Australia

How has Tony Abbott fared after promising "no wrecking, no undermining, and no sniping" when he was unseated by Malcolm Turnbull?

A judge describes the actions of Marcus Rappel, who killed his ex-partner Tara Costigan with an axe in her Canberra home, as being in the "worst category".

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe questions the wisdom of the global race to cut corporate taxes while taking aim at tax incentives driving Australian real estate prices higher.

Although autumn is on the way, the Bureau of Meteorology warns the hot weather is likely to continue.

Because why should Pete Evans cop the brunt of parent-shaming?

Falls among technology stocks offset the impact of a surge in oil prices, resulting in a mixed finish on Wall Street.

The violent murder of Tara Costigan by her former partner Marcus Rappel shocked Canberra to its core. So what has changed since?

A judge describes the actions of Marcus Rappel, who killed his ex-partner Tara Costigan with an axe in her Canberra home, as being in the "worst category".

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe questions the wisdom of the global race to cut corporate taxes while taking aim at tax incentives driving Australian real estate prices higher.

The Catholic Church's most senior archbishops face the royal commission and are told of the "immense" impact abuse had on victims.

Follow along live as five of Australia's Catholic archbishops front the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Follow live.

The Labor Party is being criticised for "parachuting" Paralympic champion Liesl Tesch as its candidate for the New South Wales seat of Gosford.

The Northern Territory is working to increase its share of the international student sector.

One of Australia's largest Indigenous corporations is put under special administration after ongoing community concerns that it is failing to deliver services.

Constitutional recognition, a treaty, statehood, and land rights are some of the main topics covered at a historical meeting of traditional owners in the Top End.

Find out what the Queensland Redistribution Commission's proposed boundary changes mean for your electorate.

Queensland's political parties, including Environment Minister Steven Miles, are scrambling to come to terms with proposed boundary changes that redraw the electoral map.

A lawyer for an Adelaide mother who was high on methylamphetamine when she caused the death of her four-year-old daughter in a freeway crash asks a sentencing judge for "mercy and compassion".

More than 80 trees, some of which are claimed to be up to hundreds of years old are given a stay of execution.

A new 14-storey high-tech university building opens for medical students in Adelaide.

As the end of the forest "Peace Deal" looms, the Tasmanian Government says no wilderness will be logged, but environmentalists are not convinced.

The Meatworkers Union slams a northern Tasmanian abattoir for standing down workers for a second time in six months.

Civil libertarians urge all levels of government to see clean drinking water as a human right ahead of TasWater meeting.

More than a dozen charges are laid against those involved in the alleged illegal demolition of a 159-year-old Irish pub in inner Melbourne.

Melbourne gymnasts Georgia-Rose Brown and Luke Wadsworth have home soil advantage at this week's Gymnastics World Cup.

Prosecutors tell the Supreme Court they will not proceed with their case against three brothers who were accused of raping a girl in a park in 2015.

Former AFL footballer Ben Cousins is arrested in Perth and charged with a number of drug and stalking violence offences.

Western Australia's iconic Carnaby's cockatoo could be lost from the Perth area if pine plantation clearing is not halted, WWF Australia warns.

Colin Barnett and Mark McGowan clash over voluntary euthanasia and the Safe Schools program during a public question and answer session with Christian voters in the lead-up to the state election.