Incoming US president Donald Trump has named tech billionaire Elon Musk to a senior role aimed at cutting government spending ...

Australia's wage price index has lifted 0.8 per cent in the September quarter, a little below expectations and taking the ...

Three Australian airlines have cancelled flights to and from Bali after a volcanic eruption near the Indonesian holiday spot created a dangerous ash cloud. The groundings affected Jetstar, Qantas and ...

Extraordinary growth in renewable energy is not enough to offset the "humungous challenge" of Australia's fossil fuels, a ...

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he supports women accessing abortion, as he tries to prevent the debate from becoming a key federal election issue. The Greens announced their own election pledge ...

A judge has postponed a decision on whether to undo Donald Trump's conviction in his hush money case after a US Supreme Court ...

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the global Anglican communion, has resigned over an abuse scandal.

The King has led Britain in a two-minute silence in remembrance of fallen service personnel in central London as the Princess of Wales looked on. The event shows the royal family is slowly returning ...

In June, the Alzheimer’s Association controversially revised its diagnostic criteria. From now on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) “should be defined biologically, not based on a clinical syndrome(s ...

Fruit and vegetable growers say they lack bargaining power against the supermarket giants. Photo: AAP Fruit and vegetable providers depend on supermarkets but lack negotiating power and face ...

A massive water pipe has burst in Sydney’s south, sending jets of water into nearby houses. Emergency crews were in Binya Place, Como, on Friday afternoon, where a 1.5-metre-wide pipe was shooting out ...

A hunt is on for 43 monkeys that have escaped from a medical research compound in South Carolina. Yemassee Police Chief Gregory Alexander said there was “almost no danger” to the public. “They are not ...