Successive US governments have studiously avoided meaningful engagement in Syria. Under Donald Trump, that paralysis may be ...

Queensland's proposed new youth crime laws have been examined by victims groups and crime experts.

A short downpour has caused flash flooding in parts of south-east Queensland.

Once a relatively austere marking of the days, Advent calendars have become a huge, and often obscenely expensive, business.

Fewer Australians are getting married as the cost blows out to an average of more than $35,000.

Two people have been shot dead after a home invasion in Melbourne.

A group of 13 men, including two minors, have been charged as part of the largest-ever cocaine bust in Australian history.

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As the city’s housing squeeze continues, we look at the occupations where people would struggle to even rent a place on their ...

Longtime Neighbours star Ian Smith has been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. The 86-year-old actor, best known for ...

More is in play here than a father’s unrelenting grief over the welfare of his child. There is family history and emotion, ...

Chief Justice Peter Quinlan will preside over the high-profile trial that is scheduled to start on February 10.