A Sydney court hears Hillsong founder Brian Houston attempted to deal with sexual assault allegations against his father internally, rather than go to the police.

The hospital says there are 90 patients in the emergency department and it anticipates some children with less serious conditions could be waiting 12 hours this evening.

The two dogs thought to have mauled Mr Minion to death remain in the custody of Logan City Council while a multi-agency investigation into the attack continues. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is isolating at Kirribilli House in Sydney after testing positive for COVID-19 for a second time this year.

After thrilling the nation with their run to the round of 16 in Qatar, members of the Socceroos squad arrive on home soil to be greeted with an excited welcome.

A woman's body found in the water near a yacht club in South Fremantle is identified as a 25-year-old from the Perth suburb of Koongamia.

Mert Ney, 24 — who is known as Sydney's milk crate murderer — has allegedly been stabbed by another inmate in Goulburn's Supermax prison. 

Robbie Awad had been married to Marina Hanna for 10 days before the incident on Hamilton Island.

The Therapeutic Goods Administration has issued a warning about Melanotan-II, a substance being widely spruiked on social media platforms that promises to give users a tan without the sun — but can have serious side effects. 

Hobart man Nicolaas Ockert Bester appears in court over allegations he used a social media platform to menace former Australian of the Year Grace Tame.

Labor veterans Greg Combet and Lenda Oshalem have dissected Labor's federal election campaign, its policy offerings and results, coming up with 27 recommendations to establish "a long-term, progressive Labor government".

Farmers are furious the Bureau of Meteorology is quietly replacing expert forecasters on local radio, employing community information officers to instead provide the service. 

The Optus and Medibank hacks were a "wake-up call" for corporate Australia — now the government wants a cybersecurity boost for itself.

The remains of the last-known thylacine — thought lost for more than 85 years — were in a cupboard at a Tasmanian museum, researchers say, with their significance only now being realised.

Melbourne fruit seller Paul Virgona was shot seven times as he drove to work along the city's Eastlink Freeway in 2019.

New Zealand is launching a wide-ranging inquiry into whether it made the right decisions in battling COVID-19.

A bureaucrat who helped manage the Robodebt "crisis" in 2017 tells a royal commission it is "normal practice" for public servants to provide wording to independent statutory bodies investigating government programs. 

WARNING: Readers may find details in this story distressing. An 11-week-old baby known to South Australia's Department for Child Protection died in a squalid and overcrowded house littered with faeces and infested with cockroaches, where dr...

Authors of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament design say they went through their report with many parliamentarians and are disappointed by those who now argue it lacks detail.

Phil Edman is handed a suspended jail term and fined $12,000 for obstructing a secret corruption investigation into his misuse of his taxpayer-funded electoral allowance for travel and sex, as well as tipping off others about it.

Moama residents are turning on their household taps only to find dirty, brown-coloured water. And it's even getting into washing machines.

At the beginning of the year most were convinced inflation was a short-term reaction to the pandemic. Now it's proving to be far more persistent, writes business editor Ian Verrender.

A "gladiator pit", a "war zone", a "kindergarten for the adult prison" — these are just some of the ways Tasmania's only youth detention centre has been described. This is what it's like inside.

Most home owners who fixed their mortgages at record lows last year will soon see their loans revert to a variable rate. For some, it will mean their repayments will increase by thousands each month, leading to financial stress.

Cathy's home in South Australia usually sits 1 kilometre from the River Murray, but as daily flows across the border reach 1974 flood levels, the water is now lapping up to her property.