Indigenous Australians account for 27 per cent of prisoners, despite making up 2 per cent of the population. The Federal Government has announced an inquiry will examine why so many Aboriginal people are being held behind bars
A wingsuit flyer says he's lucky to be alive after slamming into trees in the French Alps, and he's released footage from his body camera to prove it
Linda Meech has had a 20-year racing career but has always battled to get her name in the spotlight. This is despite the fact that Meech has arguably been the best female jockey over a long period.
Here's what's coming up:
3:50pm AEDT: Bob Katter and Pauline Hanson will speak at the National Farmers' Federation Conference
5:45pm AEDT: Australian of the Year David Morrison will give a speech on race relations at UTS
9:00pm AEDT: The European Union awards the prestigious Sakharov Prize for human rights
Dreamworld defends its safety record in light of documents showing previous allegations of safety breaches dating back to 2012, as police investigate possible criminal negligence charges following this week's deaths.
The chief executive officer of Dreamworld's parent company defends not speaking directly with the family of those killed in Tuesday's tragic ride incident, saying she did not have their contact details.
The government's backpacker tax was never specifically investigated to see if it would hurt farmers and the tourism industry, a Senate inquiry has revealed.
The family and friends of an Esperance couple who mysteriously failed to return from a camping trip on the weekend say they are disappointed at a police decision to call off the search.
The director of the National Gallery of Australia hits back at a suggestion the iconic Jackson Pollock painting Blue Poles should be sold off to pay down national debt, calling the idea "a ludicrous concept" and "manifestly absurd".
The incarceration rate of Aboriginal Australians is a "national tragedy", Attorney-General George Brandis says, as he announces a new examination of the factors leading to the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in prison.
More than half of Australian women feel unsafe walking alone at night, according to a new report that also found Australia performing poorly in terms of income equality, incarceration rates and other key social issues.
A snapshot of how Australia's climate is changing shows temperatures in Australia — both in the air and on the sea surface — have warmed by a degree since 1910.
People from Papua New Guinea and north-east Australia carry small amounts of DNA of an unidentified, extinct human species, a new analysis shows, with researchers suggesting the DNA comes from a previously unknown extinct hominid.
An American wingsuit flyer says he is lucky to be alive, releasing video from a body-worn camera which shows him slamming into a tree in the French Alps.
Pakistani authorities arrest the green-eyed Afghan woman who became a symbol of her country's wars 30 years ago when her photo as a girl appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine, her family says.
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