More than one-third of older Australians most vulnerable to serious COVID-19 infections are yet to get boosted, and nearly half of them have been eligible for their third dose for at least a month. Casey Briggs explains what's going on. ...

Aerial skier Laura Peel and figure skater Brendan Kerry have been named Australia's flag-bearers for the Beijing 2022 opening ceremony.

Australian maritime experts claim the final resting place of Captain James Cook’s ship, Endeavour, has been found, but the announcement has drawn criticism from the principal research team as "premature".

Stretch your budget or join the dozens of people applying for rental homes? It’s a tough choice to make. What are your rights when it comes to dealing with rent increases?

Advocates say the Prime Minister's announcement of a one-off bonus payment of $800 for aged care workers will not do enough to fix a system that's broken after years of neglect.

The threat level for a bushfire in the southern Perth suburb of Rockingham is downgraded after it came close to properties near the area's hospital. 

An SAS soldier tells a defamation trial at least three colleagues of Ben Roberts-Smith disliked the war veteran and believed he did not deserve to be awarded the Victoria Cross.

With many children with special needs unable to regularly take the invasive nasal rapid antigen test, some parents are caught in a "no-win situation".

A flood of renewable energy has helped drive household power prices down to their lowest levels in almost a decade, analysis finds.

Judicial officials say one hypothesis being considered is that the cocaine was intentionally adulterated as part of a settling of scores between traffickers.

Anthony Albanese calls on the Aged Care Services Minister to resign as the government commissions a task force to analyse deaths in the sector.

At least nine civilians, including two children, are killed in a large-scale US special forces counterterrorism raid in north-western Syria overnight, in what the Pentagon describes as a "successful mission."

A former employee of mining giant BHP who left after reporting bullying says internal complaint processes are failing victims and stopping people from coming forward.

Travellers expecting to be evacuated from Coober Pedy are told they will have to stay in the remote mining town for at least another night. 

Citipointe Christian College principal Brian Mulheran has written to parents this morning announcing that a contract demanding they declare homosexuality a sin has been withdrawn after significant community concern.

A parliamentary inquiry considering whether new laws should be introduced to outlaw the display of Nazi symbols, hears a ban could actually encourage extremists.

Almost two years after their deaths, Constables Glen Humphris and Joshua Prestney, Senior Constable Kevin King and Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor are remembered in a memorial service.

The family of an Adelaide woman who was murdered during an armed robbery in 1993 have today confronted her killer in court, telling him he is a "monster" who caused devastating trauma to her husband, children and siblings.

Two Indigenous service providers fear widespread racism in the WA Department of Communities, revealed in a leaked report, is behind the high number of Aboriginal children being removed from their families.

As the world watches closely for an escalation in tensions between Russia and Ukraine, experts weigh in on what the first signs of an invasion would look like.

Experts say that given the vast majority of Australians are fully vaccinated, it is not surprising they also make up a greater proportion of the raw number of people in ICU. We take a look at the figures.

A wandering chicken described as "sweet" and "nervous"  is caught sneaking around a security area at the Pentagon.

Storms can be so extreme that a single lightning flash can stretch across hundreds of kilometres of the sky and last for several seconds, if the conditions are right.

Sometimes being a rock superstar isn't enough to receive a nomination to enter the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. So, how does it work?

A 40-year-old man from the small town of Norseman in WA's Goldfields has been fined $1,100 for the "silly mistake".