The ACT decriminalises small amounts of commonly used illicit drugs, becoming the first Australian jurisdiction to do so.

The lawyer representing a First Nations family who allege mistreatment by Hawthorn, says their "traumatised" clients may not participate in the AFL's independent investigation.

Greens senator Lidia Thorpe has resigned as the party’s deputy leader in the Senate, following revelations by the ABC that she was briefly in an undisclosed relationship with an ex-bikie boss last year while on parliament's law enforcement...

Staffers to Greens senator Lidia Thorpe were concerned her undisclosed relationship with a former outlaw motorcycle gang president while she served on parliament's law enforcement committee posed a perceived conflict of interest.

While neither country's defence minsters mention China in their announcement, the deal comes as nations scramble to respond to the increasing influence Beijing has in the Pacific.

A coronial inquest has heard 13 per cent of almost 20,000 high-schoolers had tried chroming — a dangerous form of drug use deemed far from glamorous.

Rain and extensive flooding is expected to impact much of eastern and south-east Australia over the next few days. These are the areas to watch.

The private health insurance company admits that the personal data of some of its customers — including names, addresses, Medicare numbers and phone numbers — has been stolen in a cyber attack.

Medibank, which has more than 3.7 million customers, says a hacker claims to have stolen 200GB of data and given 100 policies as proof. Here's what we know.

The jury continues to deliberate in the trial of Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of raping former Liberal staffer and colleague Brittany Higgins in 2019.

Ukraine urges residents to drastically restrict their electricity consumption to cope with the destruction of power stations by the Russian army as winter approaches.

Former colleagues of a man accused of murdering his wife have told a court about separate occasions when he said "pigs don't leave any evidence".

What started as a request by Australian netballer Donnell Wallam to remove the name "Hancock" from her dress has erupted into a national conversation about sportswashing that some athletes and fans say is overdue.

One of the five Alice Springs-based officers deployed to Yuendumu on the night Kumanjayi Walker died has told the coronial inquest there were failings in the plan to arrest the young Indigenous man before his shooting death in 2019.

A business lobby says that as Russia's war in Ukraine strains supply chains, the US is considering allowing some defence manufacturing in Taiwan, which is seeking to bolster its defences against China.

As some Victorians brace for worsening conditions and others get on with the job of cleaning up from devastating floods, financial support is available from both the federal and state governments. Here are the details.

Adult incontinence products get less attention than infant nappies but the problem could be far bigger, researchers say. 

A Sydney swim coach accused of sexually touching young female students is acquitted of five charges but the jury is split on other counts.

Some employers are still struggling to fill vacancies, but the latest data hint that the COVID jobs boom is coming to an end.

Northern Europe's Indigenous people, the Sámi, say their way of life is being threatened by a wave of "green colonialism". Can their voices to parliament save them?

An artificial intelligence camera trial could help firies keep their eyes on remote parts of Tasmania.

As an extraordinary protest happened in Beijing, China's political powerbrokers are days away from some big announcements. Our experts are here to unpack what it all means and take your questions.

US and Iraqi archaeologists working to reconstruct a site bulldozed by Islamic State group fighters have unearthed extraordinary 2,700-year-old rock carvings among the ruins.

A new review has found disadvantaged and vulnerable people were impacted heavily by Australia's response to COVID-19.

An Indonesian Health Ministry official says close to 100 children have died from acute kidney injury so far this year, as a team of experts investigates the spike in cases.