A fifth person has died in a region devastated by floods after dangerous conditions prevented emergency crews from accessing ...

With surfers fighting to stay on the Championship Tour, the Margaret River Pro will remain on hold until at least Monday in ...

Michelle de Kretser is one of Australia's most celebrated writers - but the $60,000 Stella Prize has been a long time coming.

One of Australia's largest breeding programs for Tasmanian devils has been inundated by floodwaters, forcing volunteers to ...

Homicide detectives and police divers have joined the search for a missing teenager as the operation is expanded to include a ...

The girls are in a stable condition at the Royal Children's Hospital while their mother is fighting for life in the Alfred ...

Margret Meagher knows what it's like to be alone in an flood-isolated community with a dead phone, no electricity and water ...

Confronted by armed home invaders, a father "stood up for himself" and pursued them wielding a shovel before he was fatally ...

In the midst of flooding, evacuations, and isolations up through the Hunter and the Mid North Coast region, Prime Minister ...

The final make-up of Australia's next federal parliament will soon be known, as counting nears its conclusion in two tight ...

An in-principle agreement to four key policies has paved the way for an estranged coalition to come back together after their ...

New Zealand has slashed foreign aid to its lowest level in four years, with specific cuts to climate finance, in a move ...