Three men get 158 years in jail each for killing Australian brothers
A Mexican court has sentenced three men to 158 years and nine months in prison each for murdering two Australian brothers and their American...
COP31 urges wealthy nations to spend more on climate than defence
Wealthy nations should allocate substantially more money to tackling climate change than they have pledged for defence, Turkish Climate Change Minister and COP31 president-designate...
OpenAI Medicare breach exposes Australia’s ageing technology systems
Australia’s federal government is facing a major challenge to modernise its ageing information technology infrastructure after an artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI gained...
Australia: Indigenous population in 1788 may have exceeded 2 million
More than two million Indigenous people are estimated to have lived across Australia when the British First Fleet arrived in 1788, according to new...
Rising sea levels put Australian farms, coastal communities at risk
For cattle farmer Peter Lake, living with floods has long been part of life in Australia’s Clarence Valley in northern New South Wales. When...
US military presence expands across Australia
The United States has gained control of or access to more than half of Australia’s military and defence facilities, according to a new database...
Giant Cuttlefish numbers plunge 97% in South Australia
The population of giant Australian cuttlefish gathering along South Australia’s coast for their annual breeding season has fallen to its lowest recorded level, triggering...
Australia offers rare conservation success amid extinction crisis
Australia’s endangered wildlife is facing an unprecedented conservation challenge, but the recovery of one of the country’s most unusual marsupials is offering a rare...
Australia faces scrutiny over conditions for asylum seekers on Nauru
Australia’s offshore asylum processing system has once again come under criticism after a new report revealed that many asylum seekers living on the Pacific...