A former child detainee at Tasmania's only youth detention centre tells an inquiry he was made to perform sexual acts on guards in exchange for his ADHD medication, with counsel assisting calling the centre, which still operates, a "monster"...

Nationals Senate leader Bridget McKenzie says Scott Morrison's explanation made no sense, as the former PM apologises to Karen Andrews.

Unemployment has fallen to a new, 48-year low, but the move lower was driven entirely by a sharp drop in the number of people in work or looking for it.

Solomon Islands authorities say the proposed 161 mobile phone towers will expand and improve coverage and that the loan to fund it will be repayable, but experts have questioned if the financial case for the project stacks up.

Torrential rains have hit New Zealand's South Island, flooding rivers, houses and roads and forcing roughly 200 households to evacuate, according to media reports.

Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll tells an inquiry into domestic violence and police culture that she was shocked and appalled over two lewd incidents by senior staff this year.

The parents of 18-year-old Emerald Wardle tell the NSW Supreme Court how her murder has devastated their lives. Her killer, 21-year-old Jordan Brodie Miller, faces a maximum sentence of life behind bars.

The Emmy-winning film and television actor was removed from life support at a burns centre on Sunday more than a week after her car slammed into a home and burst into flames.

A United Nations' Special Rapporteur says it is "reasonable to conclude" that forced labour is taking place among Uyghur, Kazakh and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang's agriculture and manufacturing sectors.

Liz Cheney went from Republican royalty to outcast. But despite a record election loss to a Trump-backed candidate, she's not giving up, writes Barbara Miller.

The ocean floor is famously less explored than the surface of Mars. And when our team of scientists recently mapped the seabed, and ancient sediments beneath, we discovered what looks like an asteroid impact crater.

What was meant to be a pleasant chairlift ride across a popular swimming spot instead gave a mother and daughter a bit of a fright, with the visitors to Tasmania's Cataract Gorge spooked by the river which "sounded like a wild animal". ...

An Adelaide man who hit and killed a teenage girl with his Lamborghini three years ago has been found not guilty of death by dangerous driving.

A man has told a South Australian court that it felt like "getting hit by a car" when his dying friend confessed to a 2009 murder that someone else was serving time for.

A Newcastle priest will need to prove he has been rehabilitated after being suspended by the Anglican Church for not reporting a serious sexual assault by another priest, bullying, assault and intimidation. 

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack on Wednesday night, in what is the latest bombing to strike the country since the Taliban seized power.

The company says "no system is perfect" but it's optimistic these new measures will reduce unauthorised parties. 

Researchers have used fossil evidence to create a 3D model of the ancient "super predator".

A six-piece band from the remote community of Mulga Bore, in Central Australia, will support rock icons KISS on their final show in Australia, in what front man Alvin Manfong describes as a "dream come true".

The announcement follows a series of deadly domestic violence incidents in the NT, including the deaths of a 30-year-old mother and her baby in outback Central Australia.

Two former judges in Pennsylvania are ordered to pay millions to victims of a scheme that sent nearly 300 children to for-profit prisons in exchange for kickbacks.

Elon Musk was only joking when he said that he wanted to buy Manchester United. This is why so many United fans jumped on board so quickly.

Bernard Foley last played for the Wallabies in 2019, but he may add to his tally of 71 Tests after being included in the Wallabies' extended squad to face South Africa in the Rugby Championship.

Every public primary school in SA will soon have a dedicated teacher onsite to support students with autism. 

Foreign Correspondent spent two weeks inside a resistance army's mountain stronghold as it waged war on Myanmar's military dictatorship.