The transport industry is warning of a potential crisis that could stall the nation's diesel trucking fleet, as a key chemical used to remove pollution from their exhausts is running out.

The full bench of the Fair Work Commission has found a decision by mining giant BHP to make COVID-19 vaccinations at a Hunter Valley mine mandatory was not lawful or reasonable.

Four new cases of Omicron are confirmed in NSW, including two more students at the Regents Park Christian School, with urgent testing underway on a further 10 COVID-positive students.

SA Health is boosting COVID testing in Adelaide's southern suburbs after a mystery infection was one of four new cases reported today.

Federal Labor is committing to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 if it wins government at the next election.

The tight-knit Binjari community, near Katherine, mourns the death of a 78-year-old Aboriginal woman who succumbed to health complications related to COVID last night.

ACT Health confirms an Omicron COVID-19 infection in the territory, in an individual who has not travelled overseas.

An Aboriginal health care provider based in far west NSW has made a scathing submission about its public health counterpart to a NSW parliamentary inquiry.

Byron Bay inquest hears the missing tourist was no risk-taker, heavy drinker or drug user, and his family says that's why his movements just before he vanished were so out of character.

A Perth gym is filled with the sound of screaming and champagne corks popping as a group of women claim WA's largest-ever division one lotto win.

A new community case is confirmed in Queensland, with a public health alert issued for contact tracing locations in Capalaba, in the city of Redland, on Brisbane's bayside.

While military aircraft with innovative technologies are designed to fight wars, they also need to exist safely in our communities. 

In an emotional television interview that has aired in the US, actor Alec Baldwin says he assumed the gun he was holding when Halyna Hutchins was shot was empty of live bullets and he did not see any safety issues on the set before the inci...

Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns is not sure if he will walk again, but says he's lucky to be alive after suffering a spinal stroke following life-saving treatment for a torn artery in August.

The ultimate goal on La Palma is to use a unique window of opportunity to better understand volcanic eruptions: how they form, develop and, even more crucially for the islanders, how and when they end.

A lack of hearing-loss care for former soldiers and mental health issues for young female personnel among issues raised at the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran’s Suicide in Brisbane.

The 27-year-old is the fifth person to have absconded from a NT quarantine facility in the past week.

Methane is a powerful, invisible gas that is a key driver of global warming. Now satellite imagery is raising questions over whether Australia has been accurately reporting its emissions to international bodies.

The national expert vaccine group recommends there be no widespread change to Australia's vaccine booster program, except for severely immunocompromised people, who can receive a booster shot two months after their second dose.

Another week, another COVID variant. So is Omicron more severe than Delta? How far has it spread? And how on Earth do I pronounce it? Here's what you need to know.

Jeffrey Epstein had "many, many, many" female guests at his Palm Beach estate, including two who appeared to be underage, a former employee testifies at Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial.

At a recent "freedom rally", One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said more double-vaccinated people are dying in the UK than unvaccinated people. But her claim was missing critical context.

In a sensational end to a grotty final 2021 sitting week, Rachelle Miller's claim a minister acted violently towards her was carefully timed to underline Kate Jenkins's scathing indictment of the parliamentary workplace, writes Michelle Gra...

Accused child sex offender James Hayward resigns from the WA Nationals, but is yet to reveal whether he will stand down as a member of the parliament of Western Australia

A misfit teen from a magical family finds her own rhythm in this sweet-natured coming-of-age movie, which represents Disney’s first serious engagement with modern Latin American culture.