The Gosok Phuntsok Choeling monastery is now a makeshift evacuation centre for those who have survived the Nepal flood disaster.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade dispatches crisis teams to Nepal to help find 42 Australians missing since Wednesday's devastating floods. Follow live.

Solomon Islands prime minister and outgoing Pacific Islands Forum chair Matthew Wale makes a shock departure from the PIF leaders meeting to deal with a looming leadership challenge back home. 

The federal government is facing pressure to outlaw strangulation and suffocation in pornography, mimicking a UK ban.

Nearly 400 trees will be removed in Adelaide's eastern parklands to make way for a new MotoGP street circuit costing $96 million, the South Australian government has revealed.

The Demons inflicted Brisbane’s largest ever loss in the AFLW, stamping themselves as a threat to the all-conquering North Melbourne.

See all of the tries and big hits as human highlight reels Josh Addo-Carr and Ronaldo Mulitalo starred for the Eels and Sharks at CommBank Stadium to close out Round 26.

A man is fighting for his life and several people are on the run after a suspected underworld shooting in Guildford, in Sydney’s west.

Sydney woman Leah Stewart recounts her harrowing tale of survival on 60 Minutes after losing her arm in a shark attack.

A Melbourne man has been hospitalised after his car exploded into a ball of fire in a horror crash.

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More than four decades after the Hawke-Keating Accord reshaped Australia's economy, it's time for a comprehensive review of what it delivered and what it cost. read now...

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The quake struck about 35km northeast of Luganville in Vanuatu.

A car was also driven at partygoers and a number of vicious assaults reported.

70-100 people could be seen gathered in groups near the scene in Mt Albert.

Police said the accident near Ōtara has blocked multiple lanes.

Police believe they have found everyone from inside the vehicle, but divers will check.

A man is fighting for his life and several people are on the run after a suspected underworld shooting in Guildford, in Sydney’s west.

Sydney woman Leah Stewart recounts her harrowing tale of survival on 60 Minutes after losing her arm in a shark attack.

A Melbourne man has been hospitalised after his car exploded into a ball of fire in a horror crash.

Expanding out-patient clinic services within the public hospital system would help ease the strain of an extremely difficult job

The Queensland government’s new suite of e-mobility laws will come into effect from August 31.

The return of the Sussexes to Britain confirms a fundamental reality: their personal brand is inextricably linked to the very institution they spent six years criticising.

Melbourne’s Professor Arnold Dix assisted rescuers from afar as hundreds of people were saved from the tunnel of a hydropower plant in Nepal.

Dozens of families are facing an agonising wait for answers as more than 40 Australians remain missing in flood-hit Nepal and Tibet.

The man who quit Keir Starmer’s government over a failure to boost defence spending appears now to have reached the same conclusion: Britain simply can’t find the money, leaving the country and its allies exposed in dangerous times.

Recent incidents of settler violence in the West Bank have drawn international condemnation. The latest has incurred rare criticism from Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

Bill Shorten has sparked a political storm over sudden policy moves that appeal to the Labor Left.

Progressive politics is close to killing off the worthy idea of constitutional recognition of the indigenous peoples.

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt has ordered sweeping raids to prop up the cash-strapped state’s ailing budget.

Shares fell yesterday, wiping more than $30 billion in value, as investors braced for a British vote to leave the EU.

Efforts to increase the number of people studying science and maths are wrongheaded, says Productivity Commission.

Bill Shorten has sparked a political storm over sudden policy moves that appeal to the Labor Left.

Progressive politics is close to killing off the worthy idea of constitutional recognition of the indigenous peoples.

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt has ordered sweeping raids to prop up the cash-strapped state’s ailing budget.

Shares fell yesterday, wiping more than $30 billion in value, as investors braced for a British vote to leave the EU.

Efforts to increase the number of people studying science and maths are wrongheaded, says Productivity Commission.