Australia

There are concerns about the number of Australian stroke patients travelling overseas for stem cell therapies, many of which are untested and potentially unsafe.

Barnaby Joyce calls for more relaxed restrictions on the controversial Adler shotgun than most states and territories are willing to consider.

Hepatitis C medications approved in March this year have already topped the list of Australia's most expensive drugs, costing the taxpayer $1 billion.

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Axing the Green Army will "hardly be a smart move for a centre-right government", Tony Abbott says.

These are the five things you need to know about the debate over carbon pricing.

Dozens of Australia's top legal minds gather to farewell Chief Justice of the High Court Robert French.

Travis Head says Steve Smith's stunning century against New Zealand has injected much confidence in the Australia batting line-up ahead of the final two Chappell-Hadlee Trophy fixtures.

Signs featuring the faces of former ACT election candidates will soon be put underground to help wombats overcome disease.

It was a "mammoth task" to narrow down the suspect list for the 1980s shooting and bombing attacks at the Sydney Family Law Court.

Trampolines fly into powerlines and a lightning strike reportedly causes a house fire as a severe thunderstorm tracks from Sydney along the coast up to northern NSW.

Australian teenagers believe mental health is one of the top three issues facing the nation, according to a new survey.

NT Labor is proud of being "excitingly boring" in government, the Chief Minister says.

A new campaign is encouraging Territorians to get sexual health checks every season.

Managers from the NT Department of Corrections knew there were serious problems at the Don Dale and Alice Springs youth detention centres, but they did nothing to fix the issues, a royal commission is told.

A gay teenager broke down in tears the day before his suicide and told a friend he was afraid of returning to school.

With approval granted for a permanent rail line and a temporary construction camp, the much-touted and often doubted Carmichael coal mine takes a big step closer to reality.

Queensland's agriculture and tourism sectors say Australia's Great Barrier Reef progress report to UNESCO could make or break their industries.

A former Adelaide gymnastics coach convicted of child sex offences avoids jail, with the judge ruling it is unlikely the man will offend again.

Those who blamed last week's blackout in SA on renewable energy are dead wrong, but the state's renewable-heavy power mix is still posing problems.

Tasmania Fire Service creates a story map to engage youth in the 1967 bushfires that killed 62 people.

'Nothing about us, without us' is the catch phrase for a website designed for people with disabilities to connect and share their experiences.

Up to $14 million will be made available to help Tasmania recover from the devastating June floods.

Stressed Christmas shoppers are told to 'check their language and their temper' as an online survey finds 44 per cent of retail workers had been verbally or physically abused.

One of the most influential women in the AFL, Susan Alberti, is stepping down as vice-president of reigning premiers the Western Bulldogs.

A court hears the Melbourne man accused of stabbing a French tourist to death in the Northern Territory has "severe" schizophrenia and has been self-harming in custody.

Builders could be banned from WA state projects if they do not comply with a new code of conduct.

A transgender sex worker, accused of infecting a client with HIV has been granted bail while she awaits trial in Perth.

A Canadian-based environmental firm says it has a solution to Port Hedland's dust problems and plans to launch a trial within months.