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The controversial project would see waste burned to create energy in Fiji to reduce the country's reliance on fossil fuels, but locals and environmentalists are not happy.

There are plans to turn the former Hazelwood coal mine in Victoria into a lake bigger than Sydney Harbour, but farmers and environmentalists are worried about the impact on nearby waterways.

A Muslim community in Ballarat is left traumatised after a man barged into a community dinner allegedly throwing punches and yelling abuse.

A controversial seismic testing proposal off Victoria's south-west coast has been rejected in a "rare" move from the offshore regulator.

One of Australia’s largest community health organisations say funding shortfalls are forcing it to cut GP services and sell its Collingwood clinic.

Australia's biggest gas project, Woodside's North West Shelf, has received final approval to extend operations through until 2070.

Government documents reveal WA taxpayers will pay an estimated half a billion dollars to rehabilitate areas of Barrow Island impacted by Chevron's oil and gas project.

The social cost of gambling in Victoria, such as bankruptcy, loss of productivity at work, mental ill-health, and divorce, has reached $14 billion, a new study has found.

Churches will be held vicariously liable for abuse committed by priests under new Victorian laws to be introduced to parliament by the end of the year.

Climate scientists say “warmer than normal” predictions are “defined against a normal that was in the past”.

Under reforms to be announced by the state government, general practitioners will be able to diagnose and treat both children and adults with ADHD.

Anthony Albanese says Netanyahu government ‘excuses’ for stopping critical food and medical supplies are ‘completely untenable’

Forty health and medical organisations are calling on all candidates and political parties to publicly affirm their support for abortion.

The Victorian government stripped free housing from breast cancer patients and parents of ICU babies months ago, with no alternative system in place.

The Productivity Commission says governments are shirking "meaningful action" to close the gap, as new data shows only four of the national targets are on track.

The survey also found 40 per cent of private hospital patients were being slugged with out-of-pocket specialist fees of more than $1000 – and many weren’t informed of all costs in advance.

Sea baths and a boardwalk are among the features of a plan to transform the face of this city, but it comes amid a threat.

Kathleen Arnold, 30, was found dead with a blood-alcohol reading of .54. Her death prompted calls for a delivery crackdown.

France becomes the first country to explicitly include the right to terminate a pregnancy in its constitution.

Statement from 30 groups including BMA and royal colleges says current law is causing “trauma and cruelty”

As the weather heats up, videos circulate on social media of close encounters between swimmers and jet-skiers. Melbourne councils and community groups worry it will take another tragedy for the laws t...

Fires, droughts, dead reefs, rising sea levels and 1.5 degrees of global warming. It'll all happen before Dutton's first nuclear plant is even opened.