Australian businesses and governments are investing too little in vital research projects, a discussion paper has revealed.

Pope Francis has issued a major rebuke to the Trump administration's plans for mass deportations of migrants, warning that ...

A former Labor leader has quit state parliament to focus on campaigning for a crucial federal seat, launching an attack on ...

High-profile pro-Palestine rallies will be wound back to once a month as crowd numbers plateau and Israel-Hamas ...

Labor and the coalition have netted a deal on controversial electoral reforms despite opposition from crossbenchers who ...

While its operating expenses decreased by two per cent, residential broadband users also boosted NBN Co's bottom line by ...

A potential government buyout of regional airline Rex should involve a fleet renewal, an industry expert says.

A tropical cyclone has formed off Western Australia's coast, prompting warnings it may intensify into a powerful ...

The inspector general for the US Agency for International Development has been dismissed, a day after his office warned that ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned a widely-circulated "antisemitic" video of NSW nurses declaring they would ...

Three triple zero calls failed to connect to emergency services when a man was critically injured during a harvest fire on a ...

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