After a day of cyber chaos wrought by a virus that silently infected computers around the world and brought an Australian chocolate factory grinding to a halt, the chase is now on to find out who was behind the attack and how it managed to go global.
Federal Minister Christopher Pyne says he is "very sorry" for his "damaging" remarks to factional allies last Friday, which set off days of infighting in the Turnbull Government.
Residents at an Aveo retirement village on the Gold Coast are in revolt over the embattled company's decision to stop providing an onsite manager — something a barrister argues puts it in breach of its obligations.
Six people have been charged over the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium crush that killed 96 people, with the police officer who was in charge on the day accused of manslaughter by gross negligence.
New South Wales Greens senator Lee Rhiannon is temporarily excluded from party room discussions and decisions on contentious legislation, amid a bitter internal spat over the Government's Gonski 2.0 schools funding proposal.
A year on from Greece and Turkey bearing the brunt of a global refugee crisis, now Uganda is feeling the strain of taking in over a million displaced peoples from neighbouring countries.
From Donald Trump to Pauline Hanson, politicians are increasingly prepared to throw facts under the bus. It's astounding that they get away with it when the consequences of their misinformation are so dire, writes Emma Alberici.
The Department of Defence name the Royal Australian Navy member who died while deployed on a border patrol operation as Lieutenant Commander Steven Noakes.
An Australian native cockatoo that uses drumsticks from branches and seed pods to beat out a steady rhythm to attract female birds could provide clues on the origin of human drumming.
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne is likely to receive a four-week suspension after taking a banned appetite suppressant Phentermine, prescribed by a doctor after a horror race fall.
Australian troops could join more than 80,000 US marines in South-East Asia fighting against "violent extremist organisations", according to Lieutenant General David Berger.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer hasn't just broken the first rule of being a spin doctor — becoming the story — he's smashed it. Amid uncertainty about his White House future, nostalgia for favourite Spicer moments is breaking out.
Redacted sections of the Independent Review of Youth Detention released on Wednesday reveal several cases of hogtying were reported in Queensland, including one youth who was tied by the legs and arms for about 20 minutes.
There are concerns the Indigenous population could have been underestimated by 17.5 per cent in the 2016 census, continuing a trend of undercounts since 2006.
A former high-ranking Victorian TAFE executive allegedly helped his unqualified friend to scam $1.8 million from taxpayers to provide bogus engineering qualifications, the state's corruption watchdog hears.
The artist who beautified one of Melbourne's new anti-vehicle bollards after hearing people complain about how ugly they were says he may make another "bollard-y beautiful" cube cover.
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