Twenty asylum seekers have been detained in prisons since a government-commissioned report called for the practice to end. "Detention at Corrections facilities should not occur," Victoria Casey KC said after …

The former head of Australia's domestic intelligence agency questioned whether early assessments of Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram were sufficiently rigorous, while advising the royal commission examining the December terrorist …

A proposal to dredge 70 million cubic metres of sand from northern Western Australia for export to Asia has faced opposition from local community members. Boskalis Australia is looking to …

The flash mob descended on Brisbane’s city square, wearing double denim and blond wigs in the style of a legendary Australian singer as they danced with wild abandon to one …

“The decision yesterday was made in the interest of safety,” Towgood said. “And the age of our veterans – because regardless (of what critics say), they do not really understand …

Gracia Afonso's grandfather was known as the old man with half an ear. "He kept his hair long, longer than other men I knew in Timor-Leste, to hide his ear …

The actor Sam Neill says he has received threats of violence from supporters of a controversial goldmine that could be opened several kilometres away from his farm in New Zealand’s …

More uncounted ballots have been discovered a month on from the South Australian state election — the second such instance in less than a week. The ballot papers, for both …

Chhoubi told Kahi he was the grandson of a man Manahi and his men had protected, then rescued, during ferocious fighting on Takrouna mountain. “For 26 days, Nizar’s grandfather and …

Evacuees from remote Northern Territory communities say they are being treated "like prisoners" by security guards at emergency accommodation in Batchelor, set up after catastrophic flooding forced them from their …

Authors including Stella Prize winner Evelyn Araluen have cut ties with publisher University of Queensland Press (UQP) after it scrapped publication of an Indigenous author's picture book. All 5,000 already-printed …