Following widespread criticism, the federal government has removed a video that used a metaphor about a milkshake to try to teach children about consent.

Jesse Bird risked his life in Afghanistan and lost his mate to a roadside bomb. Weeks after his permanent impairment claim was knocked back he took his own life. His partner says the royal commission will be a good thing — but only if it's...

Barbara Eckersley tells a court that she was shocked to be charged with the murder of her mother after she went to police to tell them she may have had a hand in her death.

The growing opposition to Netflix's upcoming reality show Byron Baes is a promotional dream come true for the streaming giant, and a classic case of controversy building awareness, a leading marketing expert says.

The pair, including a former RAAF pilot, plotted to stash drugs with a street value of up to $118 million in a spare fuel tank.

Three people are now in hospital in South Australia with COVID-19, SA Health has revealed. A man in his 40s and a woman in her 20s are in a stable condition. A man in his 40s who was in the ICU has been moved off the ward.

Despite being in the first phase of the nation's coronavirus vaccination rollout, an expert says there has only been a "trickle" of vaccines to residents of disability centres. Follow live.

Renters struggling to find a home are being advised to move hundreds of kilometres away to secure long-term housing as there are so few accommodation options in popular coastal regions.

Monica Elizabeth Young pleads guilty to repeatedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old high school student over a two-week period in Western Sydney last year.

A "deeply disturbing" report into sexual harassment within South Australia's legal profession reveals widespread sexual and discriminatory harassment. SA Attorney-General Vickie Chapman said the review was "an unpleasant read, but a cruc...

Vanuatu's health authorities order a localised three-day travel lockdown after the body of a COVID-19-positive sailor is found on a beach. It comes as a quarantine breach in Fiji triggers nationwide measures.

The Magpies are hit with a massive financial penalty over players Jordan De Goey and Jeremy Howe accessing their phones midway through last Friday night's match against West Coast.

Suffering a suspected infection, an 87-year-old grandfather is referred to Launceston General Hospital's emergency department. But with no beds available, he is forced to wait in a chair for nine hours before being seen.

Melbourne Victory is one of the A-League's most successful clubs, but they're sitting at the bottom of the competition ladder and a permanent head coach is still weeks away from being announced. 

A bid to turn Mission Beach and Dunk Island into a tourism hotspot is all but over with the man behind the scheme banned from fundraising and advertising financial products.

A pub that put Hollywood in the heart of central Sydney is being sold with industry insiders saying the sale of the establishment, once owned by former actress Doris Goddard, could fetch $10 million.

A security guard has faced court over an incident on Darwin's nightclub strip that led to a US marine being placed in an induced coma.

NSW MP John Sidoti, who stood down from the Liberal Party temporarily while he is investigated over allegations he misused his position to influence planning decisions, tells a corruption inquiry he repeatedly signed documents without readin...

A critically endangered sea snake not seen on a reef off Western Australia for 23 years has been found in 67 metres of water by a robotic research vessel.

Andrew O'Keefe is facing more charges in relation to the alleged assault of his partner in Sydney's eastern suburbs earlier this year, a court hears. One of the new charges relates to a separate incident in Kangaroo Valley. 

With India's hospitals full and oxygen and medicine in short supply, several major cities are reporting far larger numbers of cremations and burials under COVID protocols than deaths recorded in official tallies.

Two cats that went missing during a break-in at the RSPCA's ACT premises are feared stolen, and the owners are pleading for their safe return.

Temperatures around Melbourne drop more than 5 degrees Celsius in 90 minutes as a gusty cool change crosses the state.

Dairy Goat Society of Australia's Ian Tyers says the miniature goats are huge in America and will one day become the number one breed in Australia.

A trough off the coast is dumping rain on Far North Queensland, cutting roads and forcing the council to close some parks and camp sites.