TO mark today’s (October 22) national apology to victims and survivors of institutional child sexual abuse, the memorial “Quilt of ...

A red Toyota Corolla being driven erratically by a man with a woman hanging out of the door in Harrison early on Saturday afternoon was reported to police. As a result, a 35-year-old man has been ...

Wild storms either side of a sweltering heatwave are keeping emergency services and power providers on their toes. Scorching conditions that swept across Australia during the long weekend have moved ...

The Weston Creek Community Centre’s free laundry is back. Weston Creek Community Centre is once again offering free clothes washing and drying services for homeless people and anyone in need. Manager ...

King Charles has marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz prison camp in Poland. (EPA PHOTO) King Charles has marked International Holocaust Memorial Day by warning of the dangers of ...

Tony Haymet has been named as the country’s next chief scientist, who will provide independent advice and research to the federal government across a range of scientific fields. Prof Haymet is a ...

Former Prime Minister Bob Hawke, who convened Australia’s first drug summit… the 40th anniversary falls in April. Photo: Manchester University Australia has experimented with drug summits for 40 years ...

A beach in Glenelg, South Australia, is packed during an evening in February 1938. Photo: State Library of South Australia Sleeping on beaches and staying social: MANDY PAUL & ROCHELLE SCHOFF look at ...

An ambitious plan to halve the number of Australian road deaths is in tatters, with a fourth consecutive national toll increase marking the worst result since the advent of seatbelts. Some 1300 people ...

Firefighters are battling two out-of-control bushfires, with residents of a regional town told it’s too late to leave and holidaymakers at a national park urged to flee while they still can. The ...

Gary Puckett (second from left) and the Union Gap… The B, Queanbeyan, February 5. HELEN MUSA leads her latest Arts in the City column with the news American rocker Gary Puckett and the Union Gap are ...

Per capita water and energy use of higher density dwellings can be higher than detached houses. In the second of his two-part series on managing population growth, planning columnist MIKE QUIRK looks ...