MELBOURNE NAMED WORLD'S MOST LIVEABLE CITY, FOR FIFTH YEAR RUNNING

Melbourne has topped The Economist's liveability rankings for a fifth consecutive year... READ MORE›

DEBRIS MAY SHED LIGHT ON MISSING JETS LAST MOMENTS

"For this reason, thorough and methodical search efforts will continue to be focused on the defined underwater search area, covering 120,000 square kilometers, in the southern Indian Ocean," he said ..... READ MORE›

SYDNEY SIEGE: GUNMAN ISSUED DEMANDS, THREATS

Contributing Associated Press Two hostages run to safety outside the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place on Sunday in Sydney, Australia... READ MORE›

FRESH CALLS FOR NATIONWIDE PLASTIC BAG BAN

South Australia banned the use of disposable plastic bags in 2009... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA'S BELEAGUERED ABBOTT ENDURES ONE FINAL NIGHTMARE BEFOREA CHRISTMAS

The problem is, neither he nor the prime minister has managed to explain that satisfactorily to voters... READ MORE›

A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA PRESSED TO SAY IF SMUGGLERS WERE PAID

Migrants from the boat gave that account to workers for a United Nations refugee agency in Indonesia a United Nations official said Friday... READ MORE›

'THIS IS NOT POLITICS, IT'S SURVIVAL'

Sydney Pacific island nations under threat from rising seas have warned that climate talks in Paris represent the last chance to save them from obliteration... READ MORE›

CLIMATE CHANGE COMPOUNDING THREATS TO AUSTRALIA'S ECOSYSTEMS, STUDIES FIND

Climate change compounding threats to Australia's ecosystems, studies find... READ MORE›

SYRIAN REFUGEES TOLD TO READ THIS GOVERNMENT BOOK BEFORE BEING RESETTLED IN AUSTRALIA

The booklet provided to all people seeking permanent residency reveals the extent of cultural orientation refugees are expected to undergo as they settle in Australia... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA'S FIRST FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION TRIAL

So when she was called to give evidence against her mother in the supreme court, Emma was a reliable witness... READ MORE›

HUGE 'CLOUD TSUNAMI' ROLLS INTO SYDNEY BEACH

The staggering footage shows what is usually known as a shelf cloud rolling in at Bondi Beach in the east coast city... READ MORE›

ITS A GIRL SOMETIMES UNWELCOME IN AUSTRALIA

However, the United Nations Population Fund says that any ratio above 106 suggests there is some kind of human intervention... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIANS SUBJECT TO 'CASTE DISCRIMINATION', MIGRANTS SAY

So far, a caste discrimination case has not reached the Australian courts... READ MORE›

'NOT A SHED, NOR A GRAND MONUMENT'

Sydney's badgerys creek airport will not have a ..... READ MORE›

PRIME MINISTER TONY ABBOTT SAYS BORDER FORCE OPERATION FORTITUDE RELEASE WAS A 'MISTAKE'

Tony Abbott has denied his office had any knowledge of the cancelled Australian Border Force operation in Melbourne... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN SPORTS GO IN SEARCH OF FEMALE FANS

Australian Rugby Union's ARU chief executive officer Bill Pulver admits there are too many men dominating sport at all levels... READ MORE›

FIRST DAY: THE PIONEERING SURGEON WHO CAME TO AUSTRALIA ON A LEAKY BOAT

It's hard to say exactly what was the first day Dr Munjed Al Muderis spent in Australia... READ MORE›

INTELLECTUALLY-DISABLED AUSTRALIAN COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY IN CHINA

In all, as many as a dozen Australians have been detained in Guangzhou in the past year or so on similar drug charges which could attract the death penalty... READ MORE›

NUCLEAR INDUSTRY TO PUSH FOR AUSTRALIA TO ADOPT 'CLEAN, AFFORDABLE POWER'

The move is the latest attempt to overturn legal obstacles to nuclear energy generation in Australia... READ MORE›

CRICKETER CRITICAL AFTER BEING HIT BY BALL

The South Australia left-hander, 25, collapsed after a delivery from New South Wales bowler Sean Abbott struck him on the head, missing his helmet... READ MORE›

COMMENT: GEORGE CHRISTENSEN MAKES ME EMBARRASSED TO BE A QUEENSLANDER

But unluckily for those of us in the Sunshine State, embarrassing politicians are not a thing of the past... READ MORE›

COMMENT: COMPASSION ADRIFT - UNDOING AUSTRALIA'S ASYLUM SEEKER APATHY

Most Australians don't sit down and consider human rights abuse or the plight of refugees... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN MUSLIMS BEING FORCED TO ASSIMILATE, ISLAMIC CONFERENCE TOLD

Hizb Ut-Tarir first held a conference like this one two years ago... READ MORE›

FREAK 'POLAR VORTEX' THREATENS COLDEST WINTER IN 50 YEARS

Mr Madden warned that the next 10 days will determine whether the Arctic weather front develops as feared for late December... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN TEENAGERS ATTACK ON POLICE WORKER CALLED ACT OF TERRORISM

The police in Australia have been on high alert since a lone gunman took hostages in a cafe in central Sydney in December last year... READ MORE›

CALLS FOR FOREIGN WORKERS TO EASE TRADIE SHORTAGE

We advertise heavily to employ people and no one wants to do it... READ MORE›

CELEBRITIES SUGAR-COAT REALITY OF FOREIGN ADOPTION, ADULT ADOPTEES SAY

The convention focused on children, stating that their needs must be at the front and centre of all intercountry adoptions... READ MORE›

COMMENT: RENT OR BUY? LET'S DO THE SUMS

Renting beats buying in 16 of the 25 scenarios and by 8.4 percent in our 'base case' of 5.5 percent property growth and 7.5 percent investment portfolio growth... READ MORE›

TASMANIAN DEVILS ON MAINLAND WOULD REDUCE FERAL CATS AND FOXES, STUDY FINDS

Tasmanian devils disappeared from the Australian mainland about 3 000 years ago probably as a result of conflict with the dingo... READ MORE›