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Senator Nick Xenophon has announced he will be quitting federal politics and returning to state politics in South Australia.
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The US gun lobby takes the rare step of calling for tougher firearm regulation with a crackdown on "bump stock" devices, which were used by shooter Stephen Paddock to slay almost 60 people and injure nearly 500 in Las Vegas this week.
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Cardinal George Pell will face a four-week committal hearing next March as he fights historical sexual offence allegations, after appearing briefly at Melbourne Magistrates' Court this morning.
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Take a guided tour of what the polls tell us about the same-sex marriage survey — then take the reins of our calculator to explore how the result might pan out.
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A 17-year-old girl suffers life-threatening injuries after a police pursuit at Morphett Vale, in Adelaide's south, earlier this morning.
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The retail sector in Australia looks to have gained another major international player, with German giant Kaufland making moves to set up its first Australian outlet in Adelaide.
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In the 1960s, a fountain at Elizabeth, in Adelaide's north, was constructed for the Queen to unveil when she visited. After being ripped out years later, the long-lost fountain from Elizabeth's heyday as a manufacturing powerhouse returns just as Holden hits the road.
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Once the staple of the late night (and often bleary-eyed) reveller, the pie floater has forged its place in the South Australia's history and earned a spot with the National Trust as a heritage icon, but just how did it come about?
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Three decades ago, Hans Tholstrup was told it would be impossible to cross Australia using only solar power. Now, he says, the simple fact is: "We can take a human being across a continent on just sunshine."
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Socceroos linchpin Robbie Kruse hits out after a contentious penalty costs Australia an invaluable away World Cup qualifying win over Syria.
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Liberal senator Arthur Sinodinos reveals he is taking medical leave to be treated for cancer but hopes to return to work this year.
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DNA has verified that a captive population of stick insect is genetically the same as the "extinct" Lord Howe Island species, as the island prepares for a controversial pest eradication program.
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The Chinese nationals deported from Fiji by uniformed Chinese police in August were sex workers, Background Briefing has been told, in a challenge to official claims they were involved in an online gambling fraud ring.
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An influential figure from the Tony Blair era says Australia has a major role to play in helping Britain rebuild fractured trade relationships after last year's surprise vote to leave the European Union (EU).
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A study analysing honey from around the world has found 75 per cent of products contain residue of at least one type of pesticide.
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Detectives would have questioned former British prime minister Sir Edward Heath over child abuse allegations if he was still alive, police say.
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Oscar-winning movie producer Harvey Weinstein will take a leave of absence from his company and seek therapy after the New York Times reports he is the target of sexual harassment complaints from a number of women over a span of almost three decades.
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With a rise in graduates defaulting on their loans, there could be billions of dollars on Wall Street that are backed by nothing, writes David Taylor.
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A young Tassie man is sharing his journey with bodybuilding and cystic fibrosis to help spread understanding of the condition.
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Republican Tim Murphy, an anti-abortion lawmaker who allegedly urged his mistress to have an abortion when he thought she was pregnant, resigns from US Congress.
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The silent disco phenomenon has taken clubs and festivals by storm but it is having surprising benefits for those with dementia, giving them a sense of calm and happiness that is often hard to achieve.
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The 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to British author Kazuo Ishiguro, who wrote The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go.
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Spain's Constitutional Court orders the suspension of Monday's session of the regional Catalan parliament, throwing its plans to declare unilateral independence from Spain after last weekend's disputed referendum into doubt.
