He was the familiar voice and fierce intellect behind the radio microphone who explained the world to Australians every day. But despite reporting the news from across the globe, Mark Colvin didn't dream of being a journalist.
A master interviewer, a mentor, and a friend to many of his colleagues, Mark Colvin's award-winning career spanned more than four decades and made him one of Australian journalism's best-known voices.
Donald Trump needs to find someone to head the FBI after unceremoniously sacking James Comey. In the meantime, the Democrats have called for a special prosecutor to be brought in to investigate Russia's election meddling. Here's what's going on.
A suppression order on the Salt Creek attacker is lifted with the court naming the man involved in the backpacker assault near South Australia's Coorong region as Roman Heinze.
Talal Alameddine, who is accused of supplying the gun used to kill NSW Police employee Curtis Cheng in a terrorist-inspired shooting, is committed to stand trial.
The Federal Government's full company tax plan will cost the budget more than $15 billion per year once fully implemented, Treasurer Scott Morrison reveals in Parliament.
If there's one thing we've learned from recent years, it's that there's a big difference between outlining a budget and actually getting the Senate to pass what's in it.
Queensland's Premier apologises for past discriminatory laws that saw the hundreds of men convicted of gay sex offences. Under a new bill introduced today, those who were charged can apply to have their convictions wiped.
Police in West Virginia's Capitol arrest a journalist who they say was "aggressively" trying to get past Secret Service agents and yelling questions at US health and human services secretary Tom Price.
A Canberra man who says he was detained by United States immigration officials for overstaying his visa by 90 minutes is released from detention, more than a week after being taken into custody.
Canberra man Baxter Reid found out the hard way that US visa rules can be a trap for young players, after being detained for more than a week because, his family says, he overstayed his visa by 90 minutes. So how easy is it to run afoul of US Immigration?
Sixteen Victorian teenagers being illegally housed in a wing of the adult Barwon Prison are being moved to a Melbourne juvenile jail, after a court ruled for a second time their detention was unlawful.
Most people have a moment in their working life that shapes them. For retired Scottish defence lawyer Len Murray, who is in Adelaide for the Bray oration, it was the hanging of a young client.
The family of Victorian man Jason Challis, who died during an Army training exercise in the Northern Territory, pay tribute to "the best son, stepson, brother and mate you could ever ask for".
In a school classroom in drought-hit South Sudan, parents and their children lie on a bare concrete floor as they wait to find out if they will be among the first victims of a feared cholera outbreak.
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