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A senior police officer who was part of the response to the Port Arthur massacre and the Beaconsfield Mine collapse was facing serious child exploitation allegations before his death, a coronial inquest has heard.

Five separate facilities with a preventative focus will replace Tasmania's notorious Ashley Youth Detention Centre, under a state government plan to reform the youth justice system.

The Australian share market has lifted to its highest level in almost six months, with investors betting the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will slow the pace of its upcoming interest rate hikes.

Disgraced NRL star Brett Finch has been spared a custodial sentence after admitting to sending messages about child abuse on an adult phone chat service.

Our climate is warming, making natural disasters more frequent and more severe. And things are set to get worse.

A Victorian man has told the Disability Royal Commission his life stopped when the state trustees took control of his affairs.

The Queensland Police Service has cancelled one of its recruit training periods due to a lack of enrolments, raising questions about its ability to attract and retain staff.

Two ancient pieces of Aboriginal rock art are making their way back to Tasmania's north-west after a long campaign to have them returned to the rugged coastline where they were stolen from in the 1960s.

Just days after five people were killed at a gay nightclub in Colorado, another mass shooting has rocked the US, this time at a Walmart store in the state of Virginia, as Barbara Miller reports.

Australian police have teamed up with US Homeland Security to take down an international drug ring.

The US Federal Reserve has indicated it may well slow the rate of interest rate rises, and global inflation appears to have peaked.

The mother of a five-week-old baby and her former partner have been charged with murdering her son in Logan, south of Brisbane last year.

A 34-year-old Australian scientist has been picked as a trainee astronaut with the European Space Agency.

Scientists and environmentalists across the country are working to help shellfish reefs recover, with hundreds of kilograms of oysters added to the Noosa River.

Millions of Ukrainians have been shivering through freezing temperatures and even hospital operating theatres have been plunged into darkness, forcing them to rely on generators, as Nick Dole reports.

It's been a big night for Indigenous artists at this year's ARIA Awards. Indigenous rapper Baker Boy dominated the evening, taking home five ARIAs.

Wages have continued to grow but not as high as its peak. Meanwhile ham prices in the US have soared amid bird shortage ahead of Thanksgiving.

Despite extra government funding to improve the quality of meals in aged care homes, dieticians and advocates say little has changed for residents.

For the first time in 24 years, WA nurses and midwives have walked off the job in a bid to pressure the government to improve their pay and conditions.

The polls have closed and people across Victoria have queued up to have their say. Premier Daniel Andrews has urged voters to give Labor a third term, while Opposition Leader Matthew Guy is asking the state to "move on".