Beaches between Manly and Narrabeen are closed following a fatal shark attack on Long Reef Beach this morning.

The Dockers and the Suns prepare to face off in a historic elimination final in Perth, after the Hawks held off the Giants in a classic. Follow all the action in our live blog.

The Wallabies turned down three chances to take a draw after full-time, before scoring a match-winning try to down Argentina in Townsville. 

Authorities are offering the largest reward in Victoria's history for information leading to the arrest of Dezi Freeman, as the hunt for alleged killer enters its 12th day.

Pete Hegseth belongs to a church founded by a man who believes that women should not have the right to vote. And a new church outpost has just opened a few blocks from the Capitol building. 

Eighteen-year-old debutant Heamasi Makasini scores a try 14 minutes into his NRL career after Penrith beat the Dragons resoundingly to secure seventh place and lock in the order of the top eight with half of the final round still to be playe...

Tesla's board has proposed a $US1 trillion ($1.52 trillion) compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk in what would be the largest corporate pay package in history.

The Israel Defense Forces said the area will include field hospitals, water pipelines and desalination facilities, continued supply of food and medicines, and medical equipment.

Queensland's environment department says it is investigating a video which appears to show an influencer attempting to catch a freshwater crocodile.

Perpetrators of domestic violence and financial abuse can gain access to the superannuation benefits and life insurance proceeds of their victims. A parliamentary inquiry finds super laws should be changed to prevent it continuing.

A near-fatal bite was not enough to stop Queenslander Kasey Leadbetter from loving snakes but she says treatment could be improved, and researchers agree.

China's display of an array of naval weaponry and assets, as opposed to land-based ones, could hardly have been less subtle.

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping were caught on an audio recording talking about organ transplants extending life — but there are plenty of biotech startups also looking at increasing human life span, particularly in the US, where many are su...

An ABC investigation can reveal the Catholic Church tried to revive a highly controversial legal loophole that stopped it from being sued by victims of sexual abuse for millions of dollars in damages, after it was scrapped in 2018.

This week in Canberra the government seemed to be getting cold feet on its superannuation tax plan and the Coalition reckoned Labor was being less than transparent.

A 62-year-old man is arrested and charged after allegedly having 35 kilograms of methamphetamine, worth an estimated $11 million, in his luggage at Brisbane Airport.

The trial of celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright unearthed a culture of helicopter maintenance and safety breaches by his company, which some say have been ongoing in Australia's north for decades.

Business owners affected by a fire which gutted a shopping centre in Perth's north-east are calling for state government support as they begin the recovery process.

Brisbane's premiership hopes have taken a major hit with Eric Hipwood to miss the rest of the season and Lachie Neale suffering a calf injury in their loss to Geelong. 

Nearly two decades ago, scientists in Newcastle came surprisingly close to resurrecting the extinct gastric brooding frog. Their failure highlights issues still plaguing de-extinction research today.

Hamas has released a video showing Israeli hostages Guy Gilboa-Dalal and Alon Ohel, who were captured during the militant group's October 7, 2023, attack. 

The move is the latest step in Donald Trump's efforts to rebrand the US military, including by presiding over an extraordinary military parade in downtown Washington DC, and restoring the original names of military bases that were changed af...

It's a Carlos Alcaraz vs Jannik Sinner final for the third straight major, as the world number one advances after a tougher-than-expected challenge from Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Melbourne's best tram drivers are getting ready for a trip to Vienna to compete in the inaugural World Tramdriver Championship.

Couples hoping to tie the knot at a popular wedding venue in the Hawkesbury are waking up to the news it has been destroyed.