Tonga and Samoa, once regarded as minnows of rugby league, are now top-drawer attractions at the Rugby League World Cup.

Kelli Owen underwent kidney dialysis for three years before receiving a transplant, but says different attitudes to Aboriginal healthcare could have shortened that timeline.

Laws that ban any attempt to change, suppress or eradicate a person's sexual or gender identity are about to be debated in Tasmania. So, what is — and what isn't — so-called conversion therapy?

Days into the landmark case, the public has already learned an accused double murderer was illegally deported in 2023. And there is still more to come.

Some anglers competing in a major fishing competition at Cardwell are frustrated by limited access to a port that never recovered from cyclone damage in 2011.

Darwin is the only Australian capital where house prices are still rising, but some property researchers says the market could soon turn.

Major changes to train timetables in Sydney and the Illawarra have been scrapped less than a month before they were due to begin after backlash from commuters.

A regional Victorian shop owner has found an almost 30-year-old Magnum Ego ice cream in the back of his freezer. 

Police allege the man, 26, was involved in the murder of a 22-year-old man, whose body was found in a metal cabinet in a creek on the NSW Mid-North Coast more than three years ago.

With One Nation support surging, national director James Ashby is considering entering the race for a seat that could become a major political battleground.

A 37-year-old man was left with serious injuries after he was attacked by two dogs in Chermside in Brisbane's north.

Jordon Steele-John says he will not attend parliament next week, as he releases a copy of a letter detailing allegations of misconduct against him.

Rescuers are searching for survivors after a magnitude-7 earthquake left 16 people dead in China's Tibet.

Former AFLW player and coach Lauren Arnell has criticised the standard of Collingwood, while emphasising the responsibility of coaches to "put on a show" to grow the game.

The attack on federal MP Helen Haines has Australians contemplating the state of our public and political discourse. Experts explain how to respectfully disagree with someone.

Price records were broken in the cattle market this week as widespread rain fell across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Child Safety Minister Amanda Camm announced she would be standing down this week because of health challenges. 

As the US midterm elections approach, Elon Musk is making an expensive foray back into politicking.

A tsunami warning has been issued after two large earthquakes struck off the coast of Vanuatu.

A former Tasmania football club coach has been charged with three counts of rape, and the club's president has resigned.