Australia

The battle over a proposed development on Toondah Harbour may have been won, but the fight to protect the dugong and Quandamooka traditions continues at Moreton Bay.

Brazilian surfer Samuel Pupo is reduced to tears after beating his older brother at the Margaret River Pro, and knocking him off the tour as a result.

Health ministers from around the country have backed the federal government's proposed vaping bans, arguing e-cigarettes are being used as a tool to recruit new smokers.

The Wiggles most popular songs, including Hot Potato and Fruit Salad, feature on the group's new electronic dance album.

Facebook parent Meta unveiled a new set of artificial intelligence systems that are powering what CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls "the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use".

Ongoing police patrols at shopping centres and tougher penalties for people caught carrying knives are among the suggestions being put forward by politicians following the Sydney stabbing attacks. 

The Rail, Tram, and Bus Union says workers will strike on the date of the first AFL Port Crows Showdown of the season, if pay demands from metro train staff are not met within the next two weeks.

Featuring the last filmed performance of Euphoria star Angus Cloud, Abigail’s cast puts in a lot more than they get out of the ambitious but bloated horror comedy.

The nation's chief lawmaker has asked men to step up to stop women dying every week in a "crisis of male violence". 

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb says 16-year-old charged over alleged stabbing Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel at a Wakeley church.

The federal parliament is considering a bill banning the importation, supply and commercial possession of disposable vapes.

Nicholas Mangan's work is inspired by research that found humans could benefit from insect engineers.

Anger and fear dominate our world right now, but experts say those who are engineering these emotions are often doing so for the money.

The Australian share market and Aussie dollar have dropped on reports of a strike on Iranian territory, with heightened fears an escalating Israel-Iran conflict could spell further economic and global instability. Follow live.  

This weekend's Chinese Grand Prix is the first since 2019, with the COVID-19 pandemic keeping F1 away from Shanghai.

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Elective surgery wait times are now the longest on record, according to the Australian Medical Association's Public Hospital Report Card. 

In Samoa, churches spend millions building cathedrals to connect communities to God. But as debts and poverty skyrocket, many are questioning the price tag.

Australia's multiculturalism is enduring unprecedented strains, with all the difficulties that brings for political and community leaders.

The federal government plans to spend tens of billions of dollars building new green energy projects. An analyst is warning against "zombie projects" that go nowhere. 

Treasurer Jim Chalmers's third budget will be his first not wholly dominated by inflation, which will share the stage with trouble in China and sluggish economic growth. What story will the government seek to tell?

The war in Sudan has seen 10 million people displaced within Sudan, other African nations and Australia, where the distant crisis haunts Melbourne's Sudanese community.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is in Washington DC this week meeting with his international G20 counterparts, where Inflation remains one of the major global economic concerns.

The flow-on effect from historic flooding in the United Arab Emirates affects this weekend's A-League Men's schedule, with Central Coast Mariners vs Adelaide United off due to the Mariners unable to get home in time from Dubai.

Around 7,000 jobs were lost in March, bringing the unemployment rate up to 3.8 per cent, while nearly 21,000 workers joined the jobless queue.