The Federal Health Minister has promised to introduce a new bill in parliament to help take the sting out of pricey private health coverage, following a report from Australia's peak medical body that private health insurance is failing to deliver value for money.

A generation of kids social media accounts will be silenced today ahead of the government's teen ban

Bruce Lehrmann loses his bid to appeal a court finding that, on balance of probabilities, he raped Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019.

The government's light touch on Artificial Intelligence welcomed by digital industries, with AI to be managed through existing laws.

The east coast energy grid is not ready for the closure of coal-fired power plants, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator, bringing a heightened risk of blackouts.

The death toll in the Hong Kong tower blaze is now 94, amid questions over the city's widespread use of combustible bamboo in construction - could it mark the end of the centuries old building tradition?

Dozens of people have been killed after multiple high-rise apartment buildings caught fire in Hong Kong yesterday afternoon.

Much of the east coast swelters through a heat wave, while in some parts of Queensland, residents are bracing for severe thunderstorms for the third day in a row.

As Cyclone Fina crosses the West Australian coast, South East Qld hit with violent storms and more to come.

The clean up in Darwin continues after the strongest cyclone to approach Darwin since 1974, Tropical Cyclone Fina now approaches Western Australia.