Headline inflation rose to 0.8 per cent in September, taking annual inflation for 4.3 per cent, up from 4 per cent in August. The local share market has halved its earlier gains. Follow live.

As part of a 12-month trial, eligible women will be able to consult a pharmacist for UTI treatment or the pill with no out-of-pocket consultation fee.

CSIRO scientists have identified an underwater mountain off Tasmania where a threatened deep-sea eel species gathers annually. 

Luka Rahan set off on a fishing trip with his cousin, but experienced issues with the boat's motor and, with no anchor on board, started to drift. 

Australia's financial intelligence agency, AUSTRAC, had sought a much steeper fine that could have forced the casino company into financial collapse.

Australia's inflation rate picked up more than expected in September, increasing expectations of an interest rate hike next week.

Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff calls it "many years in the making" as Tasmanian parliament debates joining other states in banning conversion practices, with the premier voicing his support for the minor party's bill.

The Health Services Union says pathology workers are being exposed to odours from decomposing bodies at Royal Darwin Hospital, and have been offered air fresheners and masks to deal with the smell. 

In an episode of Pauline Hanson's Please Explain series released in 2024, Bluey and former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews were depicted running over each other.

 A new Lancet report finds the number of heat-related deaths has been growing since the 2015 Paris Agreement, despite real gains from the climate pact. 

A man accusing Alan Jones of kissing him as a 17-year-old schoolboy tells a court the broadcaster was very "generous" to him for many years but he still feels shame over the alleged assault years later.

Failed presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has fled Brazil for the United States, which has confirmed it will grant him and his family entry visas.

A former colleague of Beau Lamarre-Condon, known by the pseudonym Fiona Rosso, tell a jury the accused stopped at her home unexpectedly days after the deaths of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

With no clear winner, it will be up to Israeli President Isaac Herzog to decide whether any of the parties can form what he regards as a workable coalition.

The former childcare worker is currently serving life in jail in Queensland after admitting to offences against 69 girls at early learning centres in Brisbane and Italy over two decades.

Authorities are trying to track down the owners of two cows found living on a tropical island in a Far North Queensland national park several months after a major flood may have swept them from the mainland.

A lawyer for a teenage boy charged with violent extremism offences tells a court the social media ban came too late to prevent his client from online radicalisation. 

A senior official tells the ABC that Australia and other countries have provided public support and help through "quiet diplomacy" as the Trump administration forges ahead with sanctions against the International Criminal Court.

Ugari Nona announced her resignation from NPA Family and Community Services on Facebook as the ABC began promoting a Four Corners investigation into a childcare centre in Far North Queensland.

The outbreak is now the second largest Ebola virus outbreak globally, and the fastest growing in the DRC's history according to health officials.