Tas child welfare reports hit by IT glitch
Tas child welfare reports hit by IT glitch
Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has encouraged China to persuade Russia to end its conflict with Ukraine. Find out more.
China underscored its commitment to its claim to Taiwan, telling world leaders that anyone who gets in the way of its determination to reunify with the self-governing island would be "crushed by the wheels of history.""Only when China is fully reunified can there be true peace across the Taiwan Strait," Wang Yi, China's foreign minister, said at the UN General Assembly.
Young Australians are more anxious than ever as they navigate technological change and the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.That's the conclusion of National Mental Health Commission chief executive Christine Morgan as a national listening tour near its end.
Russian forces have launched new strikes on Ukrainian cities as Kremlin-orchestrated votes continued in occupied regions to pave the way for their annexation by Moscow.Zaporizhzhia Governor Oleksandr Starukh said the Russians targeted infrastructure facilities in the Dnieper River city.
Marine rescuers will scale down their mission to free whales involved in a mass stranding on Tasmania's west coast, as the priority shifts to at-sea burials for about 200 dead animals.There were no surviving pilot whales left on Ocean Beach near Macquarie Harbour, south of Strahan, as of Saturday, incident controller Brendon Clark confirmed.
The federal opposition has called on the government to wind back and re-prioritise spending in the upcoming budget to ease cost of living pressures.Opposition finance spokeswoman Jane Hume said the October budget to be handed down by Labor Treasurer Jim Chalmers should include "more cautious spending".
A mob of angry Russian reservists have been filmed yelling at a military officer. Watch it here.
A neighbour's note has divided the internet after it warned residents to expect damage to their cars. Find out what happened.
Australia will seek a seat on the United Nations Security Council as it pushes for greater membership for smaller states, after raising concerns about the veto powers of permanent member Russia.Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong told the UN General Assembly on Saturday Australia wants the council to make room for other "small and medium-sized" countries from Africa, Latin America and Asia.
A council spokesperson said staff are not exempt from local laws. Find out what they did.
A decision to change testing processes in Queensland that means thousands of DNA samples are being re-tested did not reach the minister-in-charge at the time.Deputy Premier Steven Miles was health minister in 2018 when the threshold limits were changed at the state-run forensics lab.
Russian police moved quickly to disperse peaceful protests against President Vladimir Putin's military mobilisation order, arresting hundreds, including some children, in several cities across the vast country.Police detained more than 700 people, including over 300 in Moscow and nearly 150 in St Petersburg, according to OVD-Info, an independent website that monitors political arrests in Russia.
Crews are expected to start hauling the carcasses of about 200 dead whales out to sea after a mass stranding on Tasmania's west coast.Rescuers were still monitoring whales inside Macquarie Harbour, south of Strahan, on Saturday, and attempted to free two that were stranded in shallower waters.
Australia has the firepower and teamwork to match it with their powerful rivals in the elite women's road race at the world championships.Even with Annemiek van Vleuten in doubt because ot the elbow fracture she suffered in Wednesday's crash, the Dutch remain the nation to beat.
The fight to keep a key court judgment secret in the case of Bernard Collaery has continued despite the new federal government dropping his prosecution.The Canberra lawyer had been facing charges for four years after he was accused of leaking classified information about an alleged Australian spying operation in East Timor.
A Queensland family was 'screaming in pain' after their five-month-old puppy was mauled by another dog. Find out what happened.
An 'incredibly unusual' weather event has caused chaos across NSW and Queensland. Find out what happened.
Four objects from the Warumungu people will be returned from a New Zealand museum to country in the Northern Territory.Two hooked boomerangs (wartilykirri), an adze (palya/kupija) and an axe (ngurrulumuru) were collected by well-known anthropologist Baldwin Spencer and telegraph operator James Field.
The death toll from a migrant boat that sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon has risen to 86, according to Syrian state TV.The incident was deadliest so far as a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have been trying to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea for a better future in Europe.
Post-tropical cyclone Fiona has knocked out power to more than 500,000 customers in Canada, damaging homes with strong winds and rain as it made landfall.Fiona transformed from a hurricane into a post-tropical storm late on Friday, but meteorologists cautioned it still could have hurricane-strength winds and bring drenching rains and huge waves.