Rajwinder Singh is arrested in India over the alleged murder of Cairns woman Toyah Cordingley in October 2018.

Virginia Bell's recommendations are so innocuous its little wonder Morrison's replacement, Labor's Anthony Albanese, was quick to declare he wanted them implemented in full, writes Brett Worthington. 

The findings from the investigation into Scott Morrison's self-appointment to secret ministries have been released. Here are some of the key takeaways. 

A flashy Australian finance company that sponsored English football team Sheffield United is under intense scrutiny by liquidators over hundreds of millions of dollars in funds investors claim they are owed.

A year-long study of the drainage system under the colosseum has unearthed fragments of the bones of bears and big cats. 

A Wheatbelt council decides against selling a painting it was gifted by convicted paedophile Rolf Harris. 

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts has suggested a "staggering decline" in births in data from the ABS is linked to COVID-19 vaccines. Is that correct?

Police allege a 22-year-old dressed in body armour burst into the nightclub with a rifle and a handgun. But local activists say the alleged assailant clearly misjudged their intended victims.

The Russian-speaking activist group Svoboda Alliance spotlighted the intelligence connections of Russian embassy staff and mocked their practices in protest against the war in Ukraine. Now it's been listed by Russia as an "undesirable" or "e...

 Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says the state achieved its best ambulance response times in its history "just weeks" before the pandemic. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

A 49-year-old woman is sentenced to two-and-half years jail for letting her dog starve to death, with the court hearing she chose to buy cigarettes over dog food. 

With Brazilian superstar Neymar struggling through injury, Richarlison stepped up with two goals, including a spectacular acrobatic effort in his first World Cup game.

The federal Greens leader meets with police to discuss Senator Lidia Thorpe's undisclosed relationship with a former outlaw motorcycle gang boss, as a department review continues into complaints the senator was often absent from work and unc...

An inquiry into former prime minister Scott Morrison's secret move to appoint himself joint control over several ministries during the COVID-19 pandemic has been released.

The Queensland Land Court rules human rights would be unjustifiably limited by a proposal to dig the state's largest coal mine in the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland.

Whether you're camping, going to the beach, house-boating or four-wheel driving, summer is going to be wet and cool for some states and territories and hot and sunny for others.

More than 1,000 Qantas domestic flight attendants vote in favour of strike action after being asked to work longer shifts and have shorter break times. 

One of Asia's most senior Roman Catholic clerics, Cardinal Joseph Zen, has been found guilty of failing to register a now-disbanded fund for pro-democracy protesters. 

The British government instructs its departments to stop installing Chinese-linked surveillance cameras at sensitive buildings, on account of security risks.

Ninety per cent of people who believe they are allergic to penicillin do not, in fact, have the allergy, hospital researchers say.

Australia's favourite cattle dog — towering four storeys high and stretching as wide as seven taxi cabs— joins the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, which has ushered in the holiday season for almost a century

On its final day of public hearings, the Commission of Inquiry into forensic DNA testing in Queensland hears thousands of crime scene samples were not progressed for testing after a controversial 2018 change.

Retired commander David Proctor told the Northern Territory coroner he believes police officers with a military background could be more comfortable using force while carrying out their duties.

As rescue teams continue to clear debris and retrieve the bodies of victims, Friday prayers are held outside a damaged mosque, with the congregation warned to be wary of aftershocks.

The unfunded, 60-kilometre route would connect Brisbane's north to the Sunshine Coast through rural Moreton Bay, but residents say the route is not right.