It's been almost two years since Craig Jones first ran preliminary tests on his zinc sunscreen. When he discovered it wasn't providing the SPF it was supposed to he threw it out and set out on a quest to find out why.

It took a jury in the Supreme Court in Cairns seven hours to reach the unanimous guilty verdict after an almost four-week retrial.

The Coalition is applying more heat to Sport Minister Anika Wells over flights she claimed for herself and her husband to attend two Boxing Day cricket test matches in recent years, and several AFL Grand Final events.

Barnaby Joyce's defection gives One Nation its first lower house seat since 1998.

The City of Moreton Bay council violated the human rights of homeless campers when they destroyed their tents and belongings in April, the Supreme Court has heard.

Donald Trump has made the Kennedy Center a touchstone in a broader attack against what he claims is "woke", anti-American culture.

The suspension of Tim Lane leaves a Central Queensland town of 3,000 people with no permanent hospital doctor or GP.

Fire services are urging people to buy lithium-ion battery products from reputable suppliers ahead of Christmas after yet another house fire was suspected to have been caused by a lithium battery on the weekend.

Jim Chalmers says the end to the "temporary" subsidy was a "hard" decision but recognises pressures on the budget.

A review has identified 18 points or "missed opportunities" where Ashley Paul Griffith's offending could have been disrupted or stopped, had a different action been taken.

Surgeons have separated a rare set of conjoined twins after they were urgently flown from Papua New Guinea to Australia, but only one of the boys has survived.

A coroner's report has found there were multiple missed opportunities to improve or replace the public housing septic system, which the NT government had responsibility for.

The founder of a Tasmanian distillery behind an alleged investor fraud scheme has pleaded not guilty to 736 criminal offences.

Today marks one year since the Assad dictatorship in Syria was toppled by Islamist rebels, bringing an end to nearly 14 years of civil war. Some are celebrating, while others continue to struggle. 

Thailand launches air strikes along its disputed border with Cambodia, after both countries accuse one another of breaching a ceasefire agreement brokered by US President Donald Trump.

Marnus Labuschagne says Australia's opening partnership is making the rest of the batting order improve, as selectors deliberate over Usman Khawaja's Test future.

Readers share how they approached their online and social media use in the weeks immediately after giving birth. 

A global multi-level-marketing business that sells expensive water ionisers is shifting its target audience to Aussie tradies, but critics say some of their predatory sales tactics are tantamount to a pyramid scheme.

Marius Hawell, his brother and a friend have had their convictions thrown out on grounds of appeal, after being handed jail sentences of between nine and 14 years.

The federal government is being accused of allowing "trade to trump biosecurity", over proposed changes critics claim will "weaken" and "roll back" testing of potentially diseased raw prawn imports.

A former Cairns state primary school teacher has been jailed for 17 years for dozens of child exploitation offences involving children from the school where he worked.

More questions have been raised about the official warnings ahead of a bushfire that destroyed 19 homes in a tiny Tasmanian seaside community where there is one road in and out.

China used to be trying to catch the West, specifically the US. Then it caught up. Now the West is trying to catch up to China, but likely can't.

South Australian Liberal MP Ashton Hurn has secured her party's leadership months out from the next state election.

A young driver who crashed his car near Tarago, killing his girlfriend and two friends, has been sentenced to more than six years in jail.