Isis is urging followers to carry out public beheadings, says Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. How did the country become a target and how do counter-terrorism officials respond?
A commuter in Perth, western Australia, has a lucky escape after falling into the gap between the train and the platform. The passenger was rescued by his fellow travellers tilting the train.
An Australian couple who paid a surrogate mother from Thailand to have twin babies for them rejected one of the pair when he was born with Down’s syndrome. Now a campaign to help has raised £70,000.
Victoria Macdonald
There are fears that the fight against HIV is in danger as increasing numbers of countries introduce anti-gay laws. Health and Social Care Correspondent Victoria Macdonald reports from Melbourne.
Victoria Macdonald
There was a time when the word ‘cure’ was never used in relation to HIV. It was thought to be too elusive, too unachievable. But something changed in the past decade.
Victoria Macdonald
The president of the International Aids Society delivered a heartfelt statement on the loss of six delegates in the destruction of Flight MH17, writes Victoria Macdonald.
More than 150 Sri Lankan asylum seekers will remain stuck at sea on a boat while an Australian court decides their fate – but the government says it will not send them back without 72 hours’ notice.
Australia’s high court stops the mid-ocean transfer of 153 Tamil asylum seekers to the Sri Lankan navy, days after 41 others were handed straight to the Sri Lankan police on their return.
Australia’s Channel 7 issues a statement standing by its decision to broadcast a re-enactment of the shooting of Reeva Steenkamp, saying it was legally obtained.
Nina Bekker, who alleges she was abused by Rolf Harris three times in 1978, tells her story to Mark Williams-Thomas – and claims her complaints were ignored by Australian police.
One of Rolf Harris’ victims, who was 14 at the time of the offence, says the abuse she suffered almost led her to take her own life.
Exactly 24 hours after three Al Jazeera journalists were jailed in Egypt for terror related charges, hundreds of colleagues have staged a silent protest in their support.
Stormy weather lashed New South Wales and Victoria on Tuesday with strong winds that toppled trees and power lines in Melbourne. Heavy snow fell in the mountains, bringing 50cm of snow to ski resorts.
Indonesia’s Mount Sangiang erupts, firing ash 3,000 metres into the air and grounding flights out of Australia’s Darwin airport.
More than two months after the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went underwater officials say they have been looking in the wrong place.