Australia

Qantas posts a 25 per cent profit slide, amid competitive pressures and ongoing redundancy payments as part of its "transformation program".

Julie Bishop meets with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to discuss global security and how the two nations will prepare for the number foreign fighters attempting a return if Mosul is successfully liberated.

The lack of a consistent policy for dealing with heatwaves in Australian schools is leaving children vulnerable to heat exposure, Dr Brendon Hyndman writes.

Indian captain Virat Kohli says Mitchell Starc's ability to reverse swing and bowl with the new ball will make him dangerous in the first Test in Pune.

A class action against the Australian Government alleging Indonesian boys jailed for people smuggling were held in adult prisons will be heard in a Jakarta District Court today.

Gamba Osaka beats Adelaide United 3-0 in the Asian Champions League, but Reds coach Guillermo Amor is looking for the positives.

Frontline services will be impacted as jobs are slashed from the federal Health Department, the public sector union warns.

Two giant American air tankers, known as Southern Belle and Thor, have proven themselves yet again this bushfire season, the NSW RFS says.

Australia's Ross River virus has the potential to become a global epidemic, similar to the Zika virus, researchers say.

Frontline services will be impacted as jobs are slashed from the federal Health Department, the public sector union warns.

These are the five Catholic Archbishops giving evidence today, what they've said and what their relationship is to Cardinal George Pell.

Two giant American air tankers, known as Southern Belle and Thor, have proven themselves yet again this bushfire season, the NSW RFS says.

Frontline services will be impacted as jobs are slashed from the federal Health Department, the public sector union warns.

The Territory Government resists calls to have an independent watchdog investigate the three NT utilities corporations at the centre of a multi-million-dollar staffing blowout.

It's always distressing and tragic when we hear a report of shark attack. But what is the actual likelihood of dying due to a shark encounter in Australia and how concerned should you be?

Frontline services will be impacted as jobs are slashed from the federal Health Department, the public sector union warns.

These are the five Catholic Archbishops giving evidence today, what they've said and what their relationship is to Cardinal George Pell.

Tourists may be forced to wear life jackets while snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef, under a plan being considered by the Queensland Government following a spike in deaths.

Frontline services will be impacted as jobs are slashed from the federal Health Department, the public sector union warns.

Hundreds of workers walk off the job at Adelaide shipbuilder ASC over an ongoing enterprise bargaining dispute that has spanned two years.

These are the five Catholic Archbishops giving evidence today, what they've said and what their relationship is to Cardinal George Pell.

Frontline services will be impacted as jobs are slashed from the federal Health Department, the public sector union warns.

New sites of Aboriginal heritage significance are discovered on Tasmania's Tarkine coastline, renewing calls for the area to become a national park.

It is much cheaper to destroy a greyhound in Tasmania than re-home a dog through an industry-run program - a situation that is angering animal rights activists.

Frontline services will be impacted as jobs are slashed from the federal Health Department, the public sector union warns.

These are the five Catholic Archbishops giving evidence today, what they've said and what their relationship is to Cardinal George Pell.

A young woman was thrown 80 metres when she was hit and killed by a speeding drunk driver in West Melbourne last July, a court is told.

Frontline services will be impacted as jobs are slashed from the federal Health Department, the public sector union warns.

These are the five Catholic Archbishops giving evidence today, what they've said and what their relationship is to Cardinal George Pell.

WA's political leaders clash in a televised debate over debt, experience and political promises, with each trying to "aggressively" undermine the other's credibility.