Aged care workers will get a pay rise of at least 15 per cent, with the Fair Work Commission ruling it is "plainly justified".

A former US fighter pilot detained in Australia under a veil of secrecy will "vigorously" fight his extradition to the United States, his lawyer says. 

The Reserve Bank expects a couple of tough years for Australians, with real wages continuing to fall as inflation persists, economic growth slows and unemployment starts to rise.

The ABC understands most Australian Twitter staff have been logged out of the company's system, with workers globally to find out whether they still have a job via email. 

Reinhardt (Ryan) Albert Bosch and Noemi Kondacs appeared in a Brisbane court on Friday, charged with murder and torture, after police found their seven-month-old boy dead in what they described as a "confronting" scene.

Australia is an outlier among like-minded countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union, all of which have imposed tough sanctions on Myanmar's military rulers since the coup on February 1 last year....

Larissa Hale — who runs a trailblazing network of Indigenous women rangers in Queensland — has been announced as the only Australian finalist in Prince William's Earthshot Prize, which aims to seek out cutting-edge solutions to save...

The number of new COVID-19 cases in SA has jumped by more than 1,000 over the past week, as experts warn another wave of infection is starting across the country. 

With 1,000 Forbes residents already inundated, the SES scrambles to alert more residents to impending risk as a river peak looms.

Newly uncovered records from Swinburne University of Technology indicate that the Charles Webb widely believed to be the Somerton Man enrolled there as a teenager in 1920.

Australia needs a win — and likely a boost in net run rate — against Afghanistan in order to reach the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup. Follow the action in our live blog.

In a statement on Friday afternoon the zoo said that a comprehensive report was still underway, but that it believed "fastenings of the mesh wire fence failed".

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek will reassess 18 major coal and gas project proposals following a legal application submitted by a Queensland conservation group.

The ATO is making director identification numbers mandatory, to crack down on "dummy directors" and the practice of "phoenixing". Ahead of a crucial deadline, 1.3 million people have not got one yet.

Twitter's blue-tick system began as a way to counter celebrity impersonators, but now the company's new owner wants people to pay. 

Sydney woman Gina Kennedy — who Googled "how to poison someone", before killing her partner with an axe, smoking a cigarette and catching a taxi to the police station — is jailed for 27 years.

Dani Laidley alleges photo shared among Victoria Police officers and to social media suggested she was a spectacle for identifying as a woman

Weeks out from the Victorian election, a photo of an armed officer talking to a mother and children has been used to attack the state's premier. But the photo is probably from Brazil.

The head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, Paul Symon, is about to step down from his job as the nation's top spy. In an exclusive interview with the ABC, he outlines his hopes, predictions and fears for coming years. 

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil accuses the opposition of hypocrisy over the repatriation of Australian women and children from Syrian detention camps.

The foster mother of William Tyrrell is found not guilty of lying to the NSW Crime Commission, and urges police to focus their efforts on looking for the missing boy.

Attorneys argue a punitive damages award, on top of the compensation already ordered, is the only way to "punish and deter this evil conduct". 

In 1857 a group of nature-loving colonialists formed the Acclimatisation Society and brought European animals into Australia. It didn't go as planned.

After losing millions of subscribers in the first half of 2022, Netflix's new subscription with advertisements launches today — ending the streaming giant's model of offering content without commercials.

This 80-metre-tall Tasmanian blue gum was discovered by giant-tree hunters in an area of forest slated for logging. So what is the future of the forest giant?