Further investigations by the information commissioner and the communications authority are being launched into the Optus cyber attack that affected millions of customers last month. 

Academic Pippa Yeoman is among a number of Australians, including a leading medical specialist, accusing the chief medical officer of downplaying the threat posed by long COVID while justifying the end of national isolation requirements. ...

The precarious state of general practice is the most concerning pressure on the healthcare system right now, according to federal Health Minister Mark Butler, who has met experts to brainstorm long- and short-term solutions amid concerns th...

The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals we are about halfway to equalling 2019 international travel figures. So what are the top destinations for which Australians are packing their travel bags?

At 49, Russian man Igor Tikhiy should not be subject to mobilisation, but when he saw recruiters approaching his building with draft papers he made the decision to flee to Georgia. 

Throughout the war, Vladimir Putin has constantly failed to align his political objectives for Ukraine with the military means required to achieve them. Now he's finding out how his mistakes will haunt Russia, writes Mick Ryan. 

The Bureau of Meteorology is warning Victorians to be on alert, with the most significant rain event of the year poised to unfold on Thursday.

A predicted record downpour and slow-moving landslide will cut access to Falls Creek alpine village, authorities warn.

Police said officers were called to a property on Edmonstone Street in South Brisbane after earlier reports a man fell through the roof of a nearby business.

A nurse who left Yuendumu the day Kumanjayi Walker was fatally shot has told the NT coroner health staff were afraid after a colleague's home was almost broken into by a group with "rakes, shovels and pickaxes".

Brittany Higgins remains unavailable to give evidence on the sixth day of Bruce Lehrmann's trial for her alleged rape in Parliament House in 2019.

In July, the UK singer-songwriter cancelled Australian tour dates due to "unforeseen personal circumstances"

An 18-year-old woman has been arrested after an alleged attack on workers at a McDonald's store in Adelaide, prompting the company to review security at the site. 

Experts are warning that Afghanistan is on the brink of a mental health catastrophe as the country's economic crisis and decades of conflict take a dangerous toll on children and teens' mental wellbeing.

Scientists say climate change no doubt helped swell monsoon rains this summer that dumped three and a half times the normal amount of rain, putting one-third of the country underwater.

At least 28 people have been reported as dead as a direct or indirect result of the storm.

Almost three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of international experts says the world has still not dealt with what it says is the "most likely" cause of the virus: animal-to-human transmission. 

Australians have been told that electric utes will never work – and even that they don’t exist. Now, with the first models about to arrive in the country, a report predicts they're going to boom in popularity among fleet managers and ...

A double storey home with beautiful river views, on a large block, for under $300,000. But there's a catch, it's in flood zone.

It's fair to say Tony Armstrong has had a meteoric rise. But he says it took a "pretty brutal" failure to get to where he is now. 

Losing arguably your best player and captain might have clipped any other team's wings, but Ebony Marinoff says she's not surprised the Crows are still flying high without champion Erin Phillips.

Ten years after her blistering misogyny speech became a "kind of anthem", Australia's only female prime minister takes stock of the country today.

Wagga Wagga and Forbes residents are on high alert as communities in the north and Central West prepare to be cut off. There are more than 100 alerts in place across the state.

Mackay Base Hospital midwives are incensed senior staff members — who ignored for months their complaints about an obstetrician being a serious patient safety risk — are still working at the facility and have not been reprimanded. ...

Covering October to April, the Bureau of Meteorology's outlook warns of an increased risk of widespread flooding for eastern and northern Australia.