Six decades ago, Australia swapped its old currency for dollars and cents. A catchy jingle sung by a cartoon character named ...

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Scotty James has fallen short of an elusive Olympic gold, instead claiming a second silver medal in the snowboard halfpipe.

Seventeen years after Black Saturday, experts reflect on what was learnt from the disaster and how it informs Victoria's current bushfire response.

At this year's Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has warned that the rules-based world order "no ...

Joost Bakker has been a zero-waste campaigner for more than two decades. His latest task is building an eco-wonderland home ...

Josie Baff has become Australia's second gold medallist at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, claiming victory in the ...

Noongar Elder Trevor Walley reflects on how the podcast he helped create, unearths the hidden stories and rich spirit behind Whadjuk Noongar Boodja. You can listen to Place Names Melville Podcast here ...

Josie Baff stormed to a famous gold medal in the women's snowboard cross, as Scotty James narrowly missed out in the men's ...

To help Indonesians who can not afford to get married, the country's Ministry of Religion has begun funding mass weddings. About 50 couples turned up at the Istiqlal Mosque in December, where they ...

Detectives say the son of a 69-year-old woman found dead in Albany is being treated as a suspect in her alleged homicide.

Six children and two adults were killed in the shooting in the remote Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge on Tuesday.