Facebook will walk back its block on Australian users sharing news on its site after the government agreed to make amendments to the proposed media bargaining laws that would force major tech giants to pay news outlets f...

Brittany Higgins is not the first to describe a perilous workplace culture in Parliament House. It is a rather feudal system that can leave political staff — particularly women — vulnerable to bad treatment. ...

Former Liberal staffer Chelsey Potter says she "cried a lot" after reaching out to her former boss senator Simon Birmingham to discuss her experiences of a sexual assault by another male colleague. ...

The controversial backbencher, criticised for spreading coronavirus misinformation on Facebook, says he decided to become an independent so he can act and speak according to his "conscience and beliefs". ...

An Australia's military official discusses the case of detained academic Sean Turnell in a phone call with upper echelons of Myanmar's new military government.

White spot disease is harmless to humans but deadly for prawns — and it's cost farmers in south-east Queensland an estimated $50 million in losses.

Mining giant BHP are investigating damage to a culturally significant Aboriginal site in Western Australia's iron ore-rich Pilbara region.

Central bankers keep assuring investors and the public that interest rates will stay low for years during the COVID recovery. But many traders now don't believe them and that could be bad news for overvalued share prices...

Scott Morrison is refusing to guarantee he will release an inquiry into what his office knew about former staffer Brittany Higgins's allegation she was raped in a ministerial office.

Buckingham Palace has revealed the Queen will address the United Kingdom in a televised statement hours before the Duke and Duchess of Sussex sit down for a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey. ...

Viral videos of 74-year-old Nina Baginskaya confronting burly young police officers have become some of the most famous images of the uprising in Belarus.

The $25 per week increase is the most high-profile change to JobSeeker, but it's just one part of a raft of tweaks to unemployment benefits in Australia.

The Coalition is now governing with the slimmest of margins thanks to Craig Kelly's departure to the crossbench. So can it still run the nation effectively?

A group of men accused of the "extraordinarily barbaric" 2016 killing of two people who were locked inside a toolbox and submerged in a dam plead not guilty to their murders.

Health authorities detect cases of the Buruli ulcer in Essendon, Moonee Ponds and Brunswick West, but an expert says the risk of getting it is low and there are good treatments for the illness. ...

The food delivery company reveals its workers compensation premiums cover only office staff, not delivery riders who work as 'independent contractors', a NSW Parliamentary inquiry hears.

A WA court hears police seized business documents describing Joseph Williams as a "passionate lore man", as well as testimony from his sixth alleged victim.

For years Byron Bay has been a mecca for backpackers and van lifers. Now, local residents are becoming increasingly frustrated by the tourists setting up camp in their once clean and quiet streets — and there's no easy...

An investigation into a Boeing 777's engine exploding during a flight in the US is turning its focus to broken fan blades. This is what we know so far.

People on unemployment benefits will receive an extra $25 per week under changes to JobSeeker from April, but will receive less money overall due to the end of the coronavirus supplement.

A Geelong magistrate finds Sergeant David Magher guilty of assault, ruling the force used to kick a man in custody twice was "gratuitous and unnecessary" and "crossed the line".

America's coronavirus death toll is a stain on a country that treasures exceptionalism, with the pandemic sure to go down in history as one of this great nation's grimmest chapters, writes Kathryn Diss. ...

More charges are laid against Matthew James Markcrow who is accused of operating a sexual slavery ring where it is alleged women as young as 17 were drugged and held for prostitution in Brisbane, Queensland police say. ...

A medevac asylum seeker detained in Brisbane's Immigration Transit Accommodation is using a bucket to collect his own rainwater, after a dispute with medical experts over whether it could improve his skin condition. ...

In the ultimate selfie, NASA's Perseverance rover has recorded what it's like to land on another planet for the first time.

Australian Test opener David Warner uses a TV commentary stint to reveal the extent of a groin injury that may keep him in pain until just before the Ashes series.

It is impossible to tell how much the brain disease CTE contributed to the death of AFL legend Danny Frawley, a Victorian coroner says, as she calls for more research into the condition.

One of the first Adelaide councils to implement a cat curfew issues its first fine to the owner of a cat that has been spraying outdoor furniture and children's toys in a neighbour's backyard at night. ...

Growing up amid media-fanned moral panic around African gangs, Jumess used to 'shrink' herself and suppress her heritage. It took a chance encounter with a little girl with an afro to change her mindset. ...