Australia

The first national survey of housing tenants has revealed renters in Australia lack the power to demand standard property maintenance. Here's just some of the experiences Australian renters have faced.

If you get work early, stay back late, or put in extra hours at home you are not alone.

BHP Billiton swings from loss to profit for the first half of the 2017 financial year thanks to a surge in commodity prices.

The Palestinian territories' top envoy to Australia urges Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten to press Benjamin Netanyahu on West Bank settlements when they meet the Israeli Prime Minister.

Walking away from the US alliance could force Australia to ramp up defence spending by tens of billions of dollars, Australia's former defence chief says.

Australia is well on its way to eradicating the potentially deadly virus Hepatitis C by 2026, researchers say.

Wildlife carers are expecting hundreds of injured kangaroos from the Carwoola blaze over the coming weeks.

A woman who was defrauded of $25,000 by a Canberra lawyer representing her son says she "ran herself into the ground" to afford the dishonest fees.

Earlier this month two men allegedly stormed a Gordon home.

A royal commission will quiz senior government officials about the Commonwealth's response to a report into the sexual abuse of children in immigration detention centres.

Simona de Silvestro is comfortable with the pressure and attention that will come with being the Supercars' first full-time female driver this season.

Former world number three surfer Owen Wright makes a triumphant return to competition in Newcastle, 15 months on from a serious head injury.

The federal Attorney-General approves the prosecution launched against protesters who broke into top-secret military base, Pine Gap.

The industry is calling for greater transparency over the Government's handling of legacy mine levy funds.

Preventing sexual violence is everyone's responsibility, but we need to be careful about how we do it, writes Bianca Fileborn from UNSW.

Troubled swimming champion Grant Hackett says he will seek help for mental health issues both in Australia and overseas

The death of a Cairns pensioner, who lived with a disability, is being treated as suspicious after his body was found in his bedroom up to three days after he died.

British music legend Sir Elton John will perform in Cairns and Mackay as the only Queensland stops of his latest Australian tour.

Workers at Adelaide's Coca-Cola production factory have had their shifts cancelled and a meeting has been called for Wednesday morning leaving about 150 jobs in doubt, the union says.

The Australian Taxation Office is ordered to refund more than $1 million it took from failed South Australian company Penrice, the ABC can reveal.

The company behind a $100-million solar plant with battery storage says its project could solve SA's energy woes.

Not everyone is happy about a newly-opened cafe on Mount Wellington, located at the site of the historic chalet that burnt down in the 1967 Black Tuesday fires.

Preventing sexual violence is everyone's responsibility, but we need to be careful about how we do it, writes Bianca Fileborn from UNSW.

There are fears giant kelp forests are almost extinct, an inquiry into the impact of climate change on sea life hears.

Families who have lost loved ones to heroin overdoses are pleading with the Victorian Government to introduce a safe injecting room.

An American man who was among five people killed when a plane crashed into a Melbourne shopping centre was on a "once in a lifetime" trip in Australia, his family says.

Victoria Police confirm human remains found at Mount Macedon yesterday are that of missing Avondale Heights woman Karen Ristevski.

Perth vegetable growers fear bankruptcy with a quarantine lock-down following the discovery of the tomato potato psyllid.

WA Labor pledges not to impose any new taxes or tax increases on West Australians if it wins government in next month's state election.