New data shows even a small interest rate rise could tip 1 million households into financial stress. Explore the interactive map to see if your neighbourhood will be affected.
Spanish police shoot dead an Islamist militant who killed 13 people with a van in Barcelona last week, ending a five-day manhunt for the perpetrator of Spain's deadliest attack in over a decade.
Donald Trump should look up another president who vowed to put "America first" in turbulent times, but instead ended up laying the foundations for the Great Depression, writes John Barron.
Fresh questions are raised about the citizenship of Federal Government MP Ann Sudmalis, after it is found she listed her nationality as "British" on an incoming passenger card in 1966.
After bushfires on Queensland's Sunshine Coast over the weekend, residents in newly developed housing estates say they fear they could one day be trapped by flames.
Welfare recipients in western Sydney will be subjected to random drug testing from January, if Parliament passes the Coalition's controversial plan for a two-year trial.
A young Brisbane uni student signs a deal with a music company to use her cover of the Aussie classic Down Under as the theme for the major TV series Wolf Creek.
This month marks 40 years since NASA launched the two Voyager space probes on their mission to explore the outer planets of our Solar System, and Australia has been helping the US space agency keep track of the probes at every step of their epic journey.
The ease, speed and convenience of an online NAPLAN testing trial has students and teachers impressed — that is, if the school can afford to update the IT infrastructure.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says "reckless" North Korea must be brought to its senses, after the reclusive country describes Australia's decision to participate in joint military exercises with the US and South Korea as a "suicidal act".
Another Melbourne council, the City of Darebin, votes to axe its Australia Day celebrations after an emotional town hall meeting less than a week after a similar decision by Yarra City Council.
A sign in Melbourne using inflammatory language and discredited statistics shows how hurtful the national debate on same-sex marriage is becoming, Victoria's Human Rights commissioner says.
The US Navy orders a broad investigation into the performance and readiness of the Pacific-based 7th Fleet after a collision between the USS John S McCain and an oil tanker in South-East Asian waters left 10 sailors missing and others injured.
A Queensland couple who were listed among 19 of Australia's most wanted criminals in the latest Crime Stoppers campaign are arrested in South Australia.
A Danish inventor charged with killing a journalist in his homemade submarine tells a court she died in an accident on board and he buried her at sea, police say.
The ACCC introduces voluntary guidelines to broadband retailers in a bid to inject transparency into "dreadful" advertising campaigns that don't give consumers any meaningful information about internet speeds.
Hundreds of people stand in silence as London's famous Big Ben sounds its final bongs before a four-year restoration period, breaking into applause once the bells stop ringing.
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