Police believe an explosion which killed a man near his mother's house two year's ago was detonated remotely by a person, or persons, unknown.

Adelaide's new Royal Adelaide Hospital will be the state's biggest and most costly. What are patients in for?

The Australian consumer watchdog is set to begin a court case against Heinz over a product that was marketed as healthy for kids.

The ramp-down of the existing Royal Adelaide Hospital will begin on Monday ahead of the move to the new RAH in September.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott's motions to reform the NSW Liberal party have received overwhelming support at a special convention in Sydney.

A fire at a Melbourne recycling plant has finally been extinguished after burning for 11 days.

The Turnbull government has released a new analysis of the benefits university graduates get from holding a degree, in a bid to bolster its funding changes.

Bill Shorten has resurrected the idea that federal government go to the polls every four years, to bring more stability to politics in Australia.

The Victorian union boss at the centre of plans to split the state's fire services will give evidence to a parliamentary committee into the changes.

Former Australian of the Year Rosie Batty will give evidence at the Victorian inquiry into family violence.

Two years after the Pilbara prawn trawler named "Returner" sank and was resurfaced with the skipper's body on board, the bodies of two crew haven't been found.

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan has spent its first night docked in Brisbane after arriving on Sunday.

Three men are expected to stand trial in Brisbane for the alleged rape of an unconscious male teenager with a glass bottle at an Australia Day party.

NSW continues to have the strongest performing economy in the country while WA is the weakest, the latest quarterly CommSec State of the States report says.

Israel has installed new security cameras at the entrance to a sensitive Jerusalem holy site.

The Hong Kong Observatory on Sunday morning raised its typhoon alert to 8 - close to the top rating of 10 - but has lowered it as Roke weakens.

A blaze at a Melbourne recycling plant has finally been extinguished with the Metropolitan Fire Brigade declaring it "safe".

A Royal Australian Navy frigate and its 191 personnel have been welcomed home at Garden Island in Perth's south.

NSW Liberals have endorsed a reform plan proposed by former prime minister Tony Abbott and conservative backers.

One man has drowned and two have been rescued as big seas pound the east coast of Australia.

Plans to build more facilities for troubled youth in the WA mining town of Kalgoorlie have stalled since an emergency summit held after Elijah Doughty's death.

The teachers believe eliminating nicotine is not the primary concern for the students as some have been kicked out of home or may have a criminal past.

The Queensland government is promising to reduce the financial burden on patients and families by freeing up more concessional parking at hospitals.

She has a masters degree and $45,000 salary, but passion drives this teacher on in a state leading America in education cuts.

Draft legislation to put TasWater into the state government's hands has been released, in a bid to fix Tasmania's ailing water infrastructure.