Opposition leader Bill Shorten has spoken out about police investigations that cleared him of an allegation that he raped a 16-year-old girl during the 1980s. Mr Shorten decided to put the matter into the public domain in the hope that he could put it behind him, saying “there is absolutely no basis to the claims.” […]

John and Diane Foley, the parents of US journalist James Foley who was beheaded in a gruesome video released on Tuesday by Muslim extremists Islamic State, have praised their son for his fearless approach to his profession. “He was a courageous fearless journalist,” Diane Foley said, speaking to media outside the couple’s home in Rochester, […]

Deborra-lee Furness wants everyone to adopt change.

New research finds children as young as eight worry about their weight.

NSW couple Adam and Kate Osborne are desperately trying to bring their twins back to Australia after being caught up in a Thai surrogacy ‘horror story’. The couple, from Kempsey on the mid North Coast, have called on the Australian public to help them return with their biological twin girls Mali and Sierra-Leone, born on […]

The canary yellow Holden Torana - which was central to the infamous conviction and eventual exoneration of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain following the 1980 disappearance of their daughter Azaria - has been sold to the National Museum of Australia in Canberra.

Melbourne high schools are leading the charge in later start times to allow students to have more sleep.

A rogue doctor who cut off the entire external genitalia of a woman admitted to hospital to have a tiny lesion removed has had his minimum sentence reduced today, sparking anger and dismay from his victim.

It’s the most improbable romance – a high-flying London banker and a convicted drug mule serving a life sentence in a Bali prison. But Bali Nine drug smuggler Scott Rush, 28, and his wealthy British fiancée Nikki Butler, 38, have spoken out about their love for one another. “I don’t want to be with anyone […]

It’s the second child for the 33-year-old star, who already has a son, Max, 6, from her previous marriage to Jordan Bratman. Aguilera revealed she was expecting a daughter in March. Related: Naked and pregnant: celebrity cover girls “I’m really excited to meet our baby girl,” she told PEOPLE in June. “This has been a very easy […]