Geelong is set up for a big crack at their first AFLW flag, thumping the Western Bulldogs to lock in a top-two finish.

Two Australians are unaccounted-for after Spain's deadly rail disaster, with authorities working to confirm their wellbeing.

Pilots for the Royal Flying Doctor Service will continue to stage risky landings on the Eyre Highway, with no indication of when the sealing of the Eucla Airstrip is set to begin.

Former reality TV contestant Sam Wood is set to spend at least another six months behind bars in south-east Queensland after his second failed bail bid. 

The Melbourne Cup field changes again, with international challenger Defiantly ruled out of the race after failing a vet inspection on Derby Day. 

Fears of over-tourism and the conduct of foreign operators are putting Tonga's whale-swimming industry in the spotlight.

A dolphin that washed ashore on South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula tests positive for bird flu. 

All three major US stock indexes slumped, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq suffering the steepest loss. Intel suffered its worst loss in 50 years.

A fictional election in "Kingstonia" is helping students at UNSW learn how to manipulate and sway voters on social media by using AI bots.

New details surrounding the prime suspect in the 1994 murder of WA jeweller Pamela Lawrence have prompted UK police to re-open multiple cold cases.

A young adult has been diagnosed with invasive meningococcal disease, South Australia's 22nd case this year.

A wave of legacy retail brands have been shutting up shop, but e-commerce brands tapped into their consumer base are taking their place.

Bunnings removes a straitjacket costume from its online store as mental health advocates urge retailers to stop selling Halloween outfits that portray people with mental illness as "insane".

Foreign ministers skip a traditional group photo ahead of their meeting, after European and Australian representatives object to the presence of Russia. 

The move is one of the most significant steps to supply defensive weapons to Kyiv since the start of the second Trump administration.

Almost $9 billion in cryptocurrency was hacked from exchange company Binance, but who was behind the attack, and where is the money? 

Battered on many fronts, Anthony Albanese tried to defend his government in a Question Time speech that made things more awkward. Is it time for a frontbench shake-up?

Snowy 2.0's origin story of being conceived as a scribble on a pub coaster is a fitting metaphor for one of the most ambitious renewable energy projects in Australia's history.

Patterson's re-sentencing puts her in a rare group of convicted killers in Australia who will never be eligible for freedom.

Fraternities have long been the setting for US college comedies, but have also been accused of fostering a culture permissive of sexual assault, substance abuse and hazing. So what are they?