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A charge that a nurse threatened to kill Israeli patients while working at an Australian hospital has been withdrawn by prosecutors.

A new defence treaty between Australia and Papua New Guinea commits to defending each other if they are attacked in the face of "emerging threats", a copy of the deal seen by AFP on Tuesday showed.

The Measuring What Matters wellbeing report shows increased concern over security and access to healthcare and a stalling in Australia’s emissions reduction

Australia had governed PNG for decades and the transfer of power was an attempt to unify more than 800 language groups under one state

Prominent frontbencher gives Sussan Ley an ultimatum over climate policy; Kurtis Marschall comes third in epic final as Gout Gout fever builds

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Smoke-drying mummification of human remains was practised by hunter-gatherers across southern China, southeast Asia and beyond as far back as 12,000 years ago, my colleagues and I report in new research published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Australia’s housing crunch is no longer just an economic issue. Research clearly shows people who face housing insecurity are more likely to experience mental ill-health.

There are growing calls for Australia to harness big buildings to capture solar energy, as a report found only one fifth of available roof space is used.

The former Labor leader says the Les Carlyon award is ‘explicitly for emerging authors’, disqualifying Chris Masters’ biography of the alleged war criminal

Blackett will join Steve Borthwick’s revamped coaching team on a permanent basis ahead of the autumn series opener against Australia on November 1.