Experts warn of another wave of COVID-19 infections in coming weeks, as case numbers rise and new variants circulate.

The cost of negative gearing is set to more than triple as interest rates rise and, with it, the capital gains tax discount is expected to cost the federal budget more than $20 billion a year within a decade.

Higher River Murray flows into South Australia are now expected to last well into January, prompting warnings to shack owners to begin sandbagging, and to summer holiday revellers about increased water risks.

Police say the 33-year-old man and 22-year-old woman were known to the child.

The Queensland government is vowing to crack down on rogue operators in the taxi and rideshare industries amid reports of threats and price gouging.

Zachary Alan Struhs was the 12th and youngest of 14 members of a fringe religious group known as "the Church" committed to stand trial for the girl's murder. 

Constable Zachary Rolfe would have "unlikely" been hired by the Northern Territory Police Force if "omissions" from his application were known, the Kumanjayi Walker inquest has been told.

The telecommunications giant previously promised to cover the cost for Australians who chose to replace their passports, however, until now, it had not made the same pledge to foreign passport holders.

Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth says it's time to "stop shying away" from evidence that shows men are overwhelmingly the perpetrators of domestic, family, and sexual violence.

A detective tells a Sydney court he has formed the belief William Tyrrell's foster mother knows where the missing boy is. The 57-year-old cannot be identified for legal reasons.

In a wide-ranging speech to the National Security College, the director-general of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service reveals how the agency is becoming more prominent in the Five Eyes group as Beijing's actions become a key concern...

A body has been found by police searching for two men missing in floodwaters on the Southern Tablelands, as 1,000 people told to evacuate homes near Forbes. 

Zoe Goss put her name in lights and took a giant step forward for the women's game when she dismissed Brian Lara back in 1994, but the WACA's decision to honour her legacy has received some pushback.

One of four men accused of fatally bashing 24-year-old Victor Codea in an Adelaide High School car park in 2020 was a "bully boy" but not "somebody who has murder on his mind", his lawyer tells South Australia's Supreme Court.

Blake Cavanough was found sitting in a cafe 16 hours after walking a considerable distance during the night.

The federal government has sought an explanation from government-owned businesses about executive salaries and bonuses worth tens of millions of dollars.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg issues a warning to Australians relying on politicians to deliver the actions required to save the planet.

Most certified "home-compostable" plastics do not fully break down in home compost bins, a citizen science project finds.

The war in Ukraine has prompted an unprecedented consular response from the Australian government, capping an immense workload for diplomatic officials dominated by health and geopolitical crises.

In the wake of Russia's retreat from eastern Ukraine, survivors are sharing their stories and the horrors of life under occupation are being revealed.

Glaciers in Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Dolomites and Mount Kilimanjaro will melt by 2050. More will almost entirely disappear by 2100 unless the world drastically reduces carbon emissions, the agency says. 

South Korean and Japanese officials say an intercontinental ballistic missile may have been among the latest round of weapons launched from North Korea. 

Vets urge owners to keep tick preventatives at hand as there are a few weeks' delays before antiserum is stocked up.

Thirty-two per cent of Australian public companies paid no tax in 2020-21, according to ATO data, although the tax office says most have legitimate reasons for not doing so.

Hundreds of items retrieved after South Korea's deadly Halloween party crush have been laid out in a huge lost-and-found for survivors and relatives to collect.