A women’s shelter in NSW has received an unlikely injection of funds, after the Albanese Government mistook it for an aluminium smelter run by Rio Tinto.

New minimum standards for food delivery workers come into effect today. It will see about 250,000 workers access better pay, and personal accident insurance cover.

Victorian labour hire companies that house migrant workers in substandard accommodation will risk losing their licence under changes aimed at protecting vulnerable workers.

Data centre greenwashing is getting worse, alongside the tech industry’s hunger for fossil fuels. Why help them?

Up and down the NSW coast, suburbs and townships are built on low-lying land around coastal lagoons, lakes and estuaries. Sea level rises will make some areas uninhabitable.

Federal and state budgets choose to neglect crucial supports for people in need in favour subsidies for fossil fuel corporations.

The NSW government's portable rental bond system starts today and will cost renters who want to use the online service $25.

We have built our cities on the quiet delusion that a turning tap is an infinite resource. We plant green lawns around our houses and water public parks in the middle of summer. As long as the water f...

The WA Supreme Court has disallowed Woodside's demand for more information on Disrupt Burrup Hub activists, prompting one to say it should serve as a warning to corporations to think twice before abus...

The country is home to some of the world's most unique species - but it is losing them at an alarming rate.

Mental health experts to triage triple zero calls, but not all of the changes will be implemented 24/7 or statewide New South Wales will send specialist nurses rather than police to some mental health emergencies after the state announced long-fought-for reform in the wake of multiple deaths at the hands of police. Rose Jackson and Yasmin Catley, the mental health and police ministers, announced on Thursday a statewide change to how triple 0 calls are triaged, with a new team of mental health experts assessing mental health calls 24/7 in a bid to provide better support. Continue reading...

Family violence advocates call for greater awareness of adolescent violence in the home and more specialist support after a 16-year-old Perth boy was charged with murdering his mother and attempting to kill his sister.

A new study led by Western Sydney University researchers has found a lack of thermal safety standards in social housing is leading to tenants being exposed to unsafe extreme heat events. 

Global hunger declined for the third year in a row in 2025 but experts call for action to bring down costs of fruit, vegetables and dairy as report shows 2.69bn people can’t afford to eat well

Public consultation is open on Woodside's Browse Gas Project. Add your name and tell the government its climate and environmental impacts are unacceptable.

"It’s hell.” That’s how our colleague, Miri, described her months-long detention in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, last year, separated from her husband and four children. Food was inedible, medicatio...

The ABC has spoken to multiple Tongan women who have been lured into an arranged marriage syndicate operating in China, with allegations of passports being confiscated and tens of thousands of dollars changing hands.

Police engagement failed to engender a sense of safety in Melbourne's Jewish community in the face of rising "vitriol", the antisemitism royal commission has heard.

Groundbreaking Diabetes Cure Developed by Chinese Scientists

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is at a very high risk of extreme and widespread bleaching and "ecosystem collapse" linked to this year's El Niño weather phenomenon, top scientists have warned.

Hi, I am just a random stranger who read about the sad and unn… SARTHAK AGGARWAL needs your support for Re-unite Bikram Lama's body remains with his family

Central Queensland University signs an enforceable undertaking to repay more than a thousand staff members who were affected by underpayments that date back to the 2012 enterprise agreement.

Albanese government’s approval of North West Shelf gas extension being challenged by the Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock Art