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Radicalisation camps, fight clubs, hate campaigns and covert plans to infiltrate major political parties — this is the landscape for the far right in Australia today.
China has lashed out at Australia after the acting Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham labelled the sentencing of a Canadian man to death for drug smuggling ...
David Warner will return to Australia and undergo elbow surgery after suffering an injury in the Bangladesh Premier League.
The worst is yet to come in the “high intensity” heatwave causing Australia's south-east to swelter. Australia's scorching summer will continue following a day of ...
Australia will see the world's biggest house price declines this year, according to one of the world's major credit ratings agencies, which declared homeowners ...
As Australian beaches succumb to destructive coastal surges due to climate change, Wendy Harmer considers the price of inaction at storm-battered ...
40% of power bought at a fixed price while 60% a market-based price that is renegotiated every two years.
Records have been smashed across the country and health warnings have been issued.
Hundreds of Aussies are expected to be rushing to buy tickets for tonight's Powerball, with many choosing their numbers very carefully ahead of the huge $100 ...
Bill bolsters home affairs minister's ability to revoke citizenship of people convicted of terrorism offences, regardless of length of sentence.
As the United Kingdom scrambled to make sense of Brexit's future, the chaos has cast a shadow of uncertainty reaching well beyond the country's borders.
Australian consumer sentiment fell heavily this month, registering the largest monthly decline in over three years.
The next Jeep Wrangler is completely new and comes with a big price jump. But base models miss some key safety equipment.
Test positions will be on the line in a batting shootout that looms large for a group of Australia's hopefuls facing Sri Lanka in a day-night tour match.
Former Australian coach Darren Lehmann has outlined a radical proposal to re-jig the summer schedule that would involve a Big Bash break and allow Sheffield ...
Another video has emerged online that depicts Wallabies star Kurtley Beale cavorting around shirtless in the same room as another man holds a plate ...
If you think Australian motorists are hard done by with excessive fines, spare a thought for motorists in some of these countries.
Australia batted well for the second game in succession to post an excellent target of 9-298 at the Adelaide Oval.
Labor's education spokesperson is threatening to prevent students with a low ATAR from studying education. Exactly how Tanya Plibersek would do this and ...
Australia's dependence on Chinese money has been a blessing for the local economy, but it could unravel painfully if China's economic slowdown worsens.
Police have busted an international drug syndicate that they allege has been using airline cabin crew on board flights from Malaysia to smuggle drugs into ...
Thursday: Theresa May's government has survived a vote of no confidence, but Brexit crisis rolls on. Plus: US troops killed in Syria.
Australia continued its love affair with Alex de Minaur on Wednesday night as our top men's player added some fighting five-set drama to his promising ...
Police and search teams are hoping to "bring closure" to the family of a missing teenager, feared drowned, off the coast of a notoriously dangerous South ...
A doctor has told the inquest of a WA soldier who overdosed on painkillers after 'doctor-shopping' said it would have helped to have had access to the “vital ...
A summary of the results of polling on Australian politics and national opinion.
Many of us have firsthand experience of the ocean's lethal power, yet we cannot stay away.
Just three out of every 10 Aussies believe the country needs more people, a survey by the Australian National University has revealed.
Al Ain: The Socceroos have taken a predictably diplomatic stance towards a handful of controversial refereeing decisions which threatened to ruin Tuesday ...
South Australia's second grid-scale energy storage system, the 30 MW/8MWh big battery at the Dalrymple substation on the state's Yorke Peninsula, is charging ...
Tour Down Under route shortened and Australian Open players to be given heat stress breaks as temperatures set to soar.
It seems as though LeBron James is still The King, and even in Australia.
Chances are you didn't know who Kimberly Birrell was before today — and if you still don't know by now, you really should. Australia has fallen in love with the ...
A groundbreaking study rates how well countries address child sexual abuse and Australia is some distance from the index leader.
Australia is spoilt for choice when it comes to top seaside spots. These are some of our favourites – tell us yours in the comments below.
CA say they aren't ready to tour, but Pakistan want Australia to come to the country and check things out before making a decision on five-game ODI series.
Much of Australia will bake this week with meteorologists forecasting the hot conditions will last for days in some parts. Australian Associated Press. Sun 13 Jan ...
An OECD report has renewed pressure on the Coalition and Labor to rethink business tax cuts.
Albany has been rated one of Australia's most affordable and in-demand destinations, according to a national index report. According to online travel company, ...
Police are checking vehicles for front-end damage in South Australia's Coorong region after a cyclist is seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident.
A bold idea to tunnel through the Blue Mountains and create a high-speed transit loop garners interest from the Tesla boss on Twitter, who says it could be built ...
Scorching summer temperatures have seen some regions reaching close to 50C with records crumbling as the week long heatwave continues.
In signing the Paris Climate Agreement, the Australian government committed to a global goal of zero net emissions by 2050. Australia's promised reductions to ...
Live: Australia vs India.
Daniel Petre is one of the elder statesmen of Australia's ascendant technology industry. So when he uses terms like “criminal”, “appalling”, “disaster” and ...
Take a look back at some of the best - and worst - of Australia's ODI kits from past seasons.
Recent media reports have suggested a rise in a dangerous new party drug known as “monkey dust”. This is a slang name for the drug MDPV (3 ...
A body has been found in the search for a West Australian woman who hasn't been seen in almost a week. Felicity Shadbolt, 36, was reported missing on ...
A Victorian cafe owner has proved just how hot it can get inside a parked car after claiming he left a raw steak in his vehicle only to find that it had been cooked ...
The employment of 70 Australian seafarers remains in limbo after BHP and Bluescope announced plans to end the use of their last two locally-run iron ore ...
The father of a Saudi teenager who fled from her “abusive” family bound for Australia has denied claims he physically and psychologically abused his daughter.
Australia has rebounded from a Test series loss with a stunning 34-run win over India in the first ODI in Sydney. On a SCG deck where 300 looked like a par ...
A tenth man will face charges over his role in the smuggling of 1.2 tonnes of methamphetamine on a Chinese trawler to Western Australia in December 2017, the ...
It's not what you expect to see on a walk along the beach. But visitors to a popular Western Australian beach made a terrifying discovery after coming across a ...
Bernard Tomic's beaming smile as he walked out of his Monday night press conference perfectly summed up the toxic state of Australian tennis.
Australia has pipped the United States, United Kingdom and selfie-hotspot Singapore to the title.
Richard Reid has revealed how an unexpected meeting with one celebrity left him wondering if he had missed out on an opportunity with the star.
Australia's women's side have been drawn to play Spain, China and the United States in pool play as they attempt to defend their Sydney Sevens title at ...
Australia boasts some of the world's most ancient sites. The Rock Art that adorns the walls of caves around areas such as the Kimberley and Kakadu National ...
A Kiwi immigrant who has thanked Australia online for an easy life on government payments, free medical care and cheap food has seen her Facebook post go ...
Former Victorian and Australian player Bryce McGain has hailed young gun Will Pucovski as a “once in a generation” talent who has big things ahead on the ...
Victoria police say the woman, who has not been formally identified, appears to have been assaulted.
The federal government is under fire over fears Australia's low fuel stockpiles could leave the nation dangerously exposed. Experts have criticised the Coalition ...
Project managing, teaching and nursing are among the most popular jobs for Australians looking overseas, while Kiwi nurses, British electricians and Italian ...
Nick Kyrgios has taken a pot shot at Aussie Davis Cup captain Lleyton Hewitt less than 24 hours after saying there was “not really” a rift between them.
Iranian-American Sohrab Ahmari meets Afghan and Iranian men in Istanbul as they plan their country-shopping adventures: The migrants I spoke to ...
South Australians may soon be banned from using a range of single-use plastics as the government considers a major crackdown. Plastic items such as straws, ...
Leading AMP Limited (ASX: AMP) economist Shane Oliver has come out with four reasons why Australia still won't have a recession. Last year Mr Oliver made ...
India has completed its successful ambush of Australia, outplaying its opponents completely for a breakthrough series win. Australia must now plot its path ...
Plan called for 50-year commitment to restoring native fish numbers, but was canned after NSW pulled funding.
In the space of just two years, Jacqui Lambie went from being treated in a psychiatric ward to representing Tasmania as a federal senator.
Oil and gas testing is set to take place in the Great Australian Bight this year, with the national petroleum regulator granting permission to exploration company ...
If having a good all-rounder is like having two players in one, then having Nivethan Radhakrishnan in your side is like having three players in one.
Big7 Travel has revealed the results of its survey for the most Instagrammable countries in the world, and Australia topped the list of 50.
Nicotine, the addictive agent found in tobacco cigarettes, is discovered in a number of e-cigarette liquids claiming to be free of it, according to a new study.
A new study of Census data has some good news for those born in England, the US, Canada and South Africa.
Health warnings as temperatures expected to soar into the extremes.
Temperature records break in Port Augusta and Tarcoola as South Australia suffers through an extreme heatwave, causing bats to fall from trees in Adelaide.
Australians say the country is full, and they are worried about house prices and city traffic.
The pitchforks are out with former Australian Test batsman Greg Ritchie joining the chorus of former players slamming Australia as “just not good enough”.
Analysis has revealed the huge amount of money going up in smoke each year, with Aussie smokers blowing a collective $14 billion on their habits.
An Australian Army soldier has died during a routine training drill at an army base in Victoria's north. The soldier, whose name has not been released, ...
Citizenship ceremonies will now have to take place on January 26, in a federal government move to protect Australia Day – but some councils believe public...
Over two days in November, record-breaking heat in Australia's north wiped out almost one-third of the nation's spectacled flying foxes, according to researchers.
“I'm on the phone,” says publican Cheryl Manurung curtly to the bloke at the bar wanting another beer. “Just wait a minute, you're not going to melt.”.
Rahaf al Qunun, the 18-year-old Saudi teen granted asylum in Canada after saying she feared death if returned home, pledges to use her freedom to campaign ...
Less than five months from cricket's showpiece event in London, Australia's World Cup defence is in disarray. That may seem a harsh call but consider this: ...
Last year was a time of exceptional weather and record-breaking heat according to the Bureau of Meteorology's annual climate statement, which was released ...
The Howard cabinet considered adopting a formal population policy more than two decades ago, as it grappled with the settings that would define Australia's ...
Sydney and Melbourne properties have now dropped 11.1% and 7.2% respectively compared with 2017 peak.
Pressure and expectation are not a concern for Ashleigh Barty, whose steely focus sees her through to the third round and could one day pave the way for a ...
Australia records a lower than expected trade surplus, below $2 billion, but economists say some of the details in the figures contain promising signs for the ...
It's about time we got a new supernatural drama - and the latest offering is a reboot of a teen classic. What could go wrong?
Nine of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 2005, including the year just gone.
Former rapper from Melbourne becomes 12th dual national to have citizenship annulled over links with offshore terror groups. Guardian staff and AAP.
The majority of Australians support keeping Australia Day on January 26, a new poll has revealed.
This country's treatment of its Indigenous population is so poor it does not deserve a party on any day.
On a hot summer's day we watch the Mari Nawi pull into Circular Quay wharf and walk on board, not knowing what to expect.
Federal police say 'no prospects of a conviction' for unauthorised leak of AWU raids despite the resignation of a senior adviser to Michaelia Cash.