Seb O'Halloran left a nightspot to support a friend through a break-up and within an hour he was dead, a court has been told.

NSW fire authorities are warning of the dangers of lithium-ion batteries after a spike in potentially-lethal fires ...

The Cook Islands lie halfway between New Zealand and Hawaii and are made up of 15 islands and atolls spread over 1.9 million ...

With grocery prices capped, there is hope to improve physical health as well as budget health in remote communities, a ...

Indigenous leaders have declared it's time for the "rubber to hit the road" as a plan to reduce First Nations' disadvantage ...

A torrent of complaints about ABC host Antoinette Lattouf accused the fill-in presenter of anti-Semitism and turning ...

Political firebrand Mark Latham contends a judge got it wrong by finding a vulgar tweet sent during an online argument ...

An Australian children's author whose book "about being yourself" has been banned in Malaysia has launched a literary prize ...

Three climate activists have copped heavy fines after counter-terrorism police stopped them in the tracks before painting ...

Flood-hit communities may be isolated for more than a week in northern Australia after more rain was forecast for an already ...

Australia needs an independent whistleblower protection authority to help guide those who expose wrongdoing through a fraught ...

A man accused of shooting a property owner with a homemade shotgun after being confronted under a house will remain behind ...