Citing a UN report that says Australia is lagging on cybersecurity cooperation, Labor's spokeswoman on cyber security and defence says our fall from fourth place to seventh is 'a direct result of the Turnbull government's failure to effectively implement its own cyber security strategy and engage with international partners'.
The death of a woman after a buck's party in Melbourne CBD on the weekend is not being treated as suspicious, police say.
A cane farm worker was attacked by a crocodile while working on a far north Queensland farm.
Shares trade flat and the Aussie dollar trades close to two year highs, supported by better-than-expected Chinese economic data.
An Australian woman has been shot dead by police in the US city of Minneapolis, DFAT confirms.
Lotto luck has struck WA once more, this time in Perth's northern suburbs but the winner is yet to come forward.
A Canberra man found guilty of torching a cafe in Weston was jailed on Monday for three years.
The bill for legal action against the rulers of a breakaway principality in Western Australia has been revealed.
The "repeal and replace" slogan of last year's campaign was presumed to be a done deal in the heady aftermath of the election, but these days it hangs by a thread.
Canberra composer Sally Greenaway's latest commissioned work is coming to her home town.
Bupa's international health insurance arm was hit by a malicious act in its UK office, putting the private information of almost 20,000 Australian customers in danger.
The Reserve Bank will keep official interest rates unchanged until at least next year, says Deloitte.
Coolaroo fire
A man has died after rolling his car several times in Yanchep on Sunday evening.
Melbourne will shiver through one of the coldest weeks of the year with apparent temperatures already dropping well below zero.
Two south-east Queensland men have been charged after police seized more than 30 protected species, worth about $160k, from a vehicle in Mount Isa.
​The Queensland corruption watchdog is continuing to build its brief of evidence against embattled former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale.
Popular Melbourne restaurant Dainty Sichuan allegedly paid employees $10 an hour while they worked 10 hour-plus shifts, seven days a week.
Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe has turned his back on a seven figure sum to recommit to the Dockers on a long-term contract, announced this morning.
Local residents and potential investors can stand in Werribee's main street and view the revitalised city centre, while proposed buildings are still on the drawing board, thanks to the WynLens augmented reality project.
Last week saw the launch of "MAGAnomics" - a new attempt to put the economy at the forefront of the American presidency.
This production of Nick Payne's play brings to life the multiple possiibilities of a relationship.
Chile's capital has been blanketed by the biggest snowfall in nearly five decades.
A coronial inquest investigating a cluster of deaths involving 13 young indigenous people will begin hearings in the Kimberley region this week where the suicides occurred.
A Perth doctor has been charged with more sexual assaults against women he treated as his medical practice.
Senior military officers and scientists were among those hit with the sanctions.
Long-serving forward Sam Thaiday has been told his time at NRL club Brisbane will end after next season.
Fremantle coach Ross Lyon admitted to being nervous while watching Harley Bennell's return to football on Saturday.
An outpouring of grief-stricken tributes has flooded social media following the death of 28-year-old Henry Cusack, who lost his life after falling from the balcony of the Sail and Anchor pub in Fremantle on Saturday.
A Chinese-American PhD student Iran has accused of espionage has been sentenced by an Iranian court to 10 years in prison.
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Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a home south of Brisbane where the words "FU YOR DEAD" have been graffitied across the front.
Police are yet to identify the woman found dead in the shower of a city hotel as questions remain about how she met the group of 11 men on a weekend buck's party.
US Federal Reserve plans for gradual interest-rate increases hinge on inflation rising to its 2 per cent target, but it's not showing up and they don't know why.
Wall Street's roll continues, setting up the local sharemarket for a positive start to the week.
Approaching six months in office, Trump's overall approval rating has dropped to 36 per cent from 42 per cent in April.
Two men who led police on a dangerous car chase tried to flee on foot even after a high-speed, head-on crash in Brisbane.
Venezuelan migrants voted in droves in hundreds of cities around the world on Sunday in an unofficial plebiscite.
Throwing down the gauntlet to LG, Panasonic is embracing OLED in pursuit of the perfect television.
Commuters won't be given a free day of travel after Melbourne's rail meltdown, the state government says.
Authorities have arrested at least 66 people in a European food scam which sold horse meat unfit for human consumption.
Buck's night "stitch up", and GMO incidents revealed.
President Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on the media, hours after news that his campaign paid $50,000 in late June to the law firm later revealed to be representing Donald Trump Jr. in the matter of a meeting during 2016 with a Russian lawyer to seek damaging information on Hillary Clinton.
Thredbo survivor Stuart Diver believes it's futile to look at life in any other light than positive and is intent on gifting his young daughter the "tools" to cope with trauma.
Amazon.com's expansion plans are raising hackles in Washington - and Wall Street is taking notice.
Economists at investment bank UBS are increasingly confident a "correction" is taking place in residential construction, led by a slowdown in the apartment sector.
The more we enhance our natural capital and our human capital, the better placed we're likely to be.
Three schools are within 200 metres of the sites chosen for smokestacks to release fumes from the proposed Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link tunnels.
A forest monument will open in Amsterdam on the third anniversary of the downing of a MH17.
A teenage girl who met a man online and went on to meet him several times for sex at a Sydney oval has identified a man who may go by the name of Alex.
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