Anthony Albanese concedes the Labor party has lessons to learn from its humiliating defeat in the once-safe south-west Sydney seat of Fowler, while Kristina Keneally blames her loss on the impact of COVID lockdowns. 

The incoming Greens MP in the federal seat of Brisbane will be quadrupling his salary and has only been to Parliament House in Canberra once.

A jury will soon decide on the simple matter at the heart of the celebrity trial. On social media, millions of people have already chosen one side, waging a campaign for the truth that's become tangled up with hate.

Experts are warning that COVID still "has tricks up its sleeve", with reinfections rising and new strains emerging.  

A 30-year-old Wurtulla man is the second man to be charged over the alleged murder of Feebie McIntosh.

A surgeon treating patients who suffered a range of injuries in a boating accident at a popular tourist hotspot in WA's Kimberley says 10 people remain in hospital.

Days after a local man burst into a primary school and killed 19 children and two teachers before officers managed to kill him, the signs of grief, solidarity and local pride are everywhere in Uvalde.

Every year, thousands of women in Australia choose an IUD as a form of contraception but many, like Jess Holmes, say they were unprepared for the pain associated with the procedure and more needs to be done.

Eleanor McCormack got the "fresh start" she had long dreamed of on the mainland — until people found out where she came from.

Finland plans to join NATO, but beneath the surface of the famously neutral nation is a country scarred by painful memories of war, and a fear of history repeating itself.

As fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces rages nearby, volunteers carry the elderly, ill and those with mobility problems out of their homes and on to evacuation trains in the country's east. 

Video shows clifftop bystanders helping brave jetskiers grab the exhausted man moments before heaving surf sends him crashing onto rocks at Fingal Head today. 

Monaco native Charles Leclerc starts from pole position in his home Formula 1 race on Sunday night, with the threat of rain hovering over the streets of Monte Carlo.

Independents based in regional New South Wales warn state government Nationals and urban Liberals not to underestimate voters' interests in climate change, environmental management, and the need for integrity.

Port Adelaide hosts Essendon, as Collingwood just gets home by four points against Carlton in a thrilling finish at the MCG. Follow our live AFL ScoreCentre for all the scores, stats and results.

The Eels win back-to-back games for the first time since round five, holding off the Raiders 28-20 in Canberra.

The Uluru Statement and the voice to parliament referendum will help define the Albanese government. But it will also tell us what sort of leader Peter Dutton will be — whether he'll see it as a gift, or a political weapon, writes Stan Gr...

A 26-year-old man is charged after a drink driving accident that left a trail of destruction in West Perth overnight when his car hit a rideshare vehicle carrying six passengers.

The United States expresses concern over China's "efforts to restrict and manipulate" the UN Human Rights chief's visit to the Xinjiang region.

Kim Jong Un and other top North Korean officials discuss revising stringent anti-epidemic restrictions, state media reports, as they maintain a widely disputed claim that the country's first COVID-19 outbreak is slowing.

Spain's Real Madrid defeats Premier League giants Liverpool to win the Champions League for a 14th time, after the match is delayed for 37 minutes, with fans being tear-gassed outside the Stade de France.

Jai Hindley is on the verge of making Australian cycling history, as he takes the lead of the Giro d'Italia with just the final time trial to come.

Three months on from the devastating flood event in late February, 1,300 people remain in emergency accommodation and less than 20 per cent of businesses are back operating in Lismore.

After claiming to have captured the nearby rail hub of Lyman, Russian forces have stepped up their assault on the eastern Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk.

Between British colonists, Aboriginal hunters and farmers, the complex mythology of Australia's wild buffalo lives on in the Northern Territory.