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.

Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell and three other men plead guilty to charges linked to an alleged attack at Melbourne's Camp Sovereignty last year.

If the appeal succeeds, Victoria's Court of Appeal could order a re-trial or acquit Erin Patterson entirely.

Democrats have long debated whether progressive candidates are "electable". There could soon be a solid answer. 

Three brothers found guilty of leveraging their wealth to drug and rape women across luxury locales in the US have been sentenced.

The Victorian manufacturer joins a string of caravan companies to have collapsed amid financial pressure in recent years.

Former 60 Minutes reporter Charles Wooley is a frontrunner to become Hobart's new lord mayor, with votes from council elections across Tasmania being tallied.

Two female South Australian politicians have revealed their separate experiences with a man who has been cautioned by police for stalking — including an incident where one of them was followed back to her car.

Kurtley Beale is a chance to play his first Wallabies Test in five years as the veteran playmaker is named in Australia's squad for their Spring Tour of the UK.

A woman who taught at a Sydney high school is given a 15-month prison sentence for sexual offences involving two male students. 

Social media influencers are telling peptide users they can get free syringes at drug harm minimisation programs.

Early exit polling and results show incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc is likely to secure more seats than the opposition, but still falling short of the majority required to form government.

Faced with another high inflation result and the likelihood of a rate hike next Tuesday, Treasurer Jim Chalmers calls for "perspective" and points to external factors.

Jia Xu Dong is sent to prison after more than 100 puppies are found in "appalling" conditions during the height of summer, with several of them put down by the RSPCA.

The New Zealand Silver Ferns have already won the Constellation Cup with an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series. Can the Australian Diamonds hold them off in the final game in Melbourne? Follow live.