Australia

The man who murdered 13-year-old Sunshine Coast boy Daniel Morcombe wants his conviction quashed despite a videotaped confession to the crime famously obtained in an elaborate sting by undercover police.

Rosie Batty, the mother of murdered 11-year-old Luke Batty, has been named Victorian of the Year.

Find out what went on behind the scenes in our striking “Life with a Burqa” feature in the new issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly.

An enormous number of happy-go-lucky Australians got up this morning and went to work, just as if it were any other day. It’s not just any other day. Today, we say goodbye to a giant. We say goodbye to Gough. Most Australians will know the name, and even very young Australians will know who he […]

When Gough Whitlam was asked how he would meet his maker when that day came, he said: "I shall treat him as an equal." It’s an unsurprising response from a former prime minister whose flagship policies of universal health care and fee-free university education were exhibitions of egalitarianism.

The Princess Royal will arrive in Australia on Tuesday for a short royal visit.

He made headlines as Australia’s first convicted terrorist post-9/11, after travelling to Afghanistan and meeting Osama bin Laden. But today Jack Roche is urging young Australians to take a different road. Here, Jack – who has since changed his name to Khalid – shares his thoughts with The Weekly: What do you think about young […]

Olympic gold medalist Sally Pearson has been named the most inspirational Australian athlete this year. The 28-year-old hurdler claimed her second ‘The Don’ award at the 30th Sports Australia Hall of Fame in Melbourne on Thursday night. The award was named in honour of the inaugural inductee and cricketer Sir Donald Bradman. Sally beat out […]

Sue Ellen Kovack alarmed authorities yesterday when she presented with a low-grade fever to Cairns Hospital after returning from Sierra Leone where she was working as a nurse in the Ebola affected nation. Queensland Health’s Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young said the woman will remain under observation for at least another 24-hours. “This is […]

An alleged plan to kidnap and behead a random Australian appears to have been thwarted by police who arrested 15 people in a series of dawn raids across Sydney and Brisbane this morning. Unconfirmed details of the plot emerged as one suspect, Omarjan Azari , 22, faced court in Sydney on a charge of preparing […]