A Royal Australian Navy sailor gives harrowing evidence of his time at sea, including seeing asylum seeker bodies in the water and the desperate efforts to save sinking boats.

Colin Stratton asked his son to do him a final favour — to pull the trigger on a rifle he was holding to his own head, after the Victorian health system "failed him".

Coal-fired power generators are expected to shut down nearly three times faster than previously anticipated and exit the National Energy Market entirely by 2043, according to an updated plan that follows widespread consultation with the sec...

Australian opener David Warner was given numerous chances on his way to 94 in the first Ashes Test, but his innings provided Travis Head the perfect platform to hit England out of the game, writes Russell Jackson.

After two years working in two separate European cybercrime "boiler rooms", Frank tells the ABC how he's scammed Australians.

Australia's competition watchdog has put private health insurers on notice, warning they must follow through on a promise to pay back any profits gained on the back of COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions. 

A backpackers hostel at Bondi Beach in Sydney's east is placed in lockdown due to COVID-19. Police are currently cordoning off the venue.

Jason Reah is found guilty by a Supreme Court jury of causing grievous bodily harm to Hashim Mahmoud after running over the teenager in a Perth shopping centre car park in 2019.

Kassie Hunter-Aragu used to be a heavy drug user and at one point tried to take her life. Now she's back on track thanks to a catwalk competition that's about grit, not glamour.

Ben Stokes appeared to have the massive breakthrough of David Warner's wicket on day two of the first Ashes Test, but the third umpire eventually stepped in.

More than 3,000 hectares of bushland are razed as two massive fires threaten lives and properties in Western Australia's most famous wine and surfing region.

The number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children entering the child protection system could increase by more than 50 per cent over the next decade without "wholesale change to legislation, policy and practice", a report finds. ...

South Australia records seven new cases of COVID-19, with two linked to the Norwood cluster. Two new exposure sites have been listed, in addition to those connected with Our Lady Queen of Peace School revealed earlier today.

A coronial inquest into missing Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez was temporarily adjourned and paramedics called as emotion overcame the missing man's mother.

A two-year-old boy dies after undergoing a medical procedure — believed to be a circumcision — at a registered medical centre in Perth's southern suburbs.

Deputy Prime Minister and Nationals Leader Barnaby Joyce has tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in the United States.

ASIC launches the last case to emerge from the banking royal commission, closing the door on any more court action for banks that ripped billions of dollars from customers.

It has been the worst of years — one that has included a miscarriage and the untimely deaths of two other primates. But a regional zoo finally has something to grin about.

The sentencing hearing for a woman who stole $940,000 from her veterinary surgery employer hears character references including one from her new employer, another veterinary practice, which described her as a valued and skilled employee. ...

Tasmania's health system was so stretched no ambulances were free to take an unresponsive toddler to hospital, six days out from the state's border reopening to COVID hotspots.

An episode of Bluey has divided parents on how to play the party game pass the parcel: do you have a small prize in every layer, or one big one at the end? But experts say don't be so hard on yourself.

Nottingham has been home to legendary outlaw Robin Hood and the UK's coal industry. Now it's on track to become one of the first carbon-neutral cities in the world.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet says he isn't worried about delays to the state's roadmap to lift restrictions despite the number of Omicron COVID-19 infections rising to 42 with eight new cases.

Most retailers will lose the ability to sell cigarettes and some Kiwis will never be able to buy tobacco products under proposed legislation to tackle high rates of smoking.

Authorities say breeders were trying to cheat by using hormones and lip fillers to boost the appearance of contestants in the Saudi camel festival.