A terrified father has spoken of how he locked himself in his bedroom after a gunman on the run held him hostage in his house ...

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is backing away from a pledge to cut taxes for wealthy Australians, blaming a federal ...

Police are set to charge a man with a range of offences after he carjacked a woman and held a father and his toddler inside a ...

A elderly woman’s level of dementia meant she would have been unable to comply with orders barked at her by a police officer ...

Extraordinary growth in renewable energy is not enough to offset the "humungous challenge" of Australia's fossil fuels, a ...

There has been chaos at airports across Australia after airlines cancelled flights to and from Bali following a volcanic eruption that spewed ash kilometres into the air. The groundings affected ...

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the global Anglican communion, has resigned over an abuse scandal.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers believes Australia is well placed to deal with global financial shocks despite the looming threat of ...

As skyrocketing property prices push homeownership further out of reach for many, savvy investors are finding new ways to ...

World leaders have congratulated Donald Trump while celebrities have vented their shock and dismay at the Republican's ...

A Greens Victoria MP says it was a "significant error of judgment" in breaching party rules and will now serve as an ...

Bruce Lehrmann will need to wait the better part of a year to appeal his defamation suit loss but the barrister due to ...