Andrew Thorpe

The pair's investigation had an immediate impact on Australia's childcare industry, resulting in the suspension of one centre and a raft of government policy changes and safety reforms.

The E1 settlement, approved last week by the Israeli government after years of delays due to international pressure, would effectively bisect the West Bank — something its backers and opponents both acknowledge would devastate the prospects of a future Palestinian state.

The Department of Defence has acknowledged that HMAS Canberra accidentally took out a number of wireless internet and radio services across New Zealand. 

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has toured the Royal Easter Show and complimented an alpaca this morning, while Labor talked up its proposed changes to penalty rates.

A drone armed with an explosive warhead pierced the containment shell over Chernobyl's melted-down nuclear reactor early on Friday morning, causing a small fire but major concerns for peace prospects.

A passenger on a Melbourne-bound flight which had to make an emergency landing in New Zealand after an engine caught fire has praised the pilots for managing a safe descent and ensuring no-one was injured.

The leaders' statement, issued towards the end of the summit in Apulia, Italy, caps off a summit marked by broad consensus on global conflicts but clashes on abortion and vaccine funding.

The trial of a 20-year-old American in Italy had all the elements of a salacious tabloid story, but at the core of the case lay a bungled investigation and an overeager prosecution — and some uncomfortable truths about how society treats young women.

The opposition’s treasury spokesman made his case for the Coalition’s budget proposals at the National Press Club on Wednesday. Take a look back at how the speech unfolded.

New Mexico man dies of the plague, in the US state's first fatal case of the disease since 2020