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Further upgrades to one of the Northern Territory's high-priority cattle routes has started, following the start of construction for Package 1 in June.

Religious schools could be given a weapon to discriminate against LGBTI, according to a new report.

Adolf Hitler’s oldest male and living descendant has come out of obscurity to take a swing at Donald Trump.

Viktoria Marinova was found brutally murdered and raped in a park in the Danube town of Ruse on Saturday.

A Banksy painting has self-destructed after fetching £1.04 million (AU$1.93 million) at auction.

Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for their work in trying to end sexual violence during war and armed conflict.

One of the 2018 Nobel Prizes in physics went to Donna Strickland, a major accomplishment for any scientist. Yet much of the news coverage has focused on the fact that she’s only the third female physicist to receive the award.

Scouts Australia has apologised to the victims of child sexual abuse during their time in the organisation.

A 40-year-old IT project manager has been accused of raping a 13-year-old boy in his front yard.

Australia has joined the UK and other international partners in condemning cyber attacks from Russia.

The 50-year-old Indonesian national arrived from Denpasar with other crew members late Tuesday night.

he delivery driver swiped the food off the bag before giving it to the customer.

Tampon tax will be removed after states and territories have agreed to make sanitary items exempt from goods and services tax.

Mannix College has responded to a former student’s accusation that it did nothing when she reported multiple times the harassment she suffered from a fellow student.

A husband who stood to receive $1.4 million from his wife’s life insurance policy has been found guilty of aiding her suicide.

He agreed to step down as chairman of Tesla and pay a US$20 million (AU$27.73 million) fine on Saturday.

The former Australian prime minister has been heard in an audio recording criticising his predecessors for staying in politics after leaving office.

One day after hearing emotional testimony from accuser Christine Blasey Ford, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to become a U.S. Supreme Court justice pending an FBI investigation.

The Australian Border Force (ABF) said officers found 4.5 kilograms of cocaine concealed in the lining of their suitcases.

Donald Trump is making good on his trade war rhetoric with China, announcing tariffs on a further US$200 billion worth of goods from the PRC. As China promises retaliation, the warmth of the Mar-a-Lago summit of April 2017 is a thing of the past.

In the drumbeat of reports about Russian attempts to undermine U.S. democratic institutions with trolls, Twitter bots and cyberattacks on congressional candidates, it is easy to forget that the problem of election security is not isolated to the United States.

Victoria Education Minister James Merlino has released a letter sent by Tehan, claiming the Federal Government is “holding a gun” to their head.

North Sydney will soon be smoke-free.

The 81-year-old actor, who was once called “America’s dad,” will now be listed on a sex-offender registry.

US President Donald Trump’s boast of his alleged achievements has drawn laughs at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

The company will be rolling out a few features that will make contacting emergency operators easier and faster in the coming weeks.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has made history by bringing her infant child to the UN assembly in New York.

The American school teacher has insisted that she had no idea it was illegal to rape her then-preteen student Vili Fualaau.

The Coalition has clawed back slightly in the past fortnight and Scott Morrison has improved his lead as better prime minister, according to the latest Newspoll.