North Korea regularly talks about war with the South, and boasts about having advanced weapons capability. While analysts doubt many of Pyongyang’s claims, for one small island, they feel more ...

A speech writer will be paid about $600,000 over two years to assist government minister Bill Shorten, despite Services ...

A former South Australian cricket and football umpire has been jailed for sending Uber Eats and make-up to overseas girls in ...

Journalist and presenter Antoinette Lattouf was sacked by the ABC when she was taken off-air part way through a radio ...

The Fair Work Commission says its increase to the minimum and award wages by 3.75 pc will have a limited effect on the ...

Questions have been raised about why a speech writer in minister Bill Shorten's office was offered a contract worth about ...

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A woman's body has been found after an explosion at a townhouse in Sydney's west. The woman, aged in her 30s, was unaccounted ...

Justin Laurens Stein, 33, was called as a witness in his own defence after pleading not guilty to murdering nine-year-old ...

The ABC has won seven out of 13 categories at the Tasmanian Media Awards, including journalist of the year for Jessica Moran ...

Only about 3 per cent of spices found in your pantry are grown in Australia despite the nation's large agricultural industry, and a research team and a bunch of farmers want to change that.

The Fair Work Commission has announced a wage rise of 3.75 per cent for about a quarter of employees. Reports ex-Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is considering a return to politics spar ...