Australia

Ravindra Jadeja shone with bat and ball to put India in a commanding position to secure a series-clinching victory over Australia in the fourth cricket test.

Thousands of north Queenslanders are being evacuated as winds of more than 200km/h and possibly a 4m storm surge are predicted.

Victoria's Department of Health and Human Services could be prosecuted and fined over its management of the state's youth justice centres, as two inmates attempt to break out of Malmsbury.

Evacuations have been ordered in areas of north Queensland as Tropical Cyclone Debbie bears down, with authorities warning of damaging tidal surges.

New Zealand's top netballers are confident they won't lose any ground against Australia when the new domestic competition starts this weekend, despite it missing their old rivals.

An umbrella group for Pacific environmental organisations says a proposed multi-billion dollar coal mine in Australia would be catastrophic for the Pacific's small island states.

Jacqui Lambie told of struggling to survive and support her family after being medically discharged from the armed forces as the Australian government merged childcare subsidies with family welfare. Video

Four teenagers who were tear-gassed at an Australian youth detention centre have partially won a civil lawsuit against over their mistreatment after the incident.

Staff at one of Australia's busiest airports have been sleeping at work, because, they say, they cannot afford to go home between shifts.

A former Don Dale guard has admitted he filmed himself bursting into a cell and repeatedly asking the boys in their beds to give him oral sex.

Two senior Australian sailors are being investigated as part of a massive US Navy bribery scandal involving prostitutes, wild parties and a Malaysian contractor nicknamed Fat Leonard.

Close to 1100 people filed child sexual assault claims against Australia's Anglican Church over a 35-year period, a report says.

A New Zealander who fatally ran down a pedestrian in Melbourne has been sentenced to 11 years in jail.

Catherine Hughes is among those backing Australia's plan to ban unvaccinated children from all childcare centres and pre-schools. Audio