A judge says he is satisfied Lynette Dawson died on or about January 8, 1982 as a result of a conscious and voluntary act by husband Chris Dawson with the intention of causing her death.

It was one of Australia's most high-profile murder cases and took more than 40 years to solve. These are the four lies Chris Dawson told that, eventually, meant he was jailed for murder.

Australia and Papua New Guinea have strong security links, and while the two countries have never signed a formal treaty, the fact one is being considered may signal a desire to build a deeper defence relationship as China entrenches its p...

Grace Tame did what people in her situation are told to do; she went to the police when confronted with online abuse. But only after she went public did things start to happen — but what about people without her platform?

Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley told Sky News no one in the world is making an electric ute. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

The Solomon Islands government puts a moratorium on all navy vessels entering its ports, saying it needs to review approval requirements and procedures. 

The inquiry found a diminished trust in government and mainstream media led to increased recruitment to far-right causes.

Emily Townsend very publicly quit her job at News Corp over its bushfire and climate change reporting. She thought she was burning her bridges. Then the messages arrived.

The Australian dream of owning your own home has become a lot smaller in high-demand areas as first home buyers push to break into the market.

P-plater Devlin Bartholomew is jailed for running down a three-year-old boy on a suburban Perth street while driving at up to 134 kilometres per hour in a 50 kilometre per hour zone.

Satellite images and pictures reveal the devastation caused by widespread flash flooding across Pakistan.

A Federal Court judge says the site showed a lack of responsibility and basic professionalism in defaming Erin Molan when it portrayed the broadcaster as a racist.

Seven-year-old Aishwarya Aswath went from sitting up in the resuscitation bay to collapsing and her heart stopping in just 15 minutes, an inquest hears. 

A class action for Stolen Generations deceased estates and family members in the Northern Territory has resolved, after successful negotiations. 

The spiralling toll of overdose deaths across Melbourne has fuelled calls for a second injecting facility to open in the city's CBD.

Authorities are seeking to seize any alleged proceeds of crime from a super yacht tour operator linked to a deadly $20 million cocaine haul in Newcastle.

A man accused of throwing his girlfriend from the balcony of their Gold Coast high-rise in 2013 is facing a fresh charge relating to the alleged sexual abuse of a girl.

Trees are down, vehicles have been crushed and the weather bureau is forecasting more rain and wind for the NT.

Four hundred people collected their boarding passes at Gold Coast Airport's new terminal, but they aren't going anywhere.

The child's family issues a warning to overseas travellers while remembering the boy as "sweet, caring and bright".

Millionaire businessman Tom Strachan, his son Noah and pilot Garry Liehm are identified as the three people who died in a light plane crash in the Somerset region, west of Brisbane, on Monday.

The stakes are higher for China's already wobbly national economy compared to earlier this month, when the lockdowns were mostly in smaller cities, but for the moment the fresh measures are set to end after a few days.

The Indigenous man, whose name was not known, resisted all forms of outside contact for the past 26 years. 

Nick Kyrgios beats his good friend and the other half of the "Special Ks", Thanasi Kokkinakis, to give Australia four winners on the first day of the US Open at Flushing Meadows.

It's survived troubled waters in the past, but declining passenger numbers have rendered a Tasmanian ferry service unviable, despite it being described as a "lifeline" for locals.