Experts are divided on the government's plan to increase its control over net migration figures, warning the devil is in the detail.

Over the past year, electric car sales have tripled, as anxiety about fuel shortages and rising petrol prices continues.

US President Donald Trump wants Israel to do a deal with Hamas now, but conservatives in Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet don't want a deal with the group ever — and it's leaving the Israeli prime minister in a difficult position. 

The brother of former NSW premier Dominic Perrottet says he undertook factional work while on the clock for another MP in his first appearance before a corruption inquiry.

Malaysian Australian author Omar Musa has taken out the Miles Franklin Literary Award with his second novel, Fierceland, set between Malaysian Borneo and Sydney.

A reformed neo-Nazi cut ties with his extremist organisation after he realised he was being sold a "load of lies", the antisemitism royal commission has heard.

A list of thousands of Australian species have been ranked by threat level as the deadly H5 bird flu spreads.

Consumer and regional advocates are urging the government to intervene and mandate domestic roaming now, arguing the ACCC's 12-month inquiry will take too long.

Europe's second-longest river is carrying less water than it has in decades, revealing shipwrecks and shutting down nuclear reactors.

The IBAC report into a bitter pay dispute between the Victorian government and firefighters during the Andrews era found United Firefighters Union boss Peter Marshall had privileged access to government figures, but stopped short of any find...

Authorities say the crash on the Stuart Highway, near Marrakai, claimed the lives of everyone involved, and "appears to have been a high-speed head-on collision", with both vehicles catching fire.

What happens when the world's oldest continuous cultures come up against one of the newest technologies: artificial intelligence? There are growing concerns about AI systems being trained on Indigenous artworks, language and cultural materia...

Protesters around the world are calling for justice for a Chinese stray dog and her puppies after they were beaten to death and set alight by a group of boys in China.

A national inquiry into racism, hate and violence towards First Nations people has come to Hobart to hear from the state's Aboriginal groups and people with lived experience of racism.

Move over waratahs and banksias! These 10 flowers from the unsung understorey are not just pretty faces, they have surprising tricks up their sleeves.   

Britain's Princess Eugenie has given birth to a baby girl, her third child and first daughter.

Eve was an adult when she realised she grew up in a home where the child-adult relationships were reversed.

NAPLAN results have arrived for students across Australia, giving parents a snapshot of how their child is tracking in literacy and numeracy. But what do the scores really mean and when should parents be concerned?

The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions is set to take over the case against Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling, to avoid a perceived conflict of interest within the Northern Territory Director of Public Prosecutions.

Jetstar has announced it will charge passengers to stow carry-on luggage in overhead lockers from next year, allowing only a small under-seat bag at no extra cost.

Nearly 1.3 million hectares of the South Australian outback has been bought by billionaire Adelaide businessman Charlie Shahin, whose family founded the OTR petrol station and convenience store network.

NSW Police are still trying to solve the case of a man whose body was found in a car with WA number plates from a vehicle written off years earlier. 

The Federal Court has ruled sexual harassment allegations against a former NT Supreme Court judge can proceed, rejecting an argument that too much time had passed since the alleged conduct more than a decade ago.

Australia's Super Netball players will receive better pay and more time off under a new 12-month deal, but they eventually want a revenue-sharing model.

For more than a decade, Cathy Wood has searched for answers about her father's disappearance. She is one of thousands of Australians living with the pain of an unresolved loss.