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In 1922, the fledgling Qantas airline took delivery of a new aeroplane, but they had a problem. The Vickers Vulcan was such ...

Cricket Australia have emphatically shut down the prospect of any out-of-form batters being parachuted into the Prime ...

Australian children are one step closer to being banished from social media, despite widespread concerns. Those younger than ...

Chris Minot's doctor told him he was a candidate for a heart attack. He chose to ignore the warning until it was almost too ...

A speeding driver has been jailed after fatally crushing two people who had stopped to exchange details after a prang on a ...

Officials from Mexico, Canada and China and major industry groups have warned that US President-elect Donald Trump's threat ...

Most women in prison (85 per cent) have experienced domestic and family violence, a report from prison reform advocacy group ...

On Wednesday, Labor joined One Nation leader Pauline Hanson to allow documents to be tabled in the Senate questioning Senator ...

The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has been welcomed by Foreign Minister Penny Wong who says it should be ...

Two people have been hospitalised after taking strong painkillers that turned out to be "extremely dangerous" opioid drugs.

Millions of university graduates and students will soon wake up to an early Christmas present after the government wiped ...