Solar energy eclipsed coal as the lead source of power across the national energy market at lunchtime on Friday, something experts say will become more common.

Record high energy prices are proving to be no picnic for the country's biggest power providers. So who is 'making out like a bandit'?

Doctors say staff shortages and unsustainable funding arrangements are making it harder for patients to receive the care they need. 

Chief Superintendent Ray Rohweder was disciplined after making a lewd comment at a police convention but was later promoted.

The health department says the number of people diagnosed with monkeypox in Victoria is increasing due to local transmission.

Labor is having a political field day, dining out on Liberals publicly admonishing the man who once led them. But what happens next? We'll know more on Monday, writes Brett Worthington. 

A quick glance through the Governor-General's regularly updated program reveals plenty of public activities. But the appointment of Scott Morrison to five secret ministries is nowhere to be found.

Kelly Humphries was just eight years old when her uncle sexually abused her. But when her mum asked her about it, she denied it was happening. This is her advice to parents concerned about child sexual abuse.

The full budget impact of the second most aggressive interest rate hiking cycle in the Reserve Bank's history is still months from being felt by millions of households.

Australia's cotton industry found a home for this year's bumper crop, without selling to the world's largest textile-producing nation.

Ferdinand Marcos once stole treasure from a poor locksmith, then had him tortured, jailed and threatened with death. Now the treasure hunter's family is taking Marcos's wife and son to court to reclaim what they say belongs to them.  ...

Democratic politicians in the United States call on social media platforms to turn over data about an increase in online threats aimed at law enforcement. 

Security forces try to contain an attack by Islamist militants on a hotel in Mogadishu, following two car bomb blasts and gunfire, according to police and intelligence officers.

Polio is back in the global conversation again over concerns the disease is spreading in London and New York. Experts say under-vaccination is behind it. 

Amid declining Christianity and growing atheism, these minority religions are rising faster than ever.

The City of Sydney will consider becoming the first Australian jurisdiction to ban fossil fuel advertising on council-run properties and infrastructure, citing health and environmental reasons.

The state government aims to introduce new laws to parliament by the end of the year targeting the use of high-powered vehicles, following advocacy from Sophia Naismith's family.

The Royal Foundation invests with a bank that is one of the word's largest backers of fossil fuels and places more than half its investments in a fund that owns shares in large food companies that buy palm oil from firms linked to defores...

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin says demands for her to take a drug test are "unjust" but she has taken one for her own legal protection.

The bodies of the dozens of students have never been found, and 83 more arrest warrants are issued for military, police and government officials. 

Starbucks was one of the earliest and highest-profile Western companies to pull out of Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, but its stores are now being reopened — with a name, logo and menu that are almost the same.

At least two teenagers will undergo surgery for broken bones after the car they were in ploughed through the front yard of a home in Perth's south-east and landed landing atop a boundary fence.

Many of us regularly reach for a diet drink over a sugary one in an effort to keep sugar intake down. But do sweeteners do more than provide a sweet hit?

The AFL's first female club president promises diverse voices will be heard in the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Controversial online influencer Andrew Tate is no longer allowed to use either social media platform, along with his existing ban from Twitter. Here's why.