The tasering of a 95-year-old woman was never meant to lead to her death but was done to prevent others from being stabbed, ...

Expectations are growing that Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye's party will win the nation's legislative elections ...

The head of Victoria's exams authority has quit after a blunder allowed students to view hidden questions on sample papers.

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Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones, once one of Australia's most powerful media figures, has been taken into a police station in ...

Kylie Hilder has bowed out as NSW Women's State of Origin coach after two successive series defeats to Queensland. Sign up ...

Cook Islanders will be able to easily transfer their superannuation funds under an agreement with Australia as more Pacific ...

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Alyssa Healy expects to learn in the next 10 days if she will be fit to face India, with Australia's captain ready to ...

Michael J Fox tries to keep his sense of humour intact while battling Parkinson's disease but admits it's not always easy.

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An "unacceptable level of failure" of a key safety feature in children's lifejackets has been exposed in a bombshell report.