Just In

With most Australian mortgages being variable loans and interest rates at a 15-year high, experts weigh in on different approaches to mortgages in other parts of the world.

Taiwan is considering abandoning its Nuclear-Free Homeland policy and restarting its last nuclear reactor, shut down only last year.

In the furious debate about migration policy, figures and justifications get easily lost in a quagmire of vocal stakeholders, potential losers and outcomes that may not stand the test of the real world.

On paper, Tennessee's death penalty protocol looks neat.

Eight years after making her international debut, the country girl from Bairnsdale is now Australia's cricket captain.

Australia's illicit tobacco trade has become so lucrative that criminal overlords have built a secret pipeline suspected of smuggling tens of millions of dollars overseas.

Say what you like about the ABC news quiz, it's better than copping an exploding can to the face.

Lawyers say the convicted killer has got out of bed for the first time, but is still "somewhat foggy".

The ousted Venezuelan president and his wife were captured by the US military at their Caracas home and taken to New York in January.

A newly discovered fast radio burst from 3 billion years after the big bang is among the most mysterious objects in astronomy.

Police have been forced to accept warrants they use to search Andrew Mountbatte-Windsor's homes earlier this year were unlawful, in a London court.

Tensions between South Korea and Ukraine started escalating last month when Ukraine revealed it had transferred two North Korean soldiers to Seoul.

The 76-year-old was honoured "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature," the Swedish Academy said.

More than 30 people were killed when Russia struck two passenger buses in Kramatorsk, near the frontline in eastern Ukraine.

More children are turning to AI chatbots when they are sexually victimised online and the federal police commissioner says parents and the community need to step up their support.

A massive network outage interrupted all government departments in the Northern Territory today, affecting services from hospital to police systems.

An attempt to reopen an inquest into the disappearance of Mackay schoolgirl Marilyn Wallman failed in 1988 because evidence linked to a sex offender had disappeared.

Coach Joe Montemurro has said the Matildas support Mary Fowler's decision to miss upcoming friendlies for personal circumstances and is adamant they have the creative players available to cover her.

Britain says its nearly 200-year-old consulate in Jerusalem will remain operating at a smaller scale after Israel ordered it shut in a dispute over sanctions on settlements.

The botched execution of Christa Pike exposes the fallacy of lethal injections being the most humane method of execution.

After decades in development, a $1.8 billion rare earths mining project has finally seen ground broken in remote Central Australia.

The Northern Territory's environmental regulator says it has a "low level of confidence" in the current plan for an outback data centre.

Two more men have been charged with murder over the death of a 21-year-old man at a house party south of Brisbane, bringing the total number of people charged to 11.

The world's most popular porn site has returned to Australia after Apple introduced a new age-verification process targeted at eliminating minors' exposure to explicit content.

NASA's Crew-12 astronauts are set to parachute back to Earth in a SpaceX capsule, after 237 days of conducting orbital research and lab maintenance on the International Space Station.

Kai Allen has fired the first warning shot ahead of Sunday's Bathurst 1000 with the fastest time across today's two practice sessions.

A Melbourne magistrate has granted bail to 65-year-old Mohamed Bakit, telling a court he has a significant neurological disability.

As the three-cornered migration battle continues, Angus Taylor is trying to position his party in the middle of the government and One Nation.

Prosecutors withdrew charges after conceding they could not prove the boy was criminally liable following the death of Sunshine man Van Viet Truong in August.

Police allege Mr Wood became involved in a family argument in Noosa on Saturday night before he assaulted and choked his wife.

More than 6,400 older Australians died while waiting to receive home care last year, an increase of more than a third on the previous year.

Activists, politicians and the resources sector are fired up about a High Court ruling over a planning statute.

West Australian farmer Brad Cluett says a series of dog attacks have seen 80 sheep from his flock either killed or euthanised, and he wants action taken.

The federal government says the High Court decision is constrained to New South Wales but the industry in Queensland isn't so sure there won't be ramifications.

An Adelaide private hospital has notified individuals and cyber security authorities of a data breach of personal information.

Jake Weatherald's wretched run has continued, with the discarded Test opener forced out of the start of the domestic cricket season with concussion.

On a stretch of the Western highway between Stawell and Horsham, there have been 12 road deaths in six years.

On a 16 kilometre stretch of the Western highway between Stawell and Horsham, there have been six deaths on the road over six years.

Police allege the 47-year-old woman exposed two boys, aged 12 and 15, to a noxious substance at a home in Mitchelton on September 24.

Just as he does every year, Craig Lowndes is drawing on memories of Australian motorsport legend Peter Brock to fuel yet another attempt at the Bathurst 1000.

An attempted murder trial in the ACT Supreme Court, which was set to begin this week, has been abandoned after one of the accused pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.

WA's energy sector is sounding the alarm over a landmark High Court ruling that overseas emissions from a proposed NSW coal mine were required to be considered when approving the project.

Tasmania's arts sector is fearing for the future of a nation-leading purchasing scheme that looks to be affected by government job cuts.

As creative and technical arts degrees and school subjects dwindle around the country, Queensland Theatre Company is thinking deeply about how to support the local ecosystem.

A NSW woman loses a medical negligence claim over the amputation of part of her left leg.

New Zealand Rugby has sought interim and final injunctions before the NRL's Papua New Guinea team is officially launched later this month.

The Australian Open's 1 Point Slam will again draw star power in January with Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka and Jannik Sinner among the players set to compete against pros and amateur qualifiers for a $1 million prize.

A County Court judge ordered Naotunne Vijitha, 71, to serve 13 years and 2 months for sexually abusing six girls at a Melbourne temple.

A NSW court has released more CCTV compilations showing the movements of accused double murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon following the deaths of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

The changes would grant the police the power to issue a three-year on-the-spot protection order, an expansion of the 12-month directions that came into effect in January.