Synthetic chemicals linked to cancer and other worrying health impacts could soon be better understood as parliament launches an inquiry into PFAS substances.

Federal politicians could have their pay docked under new changes aimed at lifting workplace standards and culture at Parliament House.

The first report into how the nation is tracking towards the goal of ending gender-based violence recommends 'redefining' masculinity as a focus area.

A counterterrorism unit would have been consulted before police entered a property where six people were killed if threats were known, a court has been told.

Brittany Higgins' alleged rape in parliament was a devastating, incomprehensible and appalling act, former foreign affairs minister Marise Payne has told a defamation trial. Senator Linda Reynolds is suing her former staffer Ms...

Canberra second-rower Hudson Young says his side needs to be mentally tougher after "embarrassing" coach Ricky Stuart in their capitulation to North Queensland.

Police say they haven't given up hope of finding a missing father-son duo who presumably have been swept into the sea after fishing on the NSW south coast.

Veteran host Larry Emdur wins the Gold Logie, while Boy Swallows Universe wins five awards, with Best Lead Actor going to 15-year-old Felix Cameron.

A new poll shows Labor still appears to be struggling to get voter recognition for its cost-of-living measures announced in the federal budget in May.

A deal on NDIS reform that would see the disability scheme's funding capped each year is close to being reached, a federal minister says.

Calls by the opposition to ban Palestinians fleeing Gaza from entering Australia are only being made to "whip up fear", the prime minister says.

The European Space Agency's Juice craft will return to Earth on Tuesday (AEST), taking part in a "world first" fly-by. Flight controllers from Esa will guide the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice), with...