Three groups within Defence will be rolled into one entity as part of a sweeping restructure of the department. 

Australia's medicines regulator issues a safety warning over the potential risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviours when taking Ozempic-style drugs.

Organisations using branded identifiers in their text messages to consumers will need to register them by July 1, 2026, or risk being mistaken for a scam.

Summer has arrived in Australia with a bang, with fire and searing heat in the west, while a sprinkling of snow accompanied record cold temperatures in the south-east of the country.

The jury in the former Innisfail nurse's murder trial has heard more than three weeks of evidence.

The energy grid is not ready for the closure of the Eraring coal plant, the energy operator has warned, raising the threat of widespread blackouts in eastern Australia.

Hundreds of Zone RV employees are out of work weeks before Christmas after arriving at work on Monday morning and being told the bad news. 

Hong Kong's anti-corruption agency has arrested 13 people, including the directors and an engineering consultant of a construction company.

US President Donald Trump says Venezuela's airspace should be considered closed. According to international law, it's not that simple. 

Professional investors slam another "embarrassing" ASX technical glitch, which saw trading halted in around 50 stocks as companies were unable to publish price-sensitive announcements.

Matildas captain Sam Kerr is running out of chances to make her long-awaited return from a knee injury, as the Australian team faces New Zealand's Football Ferns in their last scheduled match before next year's Asian Cup.

The NSW government's flagship renewable energy project has come under fire after trees containing dozens of hatchlings were cut down.  

The executive assistant of chief pilot Ashley Jenkinson has appeared before a coronial inquest into the 2023 tragedy.

An inquest into a 2024 police shooting in Nowra on the NSW South Coast hears police gunned down a man who was carrying a fake gun with the intention of being killed.

Almost two dozen workers have fallen ill after a carbon monoxide leak at a pork processing plant in Derrimut.

The body of a man who died while cave diving in South Australia's south-east on Sunday has now been recovered, police say.

Summer desserts are for sharing and we have 10 options for end-of-year gatherings and Christmas. 

Four Sydney men are charged as police allege the group distributed "ritualistic and satanic" child abuse material online.

Hundreds of homes in the Mid West city of Geraldton remain under threat from an out-of-control bushfire, with firefighters battling extremely hot, dry and windy conditions.

The Western Australian Cricket Association has asked the City of Perth for a 10-year exemption from paying any rates. If granted it would potentially cost the city $2.5 million in revenue.

The operator of the jumping castle at the centre of the tragedy in which six schoolchildren died in 2021 is seeking to recoup potentially "millions" in court costs following her being found not guilty of a health and safety charge in relatio...

An image of spiders' legs in the shape of the logo of an Adelaide high school is among several bizarre clues that have been released in the hope they could help police identify the person who is behind a series of threatening emails.

At least 212 people are dead and 218 are missing in Sri Lanka as floods, cyclones and torrential rain continue to affect millions of people across Asia.

Prosecutors are "likely" to consider asking for the case against two teenagers charged over a stabbing — which sent an Adelaide shopping centre into lockdown — to be moved to an adult court.

The union claimed firefighters entered the Metro Tunnel for operational reasons but Fire Rescue Victoria said there were no planned drills or site visits.