Dire challenges await rescuers and communities in isolated towns which face a prolonged recovery after devastating floods ...

Michelle de Kretser is one of Australia's most celebrated writers - but the $60,000 Stella Prize has been a long time coming.

One of Australia's largest breeding programs for Tasmanian devils has been inundated by floodwaters, forcing volunteers to ...

Homicide detectives and police divers have joined the search for a missing teenager as the operation is expanded to include a ...

Margret Meagher knows what it's like to be alone in an flood-isolated community with a dead phone, no electricity and water ...

Torrential rain and flash flooding is wreaking havoc across greater Sydney with some residents preparing to evacuate and ...

The final make-up of Australia's next federal parliament will soon be known, as counting nears its conclusion in two tight ...

A mother critically injured in a suspicious fire that left her young daughters in hospital is not yet well enough to speak to ...

Confronted by armed home invaders, a father "stood up for himself" and pursued them wielding a shovel before he was fatally ...

Heavy flooding has prevented even the prime minister from entering an inundated town, highlighting the dire challenges ...

Mr McCormack's comments came after Mr Littleproud relegated him from a shadow ministry to the backbench when he tentatively ...

It took less than one pre-season for Ivan Cleary and Peter Wallace to see a future leader in Isaah Yeo.