Hilary McPhee co-founded McPhee Gribble, the legendary Australian publishing house responsible for Monkey Grip, Puberty Blues and Cloudstreet.

Former One Nation candidates reveal they’re walking away from the party after witnessing its operations behind closed doors.

A regional magistrate says she will lodge a complaint against WA's Child Protection staff after a teenager in their care was left to appear alone in court.

Eighty years after its founding, the United Nations’ highest office has never been led by a woman. As calls for a Madame Secretary-General grow louder amidst heightened financial and political [...]

Temperatures reached 1.65C above preindustrial levels, months before El Niño system reaches full strength

Independent senator Jacqui Lambie and others from across the political spectrum launch a spirited defence of Andrew Hastie after One Nation published a cartoon that repeatedly described the Liberal fr...

A national organisation set up by the Christian Brothers that runs 61 Catholic schools across Australia is considering severing its ties with the order amid mounting tensions over abuse payouts.

The one-time “muscle” of the right wing of the Liberal Party has denied colluding with his wife Anita in their evidence to the ICAC.

Gloria Steinam was also known as the co-founder of feminist publication Ms. Magazine.

Prime Minister Albanese didn’t look too enthusiastic as he set off for Palau on 31 August. He knows that Palau is another example of where insignificant does not mean inconsequential.

It’s always thoughts and prayers and please don’t politicise this horrible disaster

Male police officer caught on camera during 9 February protest against visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog

The vivid displays of colour marking the early start to spring serve as illustrations of a rapidly warming world.

Twenty years on from the launch of the world-first vaccine against cervical cancer, Australian Immunisation Register data shows HPV vaccine coverage for girls and girls is dropping.

A Mitre 10 franchisee has won a crucial legal costs fight against Bunnings, allowing him to take on a high-stakes case to try and stop the hardware giant opening up next door to his Queensland store.

The Victorian government says the auction is a major step towards creating a local offshore wind industry.

At Bike Bus World, we transform communities and our planet through the simple act of riding bikes to school together.

At Bike Bus World, we transform communities and our planet through the simple act of riding bikes to school together.

Some supporters of rebel South Australian Senator Alex Antic want to demote SA Liberal President Leah Blyth to an unwinnable senate spot, claiming a "betrayal" on conservative causes.

Good to see CNN defend its journalist, Kristen Holmes, after yet another Trump onslaught against yet another female reporter. But I wish other reporters, in that moment in that room, would stand up fo...

Opposition leader Jess Wilson says new dedicated court of criminal appeal would set precedents for tougher sentences

Dallas McInerney is a key person of interest in the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry.

South Australian premier Peter Malinauskas says there have still been no detections in poultry or livestock and no mass deaths involving mammals

HRF has no confidence in the Israeli military’s reported decision to open criminal investigations into two specific cases amid countless documented crimes.