She's a thorn in the side of Russia's strongman President. Maria Pevchikh claims her latest expose confirms Vladimir Putin is secretly "the richest person in the world".

Fans of ABC TV's Good Game express disappointment at the news the show will be cancelled, rallying around the #ggtv and #putoutyourcontrollers hashtags on social media.

Exclusive school finance figures reveal four elite private schools spent more on new facilities than the poorest 1,800 schools combined. This is Australia's great education divide.

Scott Morrison was late to his first public appearance in Lismore. Very late. Rich Latimer introduced himself to the media and said the community had a message, Ashleigh Raper writes.

Melanoma research pioneers Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer are jointly named 2024 Australians of the Year for their work developing an immunotherapy approach to treating melanoma.

Let's give thanks not just for the AEC, but also for a few other features of our system, not least compulsory voting, writes Michelle Grattan.

The Victorian government's decision to walk away from hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games due to cost blowouts has been labelled an embarrassment. The question is, how did it get the numbers so wrong?

Michael McCormack says those trying to link climate change and bushfires are "woke greenies" — but mayors from fire-ravaged areas of NSW say there is no doubt in their minds that the devastating...

Priya Nadaraja, Nades Murugappan and their daughters have been living in Biloela in regional Queensland since June, after the new Labor government granted them bridging visas.

There have been 57 formal public inquiries, reviews and royal commissions related to bushfires and fire management since 1939. That is more than one inquiry every two years in the past 80 years. Do...

The ABC has received thousands of questions about the new coronavirus and what it means for them. We've sorted through some of the ones you asked the most.

Consulting giant KPMG has been accused by whistleblowers of wasting public money, submitting inflated invoices and billing the Department of Defence for hours never worked.

Scott Morrison can't say he wasn't warned that women were angry. But will the next Liberal leader heed the lessons Morrison ignored, asks Annabel Crabb.

Although I try to shield myself from the racist abuse I'm frequently subjected to, the fact it is out there poisons the air I breathe. Now I have had enough – so on Monday night I will present Q+A,...

A unique social experiment that brings together elderly people in a retirement community with a group of 4-year-olds. Could this encounter between young and old help transform the lives of the...

His bold ideas caught the eye of the US president. Now inventor Saul Griffith is sparking an energy revolution in Australia, with a goal to create the first all-electric community where households...

He was the familiar voice and fierce intellect behind the radio microphone who explained the world to Australians every day. But despite reporting the news from across the globe, Mark Colvin didn't...

The world's most renowned natural historian on ScoMo, coal, climate protest, and why he hates rats.

Melanoma research pioneers Georgina Long and Richard Scolyer are jointly named 2024 Australians of the Year for their work developing an immunotherapy approach to treating melanoma.

A man survives a house fire which guts his Brisbane home overnight after his pet parrot, Eric, sounds the alarm before smoke detectors kick in.

The hourly minimum wage will be lifted to $21.38 from July, a 5.2 per cent increase, after the cost of living increased dramatically.

Helen McDonald, the wife of the late John Clarke, gifts the couple's eight-hectare property in Rhyll Inlet to a nature conservation group to create a lasting legacy for the much-loved satirist.

Australia's top universities could be aiding the Chinese Communist Party's mission to develop mass surveillance and military technologies, amid rising concerns from Australian intelligence agencies...

In years gone by, former prime ministers were often trusted confidants to their successors. Not so these days, when the trend has been for former leaders to make a swift exit from the parliament,...

Containing cats to homes and "cat-free" suburbs could become common across Australia if local councils get their way as they unite with scientists to try stop 340 million native animals being killed...

A new economic theory emerges that could rewrite our understanding of how governments create and spend money and what type of society we can afford to build.

King Charles won't be replacing the late Queen on the new $5 note, after the Reserve Bank decides to honour First Nations culture instead.

It's been coined the "disability tax" where some NDIS participants are being charged double or even triple the price of services compared to those not on the scheme, for the exact same treatment or...

Penny Wong uses Q&A to respond to Israel Folau's social media commentary by saying: "I wish that public figures, politicians, sporting stars etc. might consider for a moment … where their words land...

Sam Neill says he's in the "cheering-up" business. Acting is his profession, winemaking is his passion and now in times of COVID-19, the 72-year-old is delighting the masses on social media.

In 2018, Canada's British Columbia introduced a tax against vacant homes. Three years later, more than 20,000 rentals were back on the market.

No final decisions have been made, but those with multi-million-dollar superannuation balances should be nervous as the government searches for ways to fix the budget and fund its plans, writes David...

Argentina's economy hit 100 per cent inflation in February — the highest it's been in 32 years. But the crisis has done nothing to dampen Argentines' enthusiasm for spending.

In a perverse way, this pandemic could be the making of Nick Kyrgios — shifting from tennis brat to the one person in the game who is making sense right now, writes Michael Rowland.

Mental health matters every day. Join us as we start a conversation and look at ways to support mental health and wellbeing every day.

Remembrance Day is a national day urging all Australians to observe one minute's silence to remember World War I & II veterans an others who died or suffered...