Australians convicted of displaying a terrorist symbol in public will spend at least a year in jail, under a new hate speech law passed in Parliament on Thursday.

Google has become the latest U.S. company to scale back some of its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

Up to 167 women have been raped and killed after prisoners escaped jail in the DRC, according to a UN document seen by the BBC.

A Melbourne woman who fatally stabbed her husband in her sleep on a camping trip in 2023 has had her murder charge dropped.

Australia is now clear of a bird flu strain that led to dozens of farms and properties being shut down in 2024.

This week, the unfair dismissal case brought by journalist Antoinette Lattouf against the ABC is being heard in court. The case centres around a claim, by ...