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Declared donations and payments to Australian political parties are about to top $1 billion, a new analysis of data shows, revealing the property industry has been the most generous since returns have been published.
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Dieter Pfennig will remain in a prison cell for the rest of his life after he was sentenced to 35 years without parole for the murder of 10-year-old Adelaide schoolgirl Louise Bell in 1983.
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As the Victorian Government considers recommendations to legalise assisted dying, one woman fights for her right to have a choice.
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Former treasurer Peter Costello criticises federal politicians for wasting so much time debating the backpacker tax and says "One Nation has now mainstreamed itself".
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A convicted criminal is on the run after ramming a police car in Craigmore, north of Adelaide, this afternoon.
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Two Singapore nationals face court after more than $520,000 in alleged crime proceeds is found in their luggage by a sniffer dog at Adelaide Airport.
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A possible new price on carbon is taken off the table by Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg, after a backlash from some government backbenchers.
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China calls on the United States not to let Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen transit there when she visits Guatemala next month, days after President-elect Donald Trump irked Beijing by speaking to Ms Tsai in a break with decades of precedent.
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Australia clinches the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy with a game to go, after a comprehensive 116-run win over New Zealand at Manuka Oval.
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The Victorian Government accepts a cross-party committee's recommendation to legalise assisted dying and looks set to hold a conscience vote on the issue next year.
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Western rules of evidence don't apply in Indonesia's opaque and confusing justice system, which doesn't bode will for Jakarta's Governor Ahok, writes ABC Indonesia correspondent Adam Harvey.
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Workers at some of Australia's biggest banks accuse the industry of having an aggressive sales culture which rewards bad behaviour and can have devastating consequences for consumers.
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Severe flooding due to heavy rain in southern Thailand kills 14 people, including five students, the Interior Ministry says.
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A Cambodian appeals court upholds the 23-year prison term Australian woman Yoshe Ann Taylor received for trying to smuggle heroin into Australia, as well as the sentences given to a Frenchwoman and Nigerian man.
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A global report on educational performance shows Australian 15-year-olds are getting worse at maths, science and reading.
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NBN customer David Sneddon sometimes has to go to extreme lengths — like putting his internet dongle up a tree — to get an internet connection at his home, located in one of the nation's first rollout areas.
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The NSW community of Collarenebri has been devastated by the deaths of three Indigenous members who died after drinking toxic moonshine — a substance secretly supplied by a local shop owner. Family members speak of their heartache for the first time.
