An Australian oil boss says any fossil fuels taken from a new location in Queensland's Channel Country will stay in Australia, but it could take years before oil or gas flows.

Saudi officials investigate how its air defences failed to intercept deadly attacks launched by the Houthis.

British track cyclist Matthew Richardson, who defected from Australian cycling at the end of the Paris Games, has been withdrawn from this week's UCI Track World Championships in Shanghai.

The nation's peak body for emergency doctors has warned that long emergency department waits are common because of surging demand driven by Australia's aging population.

New Delhi's Supreme Court is expected to hear a petition on alleged vote rigging today, as thousands of protesters defy a security crackdown in the capital.

Nearly half a million health, disability and community workers will get a taxpayer-funded top-up to their wages, the government has confirmed. Follow live.

Albury Ratepayers Association president Susan Keighran is leading the fight against Albury City Council's plan to impose an almost 30 per cent rate hike.

South Africa tried to wrestle back some control of the first Test, but Matt Renshaw again shone to put Australia in sight of victory.

A planning expert has accused the Victorian government of manipulating its own system by reconsidering a critical minerals project it rejected in 2021.

Pat Cummins's explosive knock pushes Australia clear, Keshav Maharaj produces some magic in his follow-through and Steve Smith doesn't join his teammates in the field. Here are the quick hits from day four of the first Test between Australia and South Africa.

An employee of Harmony Tree, which was robbed in the night after five people were injured by a car ploughing through its shopfront on Friday, says there's "nearly nothing left" of the massage parlour.

Insufficient planning for an aging population has left Tasmania's healthcare system ailing, a national report by the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine has found.

Seven people are suing a NSW council that they say failed to protect them from sexual abuse they suffered as children in the 1990s.

A South Australian GP has lost his registration after entering an arrangement with a patient that involved prescribing an addictive opioid medication, which he then bought back, a tribunal has ruled.

Victoria Police say a 31-year-old Carlton man handed himself in in relation to the death of the 21-year-old woman in a block of flats.

A bipartisan parliamentary committee wants independent experts embedded inside AI companies, backs data centre investment and urges a copyright review.

Australia wastes about $36 billion worth of food a year and experts say many businesses don't even know how much potential profit they're throwing away.

Robert Pether pays an emotional tribute to his family as he lands in Dublin after being freed from an Iraqi prison after a five-year ordeal.

The office of eSafety says it does not have the power to proactively block the live streaming of a US execution in Australia, but online services have the responsibility to protect users from harmful material.

It was brutal and confronting, but the Wallabies knew they had to face the reality of Saturday night's defeat to the All Blacks sooner rather than later.