A jury that convicted three buck's party attendees of gang rapes may have wrongly considered the men's state of mind to be a "sinister element", an appeals court has been told.

A Wollongong resident and citizen of Portugal convicted of arson, rape, and other offences has failed in his bid to stay in Australia.

Opera Australia is promising a "glittering reimagining" of La Bohème, Puccini's tragedy of star-crossed lovers in Paris, ahead of opening night at Sydney Opera House on Saturday.

Adelaide's Izak Rankine has been banned for four games by the AFL for a homophobic slur. Rankine is the sixth AFL-listed player suspended for a homophobic slur against an opponent in the past 16 ...

The research showed rates of food insecurity, where people skip meals or go hungry, fell by 23 per cent, and people ate an ...

A state has vowed to go it alone on trialling CCTV in childcare centres if the federal government cannot quickly wrangle national consensus.

Matildas star Sam Kerr insists there's no reason why she can't get back to her prolific goal-scoring best as she nears her ...

A close friend of Matt Wright has denied colluding with the reality TV star to cover up faked helicopter flying hour records following a fatal crash. Jai Tomlinson told a Supreme Court jury in Darwin ...

It's lovely weather for ducks, but frustrated parents of young kids who play sports are no fans of the wettest August in 27 years. It is only Thursday, but a decision was made earlier this week to ...

Top officials in the Trump administration have visited National Guard troops in Washington, to support a deployment that's left parts of the US capital looking like occupied territory. Anger and ...

Australia's anti-corruption watchdog has defended holding private hearings, and not naming a public official found to be ...