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The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association says it is outraged after police were offered a 39 per cent pay increase earlier this week. 

With the apparent appointment of two of America's most hawkish Republicans, President-elect Donald Trump looks to be setting the stage for a confrontational relationship with China.

An ABC investigation has uncovered a disturbing escalation in rhetoric from prominent neo-Nazis in Australia, including comments about encouraging violent crime.

Olivia Anderson, 24, is the recipient of this year's prestigious Roger Connellan Award, which is granted to outback Australia's best young pilots.

A calf injury has forced Dylan Pietsch out of the Wallabies' grand slam tour, leaving coach Joe Schmidt needing to make changes for the clash with Wales.

Wages growth in Australia slows to 3.5 per cent over the past year, according to official data, still outpacing inflation to result in modest real wage increases.

Mount Isa records 11 consecutive days over 40 degrees Celsius as the Bureau of Meteorology warns there is more hot weather to come.

The Catholic Church wins a High Court appeal against rulings it was vicariously liable for the actions of a priest who allegedly sexually abused a five-year-old in 1971.

Police exchanged fire with an armed man at Weir Views in Melbourne's outer west on Tuesday, with the gunman locking himself into the home of an unsuspecting family.

Residents make a final plea to the Independent Planning Commission to reject a proposed $88-million plastic recycling plant in Moss Vale due to concerns over its environmental, health, and community impact.

North Melbourne will play six home games in Western Australia over the next three seasons in a deal that will provide significant financial benefit to the club.

Global emissions look to rise in 2024, a new Carbon Budget report reveals. Climate scientists say it's "grim news" because the world has the technology to change that. What's missing, they say, is political will.

The snap election was decided after the country's three-party coalition collapsed last week.

The opposition leader said the inflation environment and government spending undermined the affordability of restoring the Coalition's full tax cut for high earners.

Two survivors of alleged child sex abuse win their High Court battle to sue those who placed them in care in the 50s and 60s.

A report by Our Watch has revealed the average teenage Australian girl has viewed pornography before her 14th birthday, with fears it is becoming a default source of sexual education for children.

Muswellbrook has been rocked by more than 50 quakes since August that have damaged buildings, but some home owners have had their insurance claims rejected on the basis the issues were "pre-existing".

A small NSW community is reeling following the death of a toddler who was pulled from a dam at a Portland property.

In an ominous post to his 2 million followers on X, Dan Scavino uploads a GIF of sand trickling through an hourglass next to Kevin Rudd's official statement on Donald Trump's election victory.

James Cook Univeristy says its Daintree Rainforest research station is "severely under-utilised", even though the canopy crane is one of only six in the tropics worldwide.

Australia's largest supplier of Sydney rock oysters is one of two producers targeted by thieves.

The mining, renewable energy and agriculture sectors are competing for precious groundwater in WA's Wheatbelt.

It takes 90 minutes for the International Space Station to orbit the Earth. That journey happens 16 times in Orbital, which just won one of the world's top literary awards.

Matildas superstar Caitlin Foord has netted once and made another as Arsenal won 4-0 at Juventus to put one foot in the Women's Champions League quarterfinals.

Jetstar, Qantas and Virgin Australia have cancelled flights to and from Bali until at least Wednesday afternoon.