The conservation scientists want governments to put frameworks in place to govern if and when species need to be relocated to avoid extinction.

Longboard surfer Lucy Small made waves this week after she called out the inequality in prize money while accepting first place at the Curly Maljam on the northern beaches on Saturday.

Energy Minister Angus Taylor says the government won’t become central planners deciding if coal, gas or clean energy are used to drive Australia’s energy revolution.

The government is considering making it a crime, punishable by a maximum $66,000 fine or five years’ jail, if anyone travels home from India, Nine News reports.

The charges, read out on Friday during the man’s third court appearance, include possessing a silencer and driving a vehicle with false number plates.

Australians do not judge their politicians lightly if they say one thing and do another, so Scott Morrison stepped onto dangerous ground on Thursday night when he chose to make a speech about morality and community.

Under the bubble rules anyone arriving from New Zealand who travelled there from overseas must have completed two weeks quarantine before flying to Western Australia.

Everyone thinks Collngwood are at a crossroads. The club says went through it a long time ago. They’ve gone young, with their fingers crossed.

Having had just four teams playing a short tournament format since its inception in 2018, the league’s elite female competition is set for a big overhaul.

Former staffer Brittany Higgins says her meeting with Prime Minister Scott Morrison was difficult and robust but constructive as she called for major changes to laws protecting political staffers.

Everything you need to know to find a winner at the stand-alone meeting.

The federal Education Minister says the emphasis on teaching First Nations culture and perspectives should not come at the expense of Australia’s Western heritage.

State Treasurer Tim Pallas has proposed a financial sweetener of up to $5000 for people who buy new electric vehicles but critics of the electric vehicle tax say it’s nowhere near enough.

Friday night footy kicks off with a tough assignment for the Sharks at AAMI Park. The Titans then get the chance to cement the power shift in Queensland when they face the ailing Broncos.

Two men have been arrested and appeared in court, charged with supplying a large commercial quantity of prohibited drugs.

Tasmania will have about as many winnable marginal seats at the next federal election as any mainland state. Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese will watching Saturday’s state election closely.

Tens of thousands of people had gathered at the foot of Mount Meron to celebrate Lag B’Omer, a Jewish holiday honouring a 2nd-century sage who is buried there.

As diplomatic tensions between Beijing and Canberra worsened, the ABC’s foreign correspondent and his partner had to leave everything – immediately.

There are now two vacant head coaching jobs at Australian Super Rugby franchises after Dave Wessels stood down.

What’s all the fuss about fizzy words asks David Astle.

Footscray had their opportunities but failed to capitalise in this ’94 winter thriller. Footscray’s 2.7 to Richmond’s 5.4 in the second term would ultimately prove the difference, as Brendon Gale and Tony Free both amassed 25 touches. For the B...

Tony McEvoy will be watching from hospital as Sisstar tries to live the group 1 dream in Saturday’s Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville.

Brazil has registered 3001 new COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours, taking its total since the pandemic began to 401,186.

A 33-year-old man has faced court accused of threatening to kill West Australian Premier Mark McGowan.

Jason Collett has a good book of rides at Hawkesbury highlighted by promising two-year-old Gleneagles.

Marianne Faithfull’s collaboration with Warren Ellis delivers a brilliant new take on Romantic poems, while Australian Art Orchestra plays personal perspectives of war.

The Howard Springs facility is now managing its highest caseload of COVID-positive patients since it opened, as Labor calls for new purpose-built facilities.

The four men are documented gang members, according to police. The woman is linked to one of them.

A jockey who allegedly placed bets under a name different to that in the form guide has been disqualified from riding for eight years.

Security cameras caught a number of workers sitting around “not doing any cleaning” aboard Brisbane trains.

Investors have shrugged off news ANZ Bank’s profits will take a $817 million hit at its half-year results next week.

In 1927, a Czechoslovakian football team set sail for a 19-game tour of Australia and went home with two live wallabies. Their remarkable story could be about to come full circle.

A young German backpacker has told a court Gregory Douglas kissed her buttocks and told her not to be ‘weird’ after a massage allegedly escalated to sexual assault.

After more than a decade of having her image endlessly repurposed as a vital part of meme canon, Roth has sold the original copy as a non-fungible token, or NFT.

Water Minister Melinda Pavey has appealed to other parties to drop their opposition to new regulations governing billions of litres of water take by farmers during floods, declaring them to be “beyond politics”.

The first monthly budget surplus since the start of the pandemic points towards a stronger bottom line for Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

There were 48 cases from India in the four weeks to April 24, making up 35 per cent of the 137 overseas cases. Over summer, the United States was responsible for 40 per cent of active cases.

Majestic yet vulnerable, trees are an enduring source of inspiration.

Melbourne’s pop-up outdoor dining and drinking venues could become a lasting feature under a City of Melbourne proposal.

Over his 25 year career, one key political lesson Mark McGowan has learnt is to appeal to the masses.

The federal government is launching a new pilot program to assess the barriers facing job seekers with a disability.

The man who changed Australian cinema offers a final testament in a new documentary.

In this country, there continues to be a lack of social infrastructure to support vulnerable women — and, according to author Veronica Gorrie, the police are not the answer.

An intelligent new show respects history - and adds recognition of female and Indigenous artists - while keeping the worst ideological fantasies at bay.

After months at sea in the 1830s, the new arrivals’ first rude awakening was a pack of baying men.

The German writer’s novel about class is energised by rage and wit.

Anwen Crawford remembers an artist friend in a variety of literary forms.

Caroline Martin, creative director of the YIRRAMBOI festival, wants to help her people discover their distinct culture, beyond Top End didgeridoos and stolen artefacts.

The Indigenous poet’s new collection has depth and complexity

There’s a demand out there for writers to unleash the most fantastical elements of their imaginations.