Sandra Peniamina died at the hands of her husband in a shocking act of domestic violence that was slammed by a judge as "vicious, savage, ferocious and unforgiving". But according to the law, her death was her own fault.

If you have family and friends interstate, you may be banking on a Christmas reunion. However, all those pre-travel COVID tests are not covered by Medicare and may end up costing you.

The WA government has announced a major change to its border rules, effectively requiring travellers from states with COVID-19 transmission to be fully vaccinated in order to enter.

US states launch a legal challenge against US President Joe Biden's executive orders requiring federal contractors to be vaccinated, describing the mandate as "unconstitutional and unlawful".

Incentivise is set to run a hot favourite in Tuesday's great race, but who will be the toughest to beat? Explore our interactive form guide to the horses set to line up in the 161st Melbourne Cup.

The shock announcement comes days after an investigation uncovered allegations of disturbing practices at the dermatologist's clinics including hygiene and safety breaches and procedures that had left patients with ongoing physical and psyc...

Just six weeks after the peak of its worst wave of COVID yet, life in Israel is returning to normal thanks to a combination of booster shots, vaccine passports and mask-wearing. Their turnaround could offer a way forward for Australia. ...

A number of severe storm cells have formed in southern and south-east Queensland, with half a dozen regions warned they could be hit by damaging winds and large hailstones.

Summer temperatures are soaring, those burnt out in the Black Summer are rebuilding, and water flows have been down for decades. As leaders gather in Glasgow, Australians are already dealing with the impacts of a warming planet.

Just after noon today, paramedics responded to reports a scuba diver had been pulled from the water unconscious near Cape Solander at Kurnell.

Regarded as one of Australia's greatest all-rounders, Alan Davidson — who played in the famous tied Test against West Indies — has died at age 92.

Little Cleo Smith has been missing for more than two weeks now and with few leads to go on, the detectives putting together the puzzle revisit the locations which are central to her disappearance.

Painful questions about the status of Gladys Berejiklian's relationship with Daryl Maguire bordered on the Shakespearean, as the former premier remains defiant.

A wooden, almost completely intact canoe used by ancient Mayans and believed to be more than 1,000 years old has turned up in the southern Mexico state of Yucatán.

When some people listen to a story they automatically conjure up the scene in their mind’s eye, while a small proportion cannot visualise images at all. This inability to visualise is known as aphantasia.

The latest figures come as Victoria wakes to its first full day on the same level of restrictions, after months of extended lockdowns and a ban on travel from Melbourne to the rest of the state.

On what the government is calling "last-chance weekend", Queensland sees another day with no new coronavirus cases detected.

WILAM BIIK - or ‘Home Country’ - at TarraWarra Museum of Art, puts Wurundjeri people in full control of the curatorial process, breaking down centuries of museum protocol.

The search for a man missing in waters off Tasmania's north-west is called off 11 days after he was last seen and more than week after the bodies of two of his friends washed ashore.

Adelaide United footballer Josh Cavallo's recent coming out received overwhelming support from global sport, but its impact shows men's sport has a long way to go to catch women's sport in accepting LGBTQIA+ athletes.

After Beijing's call to put an end to 'sissy' men, a number of China's most popular male idols have undergone conspicuous image makeovers to adopt a more masculine look. However, not everyone is as willing to take Beijing's fashion advi...

The Australian adds a world record to his lengthy list of accomplishments in the pool, setting a new mark in the men's 100 metres freestyle short-course event in Russia.

Lawyers for the 24-year-old Hannah Gutierrez Reed say she doesn't know where the live rounds found there came from, and blamed producers for unsafe working conditions.

Can the legacy of Marvel's first "Silver Age" superheroes be restored after a string of bad movies?

Massive amounts of volcanic pumice pebbles spewed from an undersea volcano in the Pacific Ocean have been piling up on southern Japanese coasts.