Hackers are breaking into more than computers. They are taking control of the physical machines that have underpinned our lives for decades.

With Donald Trump threatening to interfere in the US midterm elections, local officials are preparing for armed ICE agents to intimidate voters at polling booths.

Millions of dollars in contracts were awarded under Powerhouse CEO Lisa Havilah. Documents released under a freedom of information request reveal her perceived conflicts of interest.

Tonga and Samoa light up the Rugby League World Cup after Lebanon wins a spectacular game in golden point against France. Follow live.

Australia ran up the biggest win in women's international rugby league history with its World Cup victory over Wales but it was the kind of result that served little purpose other than stuffing the stats sheet.

Actor Olivia Hargroder was given just days to live, but her mother never gave up on her. Born with Down syndrome and a potentially fatal heart condition, the 27-year-old is dancing her way to stardom.

Police say the teenagers were the driver and passenger of a car that left the road and struck several trees before catching fire. 

One Nation's candidate for Melbourne Matthew Collins quits and apologises just four weeks out from the Victorian election over offensive comments published on his social media accounts.

The judge presiding over Donald Trump's lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch throws it out, claiming the US president attempted to "manufacture" flaws in the news outlet's investigative reporting.

The FBI has backed the opinion of crypto experts, by officially accusing North Korean hackers of stealing more than $US6 billion from cryptocurrency exchange Binance.

Podcast host Lisa Phillips says it is time the world focuses on how to stamp out widespread sexual abuse in society. 

A violent storm has torn roofs from buildings, toppled trees and caused hail damage near Yass on the New South Wales Southern Tablelands.

Garth Hamilton argues the party has to shift its policy to reflect the mood of the nation and abandon any return to a super-for-housing type of policy.

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher says growing pressures on the federal budget mean the government cannot promise it will find overall savings in its December update, even as Australians brace for another interest rate rise amid ongoing high i...

The prime minister has ridden out plenty of political turbulence before, but now economic headwinds are being compounded by growing frustration within his own ranks. 

Darryl Young stole cattle for decades before he shot dead three people and wounded another at Bogie, his former neighbours say.

From today, hundreds of thousands of three-year-olds across the country will have access to a new Medicare-subsidised screening program.

Emergency response teams from some of WA's biggest mines have been put through their paces hundreds of metres underground for the annual mine rescue competition.

After 14 years in which 7.9 million party members and officials have been purged, including his own loyalists, Xi Jinping faces a dilemma in proving the Chinese Communist Party works.

Russia's FSB security service says it has carried out "appropriate" measures after the US embassy in Moscow warned of a planned "terrorist" attack in the capital this weekend.

After a disastrous series loss to South Africa, Australian cricket faces some tough decisions.

The prime minister is travelling to Antigua and Barbuda to discuss climate, trade and AI regulation with other Commonwealth leaders.

We can choose whether Australia and Indonesia remain nations that happen to live next to each other, or nations that are neighbours by choice and build their neighbourhood together.

Four interest rate hikes have added hundreds of dollars to mortgages each month, but the story is different for savings accounts.

Hundreds of thousands of protesters, inspired by frustrated high school students, take to the streets across France in demonstrations over living costs and education.