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US President-elect Donald Trump says he will nominate the retired Marine Corps General James "Mad Dog" Mattis to lead the Defence Department, raising questions about increased military influence in a job designed to ensure civilian control of the armed forces.
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A three-year-old boy was in the back of a car in the Perth suburb of East Victoria Park when it was stolen just before 2:00pm, police say.
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Singapore Airlines struggled to fill its planes in the first week it flew between Canberra and Wellington in New Zealand, data reveals.
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An Australian artist's chance encounter with a man outside a 7-Eleven store in the United States leads to him winning this year's Digital Portrait Award.
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Canberra man David Eastman loses a bid to stay his murder charge over the killing of Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Colin Winchester, and will face trial next year.
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Two Canberra men are found guilty of importing a marketable quantity of cocaine after the drug was intercepted in the mail, bound for one of the men's grandmother's address.
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Dozens of dancers, singers and actors will tonight perform in the opening night of All In, a variety show in Canberra which celebrates the talents of people with disabilities.
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Aaron Hyde says he was stripped naked and forced to spend long periods in isolation in the Northern Territory's Don Dale youth detention centre when he just a teenager, now his mother wants the royal commission to find out why.
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A mass rally against Jakarta's embattled Governor is underway in the Indonesian capital, with police announcing eight people have already been arrested for alleged treason and evil conspiracy.
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Former prime minister Kevin Rudd racked up nearly $2,300 in insurance bills after a string of accidents involving his taxpayer-funded private car, expense records reveal.
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British actor Andrew Sachs, best known for his role as bumbling Spanish waiter Manuel in the classic 1970s sitcom Fawlty Towers, has died at the age of 86.
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More than one million Android phone users around the world have had their devices hacked, in a global security breach that is still spreading.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull condemns pro-refugee protests at Parliament House as an appalling "denial of democracy" and an affront to the Australian people.
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The Coalition defends a last-minute deal with the Greens to secure the passing of the backpacker tax, insisting funding for conservation groups will be off-set in the budget.
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The International Monetary Fund says Australia should borrow more to boost infrastructure spending to protect against a global economic downturn, even if it means a slower reduction in the budget deficit.
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The South Australian Government has withdrawn its support of podium models at the Tour Down Under in the interests of changing the message the event sends to young women.
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The capital city of Denmark officially has more bikes than cars on its streets thanks to its efforts to encourage more people to cycle.
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The discovery of an enormous reservoir of ultra-cold gas, 100 billion times the mass of our Sun, in a distant galaxy reshapes our scientific understanding of how stars and galaxies formed in the early universe.
