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Once a key Australian predator, northern quoll numbers are now dwindling due to habitat loss and predation.

It was a fund designed to reduce the number of childcare deserts in Australia, but industry advocates say the Building Early Education Fund has left rural communities behind.

The federal government has not ruled out using more water buybacks to make up a shortfall in a key Murray-Darling Basin Plan water-saving target.

A car has been destroyed in an arson attack in Keilor less than 24 hours after a firebombing in nearby Taylors Hill.

Experts warn that people who saw a car hit 10 Knights fans in Newcastle could face an emotional toll, and want support to be offered.

Western Sydney's Kemps Creek facility announced the treatment centre would now factor water needed to service NSW data centres.

Research by the Humans for Purpose Academy finds the vast majority of survivors felt inadequately supported by their workplaces as they escaped domestic and family violence.

The Malinauskas government has spent nearly $200 million on advertising in its first four years in office, including a record spend last financial year.

The 27-year-old horse was found with a gunshot wound in a paddock in Lovely Banks last month.

Workers in the world's largest gig economy are being paid as little as $45 a day and sometimes going months without a day off.

It was not just the 80,000 spectators, nor the millions of TV viewers in Australia, who were left in awe of Mark Nawaqanitawase's performance in the NRL grand final.

Health authorities in Tasmania have issued a public warning after an overdose death that may have been brought about by drugs "possibly laced with a strong opioid".

Sophisticated fraudsters posing as recruiters and using other dubious tactics are taking advantage of desperate jobseekers after announcing they're #opentowork.

A former police officer says the strategy to combat crime is failing and that more needs to be done to keep people safe.

It had been pencilled in for a centre stage performance, tapping into a bit of Silicon Valley star power, but it's a bruised OpenAI that's set to limp into the Australian political spotlight today.

The Rest Is Politics podcast co-host and former adviser to Tony Blair says he is now "moderately" hopeful Britain can put a decade of political turmoil behind it.

The good news is that there's no one-size fits all and there are no absolute rules.

Animals have run foul of human laws throughout history.

Spanning four decades, the new Tracey Moffatt Archive at the Chau Chak Wing Museum will include masterpieces and delve into "failed" works.

Taking inspiration from New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, "Fair Go Grocers" public supermarkets would offer essential goods at a discount and act as a competitor to drive down prices at Coles and Woolworths.

Pandemic aside, Australia hasn't experienced a recession caused by rising interest rates since the early 1990s.

The companies in the VBA network have made millions turning veterans into valuable sales leads on an industrial scale.

The push comes amid growing ethical and privacy concerns around the new devices, which have been marketed by technology giants such as Meta.

The US says it is closely monitoring the death of an employee at a Siberian "anti-plague" laboratory from what Russian officials are calling pneumonia of an unknown origin.

The waterway in the Red Sea, which facilitates about 12 per cent of global trade, was seized by the Houthis last month.

The warning from a German intelligence chief comes as Russia carries out strikes across Ukraine and on a Turkish civilian boat in the Black Sea.

The incident prompted a counter-terrorism probe and forced evacuations at dozens of homes near the air base, where US planes had been stationed to carry out strikes on Iran.

A 15-year-old student has lost a hand picking up a police grenade as part of nationwide protests in France over classroom conditions that have disrupted lessons at hundreds of schools since last week.

The prize went to scientists working on the mechanisms the brain uses to switch the activity of individual nerve cells on or off.

The FBI says authorities have arrested a California woman and accused her of spying on one of the sons of Taiwan's president at the behest of Chinese officials.

Former psychiatrist Benjamin Wen is warned by a judge he will face imprisonment, ahead of his sentencing for sexually abusing young patients.

A report on the sale and use of pepper spray for self-defence in the Northern Territory under a government trial has found 3,714 people have bought the product so far, with 46 prohibited buyers identified and three non-lawful deployments recorded.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is taking legal action against police over his arrest in relation to the Epstein files earlier this year.

More than 40,000 spectators attended the "modern day corroboree" on Worimi Country at Raymond Terrace in New South Wales.

The WA government is weighing up future plans for a desalination plant in Esperance as work on a $543 million upgrade to the historic Goldfields water pipeline ramps up.

Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has called an early election as the country grapples with a housing crisis.

From one-pot pasta to a crunchy green salad, these easy recipes will put spring asparagus on your weeknight menu.

Alongside five mates, Hayden Sumner has completed a cross-country relay from Perth to Sydney in honour of his late mother, who spent years in abusive relationships.

Kevin Walters pulls off a few surprises in his Australian squad for the Rugby League World Cup, but the side he will try and lead to glory is proof we are in a new era for Test football.

They are sadistic and manipulative, often targeting children through digital platforms.

Human Rights Watch is warning 13 Australians believed to be held in Iraqi jails on suspicion of links to the Islamic State group face inhumane treatment and potential execution.

Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt apologises after video emerges of him performing a Nazi salute and saying the phrase "heil Hitler" at a family event in 2007.

The Tasmanian government has effectively been leasing out a stadium to property developer and NBL owner Larry Kestelman for less than it would cost to rent most houses in the area, a parliamentary report has found.

It is often regarded as the most prestigious of all Nobel prizes, which are given to those who have "conferred the greatest benefit to humankind".

Premier Ben Carroll has conceded the Victorian government should have acted sooner on illegal tobacco but insisted progress had been made since the new enforcement powers came into effect.

The Yemeni president says the military is working to recapture vast parts of the country from the Houthis, who have withstood a series of attacks from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and their Western allies over the years.

In this remote corner of central Australia, the Santa Teresa/Ltyentye Apurte horse races are a dusty affair with the best in cowboy fashion.

Northern Territory Police have charged a man with speeding and high-range drink driving after catching him allegedly driving at more than 100km/h over the limit before returning a blood-alcohol result of 0.153.

Naufahu Whyte wouldn't have looked out of place should he have won the Clive Churchill Medal after the Roosters' grand final victory, and the Tricolours prop is adamant we have yet to see his best.

Interest rates are approaching levels that would hurt Australia's economy and the retirement savings managed by major superannuation funds, according to the Bank of America's head of interest rates strategy.