Australia

Flights have been delayed and diverted at Sydney Airport after an air traffic control tower was evacuated....

From Socrates believing writing would bring about mass forgetfulness and ignorance, to the Catholic Church warning against the printing press, humanity's great strides have always had their detractors....

There are worries the solid capsule may have already become lodged in another vehicle's tyre and potentially be hundreds of kilometres away from the search area....

Two people have been charged after a woman escaped an alleged kidnapping and a man's body was found inside a Wyong unit on the NSW Central Coast....

Fifteen new schools will open in Melbourne in 2023, mostly in outer growth areas, including a unique school for VCE students to get a head start on university....

A man has been charged with torture and other offences in relation to a stand-off at a Brisbane home on Friday....

The Rail, Tram and Bus Union says more than 100 bus driver shifts and thousands of trips will be cancelled in regions across the city....

30 years ago, an isolated community of Chinese peasants took a giant step toward solving the mystery of an ill-fated $250-million Optus satellite, lost five weeks earlier, about 1000 kilometres out in space....

Lifesavers have issued a warning after multiple drownings across Australia...

Police say a 44-year-old woman escaped a Central Coast unit on Saturday and claimed to have been there since Thursday before the body of a man was found inside....

Firefighters responded to an incident at the airport on Sunday that prompted a ground stop and two international flights from the United States to be diverted....

Warning issued after man dies from a snake bite in Queensland....

A man has died after being hit by a car on a property near Geelong in Victoria....

Liberal candidate Wayne Farnham has comfortably won the Victorian state seat of Narracan in a supplementary election....

One man is dead and another fighting for life, after three men were pulled from water in Sydney's south....

Police say a Palestinian boy was behind an attack on two people in Jerusalem....

More protests expected after video showing five Memphis officers beating a Black man was been made public....

Doctors say Victoria does not want to be in a situation like the United Kingdom, where chronic and systemic underfunding of maternity health had resulted in hundreds of preventable deaths of babies and women....

A fungal pathogen wreaks havoc, even turning people into zombies, in a new sci-fi drama which is so far-fetched, isn't it?...

The Voice and the republic propositions could not be more different, and yet the failure of the republic vote is being allowed to infect the way support for the Voice is sought....

Charlotte has returned to the top spot for girls, while the most common boys name in the state has held the title for an eighth year in a row....

Local councils say COVID-19, mergers, bad weather and ratepayers with a grudge are reasons behind the number of complaints made about them....

Plans for a lift next to one of Sydney's public stairways have fired up a residents' group that says people who cannot climb the steep steps should catch a bus instead....

Factors including social media influencers spruiking tanning could be eroding decades of warning about melanoma risk, sun safety experts have warned....

Dozens of potentially life-saving procedures at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, including surgery for skin, bowel, prostate, head and neck cancer, are set to be delayed....

More adults are practising yoga than playing soccer, golf or tennis, as individual activities squeeze out traditional team sports....

Almost 65,000 kindergarten students will start at NSW public schools this week, learning a new curriculum which focuses on phonics when teaching children to read....

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today's interactive superquiz and target....

A group of teens were involved in a riot along the Rockingham foreshore in Perth on Australia Day, in addition to two other riots which broke out on the public holiday....

The search began in WA for a lost radioactive capsule, a week and a half after it went missing and sparked an emergency hazmat warning....

Two women have died and three children have been taken to hospital following crashes in Berwick and Halls Gap on Saturday....

Age readers react to the debate on the proposed Voice to parliament, and Australia Day....

The Teach Us Consent petition, launched by Chanel Contos, called for NSW schools to include lessons on rape culture, sexual coercion, toxic masculinity, victim blaming and queer sex....

A marine biologist has warned beachgoers that shark sightings will increase over summer as the heat draws them closer to shore....

It is surprising and deeply disappointing that the NSW Education Department has still not made any changes to the way it teaches consent in the state's public schools....

A teenage girl was allegedly sexually harassed by her optometrist, twice. She was left devastated by the lack of action by the national health regulator....

Police arrested a 45-year-old man after he allegedly broke into a block of units in Glenside, Adelaide and attacked a man with a metal pole....

Morticians have used a technological workaround to ensure trainees can still get guidance despite being on the other side of the state....

A father's family home went up in flames while police chase his son, the alleged arsonist, down the street....

David Warner got the Sydney Thunder's innings off to a bright start in his side's clash with the Brisbane Heat....

The price of beer is expected to increase as taxation on the popular drink rises with the rate of inflation....

One man has drowned at Shelly Beach, Cronulla, while two others have been taken to hospital for treatment after getting into trouble in the water....

Patients across Australia are paying $40 per doctor visit as bulk-billing clinics dwindle in numbers....

Two men were found bleeding out on the footpath after one was stabbed in the neck and shoulder, and the other was stabbed in the back....

West Australian Liberal Party leader David Honey has vowed to contest the leadership challenge levelled against him by his deputy Libby Mettam, saying he has every intention of remaining in the top job....

The Lockyer Valley man, in his 60s, was believed to have been bitten by an eastern brown snake....

Emergency services were called to Shelly Beach after a group of swimmers got into difficulty....

Theatre work is vulnerable work. Careers depend upon not only the public playing their part as audiences, but also whole companies and productions....

A man has drowned and two more are being cared for by medical staff after getting into trouble at a beach in Sydney's south....

The local heroes who performed a dramatic citizens' arrest on Thursday have spoken out about their quickfire decision to pin down two armed robbers....