Australians living under Shanghai's strict COVID lockdown say taking infected children away from their parents is "inhumane".

If our collective situation were a Bible book club, it'd be straight to Revelations. So why are our political leaders campaigning like it's 20 years ago, Annabel Crabb asks.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton says compensation negotiations with a French company over the dumped future submarine project will "likely not" be completed by the end of the financial year, despite the wishes of defence officials.

Six-year-old Max Chirila dies in an early morning house fire in the inner-northern suburb of Clayfield, while his parents and younger brother managed to escape the blaze with minor injuries. 

Julie Williams lost her job in January just as supply shortages hit supermarkets and fuel prices started to climb to record highs — and charities say she's far from alone, as demand surges for their services.

An ABC investigation unravels a sophisticated cryptocurrency operation endorsed by a political movement founded by exiled billionaire Guo Wengui and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.

The Liberal candidate for Gilmore, Andrew Constance has told the Prime Minister he does not want a portfolio in a potential future Coalition federal government. It comes as Labor accuses Mr Constance of rewriting history over his claims th...

Knowing you exist and that you're over 18 isn't enough to get onto the electoral roll. While half a million Australians are likely to miss out on voting this federal election, it's not as simple as being automatically added to the list. ...

Hordes of people watch from the shore as P&O's Pacific Explorer becomes the first cruise ship to arrive in Australia in two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says at least 18 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded after shelling in the centre of Kharkiv as a result of "deliberate terror … against ordinary civilians".

Vladimir Putin's forces may have retreated from northern Ukraine for now, but many residents fear their nightmare is not yet over. WARNING: This article contains images and details readers might find distressing.

Poland's border and customs officials are still processing Russian and Belarusian trucks that have had to leave the European Union, even though they are now banned.

The tourism sector in regional New South Wales has struggled to bounce back this Easter after being decimated by the pandemic and a summer of rain.

The vouchers worth $200 each are being issued to senior travellers as the state records a bumper Easter weekend.

Building companies are still favouring male apprentices over females despite a skills shortage, a recruitment agency warns.

Former Port player Tom Rockliff has called out Carlton fans after Sunday’s game – claiming he and his son were spat at after leaving the MCG.

The chance to limit warming to 1.5C is slipping away. But will difference will it make if we overshoot by half a degree or so?

Harrison Kerr flies to a dominant victory in the men's Stawell Gift while Queenslander Carla Bull claims the women's race in a photo finish.

A letter from the UN Human Rights Council says 46 Australian citizens, including 30 children, are believed to be held in sordid conditions in Syrian detention camps.

As many as 63 people remain missing as their loved ones face an agonising wait for any news of their whereabouts.

In a tragic end to the Easter break, a man has died and a woman remains critical after a motorcycle and a car collided on the Bruce Highway.

After more than a decade of painstaking research, a plant-eating dinosaur found in outback Queensland has been officially dubbed the smallest sauropod in Australia.

Long before MasterChef delivered competitive cooking to the masses, the Royal Easter Show in Sydney hosted the first cooking competition in 1910 and men were banned from entering, writes Lauren Samuelsson.

A children's detention facility slammed by Perth Children's Court President Hylton Quail as "dehumanising" and a place to "make a monster" receives $25 million in new government funding.

The fight is not over for the spotted tree frog, one of the country's most threatened frog species, as it tries to bounce back from the brink of extinction within the NSW Snowy Mountains.