Ex-tropical cyclone Debbie is bringing flooding rains to much of southern Queensland today, with the deluges hampering the clean-up in the north where fallen trees still block roads and communications are compromised.
Many older Australians are wary about the transition to a cashless economy — and to understand why you have to look at issues of trust, wealth and education, writes David Taylor.
Brexit has begun, with Britain formally filing Article 50, a letter to the European Union giving notice of the United Kingdom's intention to leave the EU.
Compensation for years of physical and sexual abuse at a notorious home for Aboriginal children will provide relief but will never erase the trauma of what happened, former residents say.
The Hazelwood power station, which provides almost a quarter of Victoria's electricity, is in the process of closing. But how do you actually close down a power plant? What will it do to electricity prices? And is it a win for the environment?
Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will receive his Nobel Literature Prize diploma and medal in the next few days in Stockholm, where is he due to perform this weekend, the secretary of the Swedish Academy says.
It's a cliche, really. The beginning of the end for my Christian faith was getting an unbelieving girlfriend in my late teens. But it's not exactly as you might think.
Best-selling British singer George Michael is buried in London in a private funeral some three months after his death on Christmas Day, his publicist says.
Child abusers rarely behave like the predatory monsters they are stereotyped to be, and are often well-respected members of the community, a royal commission hears.
The Federal Government has announced a mandatory code of conduct for the sugar industry in a bid to resolve a long-running dispute affecting canegrowers in North Queensland.
Gambling advertising during sports broadcasts will continue after Nick Xenophon's private member's bill to ban the practice failed to win over a Senate Estimates Committee.
Images of Indochinese tigers and cubs captured on camera in Thailand's eastern jungle confirms the existence of the world's second breeding population of the critically endangered animals, wildlife conservationists say.
A saltwater crocodile that savaged a horse and a cow, threatened landowners and is suspected of killing a pet dog is captured and shot dead in Western Australia's north.
It has been dubbed the happiest animal in the world and inspired an online selfie craze — and now a study reveals the quokka is flourishing on Rottnest Island off Perth, despite significant development and an increase in human activity.
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