Prime Minister Scott Morrison says gay students are not being expelled from religious schools, doubling down on re-introducing the failed religious discrimination act (RDA) without extra protections for gay and transgender students.

The daughter of missing Australian woman Tahnee Shanks is reunited with her uncle and grandmother in Mexico after she was found alone in Cancun.

The Australian Electoral Commission refers LNP candidate Vivian Lobo to the federal police over allegations he provided false information to the AEC about his residential address.

The Reserve Bank wants you to believe it has inflation under control. So, do you believe it, asks Gareth Hutchens.

Father of five Christian McDonald was conscious but could not speak or communicate in any way, not even to open an eyelid or raise an eyebrow to connect with the health workers caring for him.

Former Opals captain Jenna O'Hea claims that Liz Cambage caused a confrontation with Nigerian basketballers in a training game before the Tokyo Olympics, telling them to "go back to your Third World country".

As Hong Kong attempts to relaunch itself after several years of political upheaval, a committee stacked with pro-Beijing loyalists endorses leader-in-waiting John Lee for the financial hub's top job.

One of the most important days on the Russian calendar is just around the corner, and all eyes are on Vladimir Putin who could use the holiday to declare his intentions for the future of Ukraine. 

Relatives of the missing people in Cuba's capital are desperately searching for victims of an explosion at one of Havana's most luxurious hotels that killed at least 27 people and left 81 injured.

The Luhansk Governor says Russian forces have dropped a bomb on a school where about 90 people were sheltering, causing a fire that engulfed the building.

It's hard to believe today, but advertisers and politicians aren't the only ones with a stake in Mother's Day. Its origins lie somewhere else entirely, writes Isobelle Barrett Meyering.

After years of research, Dr Carmel Harrington is a step closer to preventing more babies from dying of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) like her son Damien. She says the discovery of a marker that could lead to a screening test is her M...

Every emperor penguin chick born in the second-largest colony in Antarctica dies for three years running, sparking a serious warning from the researchers observing them.

A Nepali Sherpa scales Mount Everest for a record 26th time, beating his own previous record set last year, according to a government official.

Soaring petrol prices across Australia have sparked fuel security concerns. But it has also sparked hope in Australians — hope that their future government will invest in a transport system that isn't reliant on oil, but electricity.  ...

The identity of a soldier who shot a dog and whether he was present on a mission when an Afghan man was allegedly shot dead was at the heart of Ben Roberts-Smith's defamation case this week.

The Sydney Kings are on the cusp of claiming their first NBL championship in 17 years following a tight 90-86 win over Tasmania JackJumpers in game two in Hobart.

Izzy Coppo only intended to stay a few months in outback Queensland when she first arrived but she is still there three years later and has no plans to leave anytime soon. 

The Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein wins the largest number of seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the first time.

Aged care worker Carlton Williams also has a hospitality job to makes ends meet — and says he gets "paid more to pour drinks and wait tables" than to "look after someone's life".

The Christian establishment remains divided on the issue of using gendered pronouns to refer to God. But some say it's time for change.

From Queensland's towns and cities to Australia's most remote capital Darwin, Australia has ridden a housing boom. But what about those left behind? 

There are real discussions to be had about Indigenous constitutional recognition, justice and morality. But in this election campaign we are not even having the conversation, writes Stan Grant.

These 30,000 pelicans are eating up to 30 tonnes of food a day at a rare breeding event in the central west of New South Wales.

Carlton will look to make their top eight spot more secure as they face the dangerous Crows. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, stats and results.