Residents of more than 100 homes in Dallas, in Melbourne's north, are advised to evacuate as a massive fire continues to burn at a recycling plant at Coolaroo, which authorities say could take several days to extinguish.
Cricket Australia's chairman is sounded out by Malcolm Turnbull for advice on who should be the country's next Defence boss as the Prime Minister contemplates a wide-ranging shakeup of security and intelligence agencies.
Refugees in detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru could be delayed entry to the United States after the country hit its annual refugee intake cap yesterday.
A man believed to be a "significant player" in people smuggling operations and accused of taking amore than $US2 million from asylum seekers will face an Australian court.
Friends of China's most prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo accuse the Chinese Government of violating human rights after the activist dies of multiple organ failures brought on by lung cancer.
An app that could cut households' power bills, or even allow them to turn a profit, by trading their electricity usage on the energy market could be available in Australia within months.
Having returned to a London court hoping for a fresh analysis of their wish to defy local doctors and take their critically-ill child to the US for medical treatment, the parents react angrily when the judge suggests their argument has not been consistent.
Ever wonder why one pub seems to be all about VB and another serves James Boags? Some craft brewers believe they are getting a raw deal by being locked out of the taps.
The Australian egg industry lobby says major supermarkets have "ignited a price war" by slashing egg prices in a move it says endorses caged over free range.
The mother of Australian man Owen Rooney criticises Canadian police over their efforts to find her son, whose remains have been found after seven years, three kilometres from where he was last seen.
Eman Sharobeem lashes out on the final day of hearings at the Independent Commission Against Corruption, declaring she has been "abused, bullied and terrorised".
The owner of one of Hobart's oldest hotels is personally funding a new art award with a $100,000 prize, and says he's been warned it is "a really dreadful investment".
An investigation by the ABC's 7.30 program reveals the denial of health care is increasingly used by the Palestinian Authority and Israel to punish civilians in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
Five men are sentenced to between 11 and 20 years' jail for the murder of one the Russian President's most vocal critics, but the victim's family say those who organised the killing "are not in the dock".
Some of the biggest companies in the world have joined together to fight for net neutrality. Here's why it's suddenly an issue again and why you didn't hear much about it in Australia.
High-profile criminal solicitor Tim Meehan could have pocketed up to $500,000 in a scheme that defrauded a law firm of "well in excess of $600,000", the Supreme Court in Brisbane is told.
A Mongolian photographer visits leading cattle growing properties in Australia as he tries to find a way to preserve his country's nomadic herding traditions.
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