The La Niña weather cycle is set to bring the first wild weather event of the summer to Victoria over the weekend. Key points: BOM predicts...
China’s deputy ambassador to Australia has accused Scott Morrison of overreacting to an inflammatory tweet by a Chinese official and has reiterated that Australia will have...
Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan has spoken out against a decision by the team to send coded information using signals during a T20 international against...
An accountant and former councillor for one of Perth’s most exclusive suburbs has been sentenced to six years in jail for stealing more than $4.6 million...
Summer is officially here, and you know what that means. Much like Peter Siddle’s birthday hat-trick, the Australian summer of cricket has arrived unexpectedly on a...
It’s a curious-looking creature with a funny nickname, but the ‘bum-breathing’ Mary River turtle in Queensland is under serious threat for survival. Key points: Turtle conservationists...
Three more people have faced court over a brawl at Weston Creek Skate Park that led to the alleged stabbing murder of an 18-year-old. Key points:...
German divers searching the Baltic Sea for discarded fishing nets have stumbled upon a rare Enigma cipher machine used by the Nazi military during World War...
Ecologist Mark Graham has studied Australia’s Gondwana rainforests for decades and, after years of drought and bushfires, says things have never looked so dire. Key points:...
Tasmania is on the cusp of becoming the third Australian state to legalise voluntary assisted dying, after a majority of MPs voted in support of the...