New Fowler MP Dai Le says she is not a dual citizen after speculation emerged she could be ineligible to sit in federal parliament under constitutional laws.

After years of disputes, we explore whether the change in government will thaw the deep freeze between Australia and China, and how Labor's approach could impact relationships across the Asia-Pacific region.

Australia has had two years of incredibly low influenza rates thanks to COVID-19 isolation, but this year is not going to be the same, with all the data pointing to cases soaring over winter.

Some families in Uvalde are still waiting for information as others mourn the 19 students and two adults killed at a Texas school.

Former US president Barack Obama says America is "paralysed" by Republicans, as reaction from around the world pours in over the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

Former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson was "very flirtatious" and "very vain" while interacting with a schoolgirl he would later marry, a close friend of the woman has told a court.

Victoria Police is facing legal action by two journalists who were pepper sprayed at public events. They say they faced inappropriate and excessive force by police as they tried to do their jobs.

The 42,000-year old remains of Mungo Man and Mungo Lady have been buried despite a legal challenge and a federal government statement that the process would be delayed. 

An 18-year-old gunman opens fire at Robb Elementary School in Texas, fatally shooting young children in the deadliest attack on a US school since the Sandy Hook massacre.

The source of the files claims to have hacked and downloaded the documents from several police computer servers in China's far-western region of Xinjiang, before decrypting and leaking them.

An Iraqi man faces court in the United States accused of planning to kill former US president George W Bush as retribution for "killing many Iraqis and breaking apart the entire country of Iraq".

The killing of as many as 19 children and a teacher at a Texas primary school by a teenager is the worst school attack in the US since 2012. This is what we know about how it happened.

The nation's vaccine advisory group recommends another 1.5 million Australians get a fourth COVID-19 booster shot coming into the winter months.

Australian solo sailor Lisa Blair has broken the world record for fastest unassisted circumnavigation of Antarctica. 

Russian forces seek to encircle Ukrainian troops in twin eastern cities straddling a river as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns Moscow was seeking to destroy the industrial Donbas region where it has focused its attacks.

Indigenous traditional owners say they won't give up their opposition to Santos's proposed Timor Sea Barossa gas field and pipeline to Darwin, after they suffered a court defeat in South Korea.

The state corruption watchdog says it is investigating three former members of the now-defunct Hurstville Council focusing on two large development projects.

Penny Wong's first solo trip as Foreign Minister coincides with the beginning of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's whirlwind Pacific tour.

Senior Labor ministers say Peter Dutton becoming Opposition Leader would show the Coalition has not listened to the message sent by voters at the election.

David Littleproud's backers say he is the best person to "unite the party" as the Coalition looks to rebuild itself in opposition.

Five seats remain in doubt as the Australian Electoral Commission continues to count votes since Saturday's election. Labor needs two more seats to form a majority government. This is the current situation.

Our biggest cities have seen the biggest changes from Saturday's election.

Security camera captures thief going to extreme lengths, causing more than $100,000 damage, to take a stolen Holden awaiting forensic testing.

The Bureau of Meteorology reports a perfect storm of factors led to devastating flooding across Queensland and NSW and climate change may have made them worse. And it warns key indicators are pointing to more heavy rain this winter and spr...

A global study into the murky world of student data during COVID-19 lockdowns finds more than 4 million Australian school students were at risk of unprecedented tracking and surveillance during remote learning.