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The Top End of Australia’s Northern Territory contains an extensive, awe-inspiring expanse of tropical savanna landscapes. It includes well-known and much-loved regions such as Darwin, Kakadu National Park, Arnhem Land and Nitmiluk Gorge.

If you’re a hardcore foodie, you’ve probably eaten your way across Australia already. But you haven’t lived until you check out Hobart.

Australia is working in good faith to strike a free trade agreement with the European Union, but will walk away if the deal is not in the national interest.

Domestic violence is increasing in Australia. A new report shows one in three men have ever made a partner feel frightened or anxious. One in 11 have used physical violence when angry. And one in 50 have used sexual violence against their partner.

Jack Ball, a Sydney-based trans artist, was awarded the 2025 Ramsay Art Prize at the Art Gallery of South Australia for an immersive installation Heavy Grit.

Australia's largest mainland breeding program of Tasmanian devils continues to grow amid flood setbacks and devilish mothers.

The local bourse has finished the session slightly lower after briefly surpassing its highest ever close in earlier trading.

Despite nearly 20 years of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continues to lag behind other Australians.

Nearly 40 million square kilometres of ocean experienced marine heatwaves in the western Pacific region in 2024, a UN climate and weather agency says.

You might think of crypto gambling as just normal betting with a tech twist, but you'd be ignoring some very real risks that regulators worldwide are scrambling to address. As cryptocurrency gambling websites have grown from literally nothing to a $65 billion industry in just five years, they've also created…

In June 2024, the Australian government ended the Women in STEM Ambassador program. The decision followed a report that urged a broader, intersectional approach to diversity in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).