The intense publicity surrounding the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins in a Parliament House ministerial office prompts a surge of women reporting sexual assault to police in the nation's capital. ...

A Queensland man who was given an incorrect dose of the Pfizer vaccine has his heart surgery delayed as the CEO of Healthcare Australia is stood aside in relation to the incident.

Police find a Sydney man wanted over the attempted murder of a woman in a luxury hotel room. Matthew Donaldson has been missing since the alleged hammer attack on Tuesday night.

More than three years after the 70-year-old and his dog vanished from a tiny outback town in the Northern Territory, police offer a reward for information that leads to Mr Moriarty's body or a conviction. ...

While it took only a matter of hours for Facebook to tear news off our feeds, it's taking far longer to build it back up again. A tech and communications expert says Facebook's delay in restoring news is likely another n...

Queensland's multi-million-dollar coral trout fishery is in jeopardy after the country's biggest live-fish exporter fails to have its export licence renewed in China.

After the best rain for years in the Top End and welcome falls across much of the country, many still missed out and the risk of bushfires remains for the coming months.

The Australian dollar is moving higher for several reasons, and one of those reasons is also tied to how much you'll be paying on your monthly mortgage repayments — potentially as soon as later this year, writes David ...

Hundreds of aged care residents in NSW have their COVID-19 vaccinations cancelled at the last minute after the company administering the vaccines "slowed down their rollout".

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan warns of an attempted military coup against him after the army demanded he and his government resign.

The flu has virtually disappeared from the US, with reports coming in at far lower levels than anything seen in decades. Experts have several explanations for the lack of cases.

France's Minister for Digital Technology Cedric O says mafia-type organisations seeking ransom money, not foreign powers, are likely behind cyber attacks that have paralysed hospital software systems, leaving some still ...

Two people who were tortured, bound and locked in a metal toolbox were "screaming" and "begging for their lives" before they were dumped in a dam at Logan, south of Brisbane, and most likely drowned, a jury hears. ...

The Australian Federal Police Commissioner writes to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, warning about delays in politicians reporting criminal conduct.

A wild and ailing sheep found in Victoria, named Baarack by rescuers, yields a fleece weighing more than 35 kilograms — nearly half the weight of an adult kangaroo.

Siti Kamal, who blackmailed a grieving couple over a lost phone containing photos of their dying daughter, will stay behind bars for her three-year sentence after Victoria's highest court knocked back her appeal. ...

Dik, Brian and Vera's families paid top dollar for them to live at a "lovely" nursing home, but damning reports from the aged care regulator and allegations by a group of trainee nurses tell another story. ...

Marciano Alvarez's cake shop in Melbourne was listed as a COVID-19 exposure site earlier this month, but he's adamant an infected person could not have visited at the specified time because the store wasn't open. ...

Dairy giant Fonterra loses a long-running legal battle to block Bega Cheese from using the Bega brand on a range of peanut butter.

Brisbane leads the one-horse race to host the 2032 Olympic Games as the International Olympic Committee's "preferred bid", but a lot can happen between now and 2032 in a rapidly changing world, writes Tracey Holmes. ...

Cricket Australia selects two young guns to join the women's team's white-ball tour of New Zealand, while beginning early preparations for the Commonwealth Games.

There is resistance to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in some remote Indigenous communities, according to community leaders who say more consultation and improved vaccination messaging is needed. ...

The QAnon conspiracy movement is moving the goalposts on its bizarre predictions once again, promising Donald Trump will be inaugurated on March 4. Why do supporters stick with the conspiracy theory when the predictions ...

Advocates for a First Nations man detained for 14 years in a "hopeless and desperate situation" say they will renew his case for justice with the United Nations to move him to accommodation where he can live his life wit...

A former member of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration makes new sexual harassment allegations, amid mounting criticism over how he wields his power.

Tiger Woods is "very unlikely" to play professional golf again after a car crash left him with a shattered right leg, medical experts say.

Marcus Stoinis almost rescues Australia with a quickfire 78, but the visitors fall four runs short against New Zealand to trail 2-0 in the five-match T20 International series.

Qantas posts a $1.08 billion half-year loss, following a dramatic $6.9 billion plunge in revenue due to continued travel restrictions.

The National Arboretum's trees struggled to take root, and then were carefully kept alive through drought and bushfire. Now months of good rain has seen its forests explode into life.