This year, Australia has seen a horrific string of reports and allegations about abuse and neglect in childcare centres.

Magistrate Simon Brown said the persistent and long-term abuse was "enormously controlling" and must have made his former ...

Launceston councillors have approved a near-$400,000 spend on mapping software without putting the matter out to tender.

After a week dominated by productivity talks and long-term reforms, election commitments on health and penalty rates ...

With a sigh, then a smile, Sam Mitchell reckons his Hawthorn team can win it from eighth if they have to after an AFL ...

A crossbench push for robodebt royal commission findings to be acted upon to better protect welfare recipients ...

Protests are expected to continue on a larger, nationally co-ordinated scale as huge numbers turned out across ...

A first home buyer looking to purchase a property at the national median price of $844,000 would only need a $42,200 deposit ...

Erin Patterson, 50, was in July convicted of three murders and one attempted murder over a death cap mushroom-laced beef ...

Sudan's notorious paramilitary forces attacked a group of people in the country's troubled Darfur region, killing at least 13 ...

Brisbane Lions coach Chris Fagan wasn't bothered by the poor kicking that almost cost his reigning premiers a top-four finish ...

Versatile teammate Corey Wagner faces a stint on the sidelines with a torn pectoral muscle, but the Dockers expect small ...