Drone technology has transformed the modern battlefield and the Australian Defence Force is moving quickly to protect its soldiers and citizens.
Abe Maddison
Australians are paying more for private health insurance but are covered for less, and independent oversight of the sector is needed, a peak medical body says.
Samantha Lock
The little boy was found ‘distraught and crying’.
Hannah Cross
An alert flying instructor helped prevent tragedy at Jandakot Airport after an incoming plane cut off an aircraft preparing to land, an investigation by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has found.
Michael Palmer
Outages could hit gas customers in the Top End after a recent cyclone damaged a platform, placing extra pressure on already stretched supplies.
Lloyd Jones
A state attorney-general has successfully applied to the High Court to appeal a decision to reduce a juvenile's sentence over the stabbing death of a mother.
Laine Clark
A key date has been scheduled in the ongoing court proceedings against former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann, who faces two charges of rape.
Andrew Hedgman
European duo Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and Daniel Rodrigues have seized the Australian Open lead after capitalising on calmer conditions at Royal Melbourne.
Marco Monteverde
A young woman already facing hacking charges has been arrested and charged with allegedly sending more than 100,000 fraudulent emails to students, police say.
Rhiannon Lewin
Queensland’s Attorney-General has been given the nod to appeal the sentence of a teenager who murdered a mum-of-two on Boxing Day to the country’s highest court.
Blake Antrobus
SA Liberal leader Vincent Tarzia has resigned from the top job, in the fourth leadership hit for Australia’s embattled state divisions in just two months.
Ria Pandey
As Australia reviews a highly secretive US investigation into the AUKUS defence pact, it remains unclear whether the findings will ever be made public.
The Shire of Ravensthorpe is mourning the loss of deputy president Mark Mudie after he tragically died fighting a bushfire, with the community “devastated” by the loss of the beloved farmer and councillor.
Jacki Elezovich and Georgia Campion
The second fatal shooting in as many days south of a major capital has police calling for anyone who left the scene or with other information to come forward.
Cadaver dogs have been deployed in the latest search for alleged police killer Dezi Freeman, as efforts shift toward locating the fugitive's body.
Allanah Sciberras
Matthew Gruter has landed in South Africa after Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke cancelled his visa for participating in a widely condemned anti-Jewish demonstration.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer, Pamela Rontziokos
One of three people facing charges in relation to the death of teenager Pheobe Bishop has suffered a massive setback in court.
Police have charged a 21-year-old man after he allegedly grabbed a 12-year-old girl walking on a path.
Pamela Rontziokos
Five students from WA’s agricultural colleges have been recognised for their outstanding skills in shearing and wool handling, receiving the WA Shearing Industry Association’s Neville Munns Scholarship awards.
Bob Garnant
The months-long search for fugitive Dezi Freeman wanted over the shooting deaths of two policeman has taken a grim turn with police revealing they have switched the focus of the search.
Peta Rasdien
Qantas’ final superjumbo A380 is set to return to the skies after nearly six years in storage, offering Aussies daily flights on a key US route.
Organised crime detectives swarmed a suburb in Perth’s north-east after a man brandished a gun and fired it at a commercial premises in the early hours of this morning.
A man from a high-profile family has reacted with shock after he was found guilty of raping a woman twice.
Liam Beatty
