and Forbes are being ordered to leave their homes.

Terrifying flash floods have ripped out trees, smashed cars into bridges and washed away furniture in the NSW Riverina and Southern Tablelands — leaving businesses and residents to clean up the mess.

In The Successor, Paddy Manning tells the intriguing story of a man who at once is one of the world's most prominent media barons, but who also actively shuns the spotlight.

Luckily, Earthlings, the chance of a collision is tiny because Earth will be on the opposite side of the Sun when 22AP7 is predicted to enter the planet's orbit.