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A little boy has been flown to hospital for a suspected Irukandji jellyfish sting, amid fears the deadly animal is lurking in Queensland waters.

From prime ministers to poo joggers, the stories are a glimpse of what captured our attention in a year of scandals, extreme weather and extraordinary rescues.

Police say a man who fatally stabbed another and injured two in central Melbourne had also planned to set off an explosion

A shark has attacked a man near an island harbor on Australia's Great Barrier reef where two tourists were mauled on consecutive says in September

Investment bank Morgan Stanley rates Australia as having the riskiest levels of household debt in the world and winding it back could result in a $700 billion hit to the nation's wealth.

Hobart has long been seen as Australia's sleepy southern city, but lately it's been experiencing growing pains. Curious Hobart investigates whether the population is on track to hit 300,000 within a decade.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologised on behalf of the nation for failing and abandoning the thousands of survivors of institutional child sex abuse. In its final report, the commission estimated the number of child victims in the tens of thousands, saying their abusers were "not just a few

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison could face a backlash in a by-election this weekend as voters in a once-safe seat weigh whether to strip the conservative government of its one-seat parliamentary majority.

Thanks to world-leading vaccine and screening programs, the dangerous disease could be almost unheard of in Australia in coming decades, new research has revealed.

Victoria Police confirmed they received numerous calls for help from inside a train at Dandenong Station in Melbourne, Australia. Over 100 African "youths" had taken over the train and terrorised its passengers.

Possible vote escalates the turmoil inside the ABC and puts fresh pressure on its embattled directors to stand down.

Despite the dominance of television culture, America's PBS offers our own public broadcaster a dire glimpse into its own future, should commercial rivals and agenda-driven politicians dilute its reach.

ABC chairman Justin Milne faced calls to resign after it was revealed he allegedly pushed for ABC economics correspondent Emma Alberici to be fired.

A Melbourne newspaper doubles down on a cartoon of tennis star Serena Williams that has prompted international outrage, attacking its "PC" critics and foreshadowing a future where satire is outlawed.

Rupert Murdoch's media empire has launched an attack on Google on the Australian flank of the global giant's operations.

Aldi has been named as Australia's most trusted brand, again.

Over 1,400 government officials in Western Australia used the term 'Password123' as the password for their entrance into government agencies, a security audit of the Western Australian government released this week has revealed.

For a few days Australians seriously reckoned with the idea of Peter Dutton as prime minister. Opinion polls show he may not be popular with the public, but that does not mean the issues he champions are not resonating, writes Stan Grant.

With the incumbent Malcolm Turnbull promising Thursday to hold the second party meeting in five days to decide on his stewardship, the country may soon be looking at its sixth leader in little more than eight years.

Five former dual nationals have been stripped of their Australian citizenship due to their involvement with the Islamic State group overseas, a government minister said Thursday.