Australia

ABC staff have downed tools for the first time in 20 years, fighting for an improved pay offer and better working conditions but a last minute decree by their managing director could see them forced back to work.

The shocking details can now be revealed after a secrecy order lapsed.

Military aircraft are continuing to fly over a South Australian weapons range as the Albanese Government refuses to discuss details of secretive missile tests being conducted there with the United States. 

The man allegedly approached a group of teens with a disturbing ask, but what officers found next left them stunned.

Experts have warned the Iran war-induced fuel crisis will have a ripple effect across key sectors and cause consumers hip-pocket pain on everything from food, flights, construction and online shopping. 

Australia may be a nation of walkers rather than runners, as a national study finds adults complete less strenuous exercise than many would expect.

Service station operators are reporting a rise in fuel theft and customer anger as the cost of fuel continues to climb.

Criminals-for-hire are offending for “despots, dictators, and disrupters” in a major challenge to police, Australia's top cop has warned.

The two boys died after the bike they were travelling on collided with a bus on a restricted roadway.

Australians now feel worse about their finances than during the GFC, dot-com crash or Covid, as confidence hits rock bottom.

A coroner has compelled a doula to give evidence into the death of an influencer who was rushed to hospital after giving birth to her son at home.

Skyrocketing fuel prices and the prospect of more interest rate rises have caused consumer confidence to plunge to a record low.

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Licenses for teenage riders and crushing powers for illegal e-bikes are among the measures being considered by lawmakers in a nationwide crackdown.

The deaths of the boys, aged 14 and 15, comes amid pleas to curb riders using the restricted roadway.