China has lodged a diplomatic protest after US President-elect Donald Trump broke with decades of diplomatic protocol by holding direct talks with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
Stalin, Churchill, Cicero, Harry Potter, Tintin and Awesome Man are on the reading lists of our federal politicians this summer – if they can find time between bingeing on The Crown, House of Cards and Shameless.
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The man with a house next to Arthurs Seat chairlift praises its replacement, the Eagle cable car.
The Turnbull government's $200m innovation fund is finally up and running.
The horrific head-on collision between a motorbike and a car that killed two men at Lane Cove in the early hours of Saturday morning has been caught on CCTV.
The police air wing and ground crews searched for boy who got lost in bushland on the outskirts of Ballarat on Saturday.
Australian diplomats are expected to lose some of their generous taxpayer-funded allowances under a review ordered by Julie Bishop.
Protesters have disrobed, partially, to push for the right to strip off completely on Queensland's famous beaches.
Judith Lucy returns to tell jokes at Woodford for the first time and to announce a tour for mid-2017 with good friend, Denise Scott.
When a man was bashed and died in his Maryborough church grounds in 2008, Catholic priest Father Paul Kelly could not simply stand by.
China's military needs to put more focus on technology rather than force of numbers, President Xi Jinping said.
Service aims to increase trade that is stymied because of tense political relations with Pakistan.
Three men have been arrested after a wild brawl in St Kilda on Saturday night.
When Jean-Claude Van Damme kickboxed his way down the main street of Broken Hill, he was potentially leading the way for rhinoceroses, cheetahs and lions to follow him to the NSW outback.
A frightening attack by a person in an ice rage has traumatised a Canberra mother.
Northern Territory police are searching for a man believed to have left an outback rest stop about 10 minutes before a French tourist was stabbed to death in front of his terrified wife.
US military veterans to meet with elders to determine how they can aide activists protesting a pipeline project near a Native American tribe's reservation.
Forecasters are expecting groundhog day on Sunday as inland centres top 40 degrees and afternoon storms wrack south-east Queensland again.
Victorians are preparing ahead of Sunday's forecast thunderstorms with pharmacies reporting a rush on asthma-related products.
A diplomatically explosive phone call between president-elect Donald Trump and the president of Taiwan risks provoking a cold war between the United States and China with potentially catastrophic economic and security implications for the region and the world, according to Bob Carr
Sydney's worsening affordable housing crisis has split its residents along generational lines, a new poll confirms.
Jakarta: Police have revealed multiple Indonesians were arrested in predawn raids on Friday to prevent opponents of Indonesian President Joko Widodo trying to manipulate a giant protest rally into toppling the government.
By stumbling into one of the world's most fraught diplomatic disputes Donald Trump has again demonstrated he either knows or cares little about his new job.
People have jumped on a statement I made during the week when I said, "I'm not sure sacking John Grant will solve the issue", as me being supportive of his recent actions and suggesting I think he should stay on as Australian Rugby League Commission chairman.
Experts warn an event similar to the deadly thunderstorm asthma in Victoria could happen in Canberra.
Just after 10.00 am am on Sunday morning, inside Victoria's oldest and busiest Catholic church, the congregation will hear something extraordinarily rare.
Indonesian airline Batik Air looks set to bring even more competition to the Perth-Bali holiday market later this month or in the new year.
Savas Guven is not his only name – and his alter ego has a very different life story.
Tim Cartwright to oversee operational review into Ambulance Victoria's response to outbreak in Melbourne and Geelong.
A caravan is the perfect gypsy home from which to explore Australia, writes Lynette Buckley.
'The Lakeside community is shocked and saddened by this tragic news – we all got up this morning excited about a weekend of basketball and this is something you would never expect to happen.'
A nine-year-old boy has reportedly died after collapsing from a suspected heart attack during at basketball match at Warwick.
He's the progressive premier whose reforms include same-sex adoption and putting safe access zones around abortion clinics. But this week, Daniel Andrews and his government will address what could arguably be their toughest social policy challenge yet: dying with dignity.
Visitors spent Saturday touring Canberra's renewable energy distributors and research facilities.
Three dead after two separate crashes in a tragic 24-hour period
Firefighters are battling a large fire at a factory in Dandenong South.
One specialist says many ACT homes could be at risk.
An upcoming exhibition by photographer Markus Andersen captures the many faces that make up Sydney.
A super cell storm is threatening Brisbane
Paula Heelan lives on station in Queensland and documents much of what her daily life normally entails.
Queensland has been hammered this week and it doesn't look like the weather is going to give us a break
Photos1440 showcases the work by Fairfax photojournalists in the spirit of the 'decisive moment'.
"It is the biggest single issue we have, 'Why can't I use my kid's paddle craft next to where I'm swimming?'"
China-backed Hong Kong leaders have widened their legal fight against the city's fledgling independence movement, targeting four more lawmakers over oaths taken at a Legislative Council swearing-in ceremony in October.
Why David Pocock earns the silly money in rugby, even on his year off.
A man killed in a fiery crash in Melbourne's north is the second person to die in less than a week as a result of suspected high-speed street racing.
New Cat Esava Ratugolea was excited about meeting Joel Selwood and Patrick Dangerfield in his first week at the club.
"Wanna occupy the school in protest against the reform?," asked a 16-year-old. A month later the uprising claimed 1000 high schools and 100 universities.
China's state-controlled media had spun Donald Trump as a businessman who could consider pragmatic trade-offs where an ideologically hawkish Hillary Clinton would not.
An Oklahoma appeals court has thrown out the life sentence given to a teenager who was convicted of fatally shooting an Australian baseball player three years ago.
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