A million people have signed an online petition calling for Donald Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom be called off because of his "misogyny and vulgarity" which the petition claims would cause "embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen"
President Trump's shake-up of the National Security Council ensures the immigration executive order won't be the last bad foreign policy decision of this administration.
The heartbroken parents of baby Zachary Bryant, the youngest victim of Melbourne's Bourke Street rampage, say life without their little boy "isn't getting any easier".
Byron Bay murder suspect Sara Connor has admitted she and her boyfriend burned their clothes after learning her identity cards had been found near a dead police officer because they "panicked".
Property developer Ronald Edward Medich has pleaded not guilty on the opening day of what is expected to be a three-month long trial.
Banned asbestos and other dangerous building products are slipping through Australian border protections, a senate inquiry has heard.
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Get your booklights out, The Daughters of Henry Wong is the fourth literary offering from Harrison Young.
The family home has eclipsed superannuation as Australia's biggest tax break.
A former investment banker who released 'fake news' to the stock market about a $100 million line of credit has been sentenced to one year in jail.
A sixth victim of Melbourne's Bourke Street tragedy has died in hospital, 10 days after the attack.
The AFL has secretly trialled the use of zones in a clandestine joint venture with St Kilda which took place last week at Seaford.
New laws designed to force companies to remove offensive advertising and slogans from vehicle do not go far enough, advocates have argued.
Seven youths remain on the roof of the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre after a group climbed up earlier in the day.
A fourth Queensland LNP member has quit the party to join one nation.
Dustin Martin's management will meet with Richmond on Tuesday to discuss the future of the gun midfielder.
Babies vaccinated for hepatitis B at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital may have been given an ineffective dose, after a fridge used to store the vaccines was too warm.
Police are investigating a disturbance at Armadale court house on Monday during which a man in custody jumped over the dock.
But Tanya Davies says she will ''govern for all women''.
The Giants launched their football and netball seasons on Monday night ahead of this weekend's AFL women's opener.
Titans coach Neil Henry will unleash Hayne in the two-day tournament in Auckland but said his prized addition had tailored his pre-season to ensure he was firing for round one in March.
Greater Western Sydney star Shane Mumford will spend a month of the AFL pre-season on the sidelines after undergoing elbow surgery.
Firefighters are on the scene of an out of control grass fire burning in Latham district park.
WA Police are questioning a man after an alleged assault on a security guard at the Roe 8 road project site in Coolbellup.
The Australian Federal Police will be able to track the movement of suspects on Canberra's light rail system without a warrant in the same way investigators currently do with ACT buses.
Queensland's airports – mainly the Gold Coast, Brisbane and Cairns - are showing big jumps in international tourists from Asia and China, the latest figures reveal.
On Monday, more than 113 years since the first chief justice of the High Court was sworn in and 30 years after the first woman sat on its bench, Justice Kiefel was sworn in as the court's first female chief justice.
That Mark Evans' name continues to headline speculation regarding the next chief executive of the Hawthorn Football Club spells good news for the Hawks.
Firefighters tackled 36 fires across the state as the mercury soared to almost 43 degrees in Victoria's north on Monday
Canberra's Mount Ainslie lookout features in a new Qantas safety video that will be shown to tourists across the globe.
The AFLW season is set to commence without clubs knowing the rules surrounding post-season list management.
The Left Renewal faction stirring fierce division inside the Greens party met in Canberra at the Australian National University on Sunday night, with no policy platform emerging and attendees at loggerheads on several issues with one Greens member describing the movement as "a flash in the pan".
In a small potential shift in policy, the ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has not ruled out eventually introducing pill testing facilities in Canberra as the Greens called for the introduction of facilities to curb overdoses and raise drug awareness.
An Iranian-Australian dual national, Shadi Sherafat was hard at work in America. But now her life has been turned upside down.
New government ministers were sworn in at a ceremony in Sydney on Monday, including plenty of "new blood".
Football and musical theatre may not seem a likely pairing, but a new musical about State of Origin has high hopes of changing all that.
In a blue pin-striped suit, with a designer briefcase at his feet, Salim Mehajer feverishly wrote in a notepad, tore the pages out, and gave them to his lawyer.
He has barely put his feet behind the desk but the state's new Attorney-General, Mark Speakman, is already enjoying a victory of sorts.
One in 20 new teachers registered to teach in Victorian classrooms have not passed a compulsory test that measures basic literacy and numeracy skills.
Tear gas could be used to quell unrest at Victorian youth detention centres, outraging human rights experts.
The world's top women rugby players are used to playing on the 'back fields', but Australian coach Tim Walsh says that needs to change.
Handing down findings into the 2011 death of baby Emma Folwell Kuno, the coroner found problems with communication and collaboration between medical staff, leading up to the birth.
A 32-year-old mother has died after becoming trapped under her own car in Craigieburn, in Melbourne's north.
Most Australian fund managers are bullish on commodity prices, and significantly increased their exposure to the materials sector in December.
Julie Bishop wants Australia to be given the same special treatment extended to Canada and the United Kingdom.
Four girls have been taken to hospital after they were hit by a falling tree branch at a high school in Sydney's south.
"It's not my job as Prime Minister of Australia to run a commentary on the domestic policies of other countries".
Caroline Le Couteur says earlier planning report looks like "greenwash" against final designs.
Police have vented their frustration on Twitter with a motorcyclist who they will allege was clocked speeding at a neck breaking 215km/h last week.
Robert Penny was initially ruled out as a suspect in the murders of his wife and her hairdresser because the crime seemed too brazen and violent for the retiree to have committed.