Australia

At this year's Paris Paralympics, only three of 22 sports featured events for athletes with an intellectual impairment. How can elite Para sport better embrace these athletes?

With summer upon us and the potential for more extreme heatwaves, what's the best way to stay hydrated? And do cold drinks really cool us down?

Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic are transforming the fight against obesity, but they are forcing us to face crucial questions about equity and whether they should be prescribed to children.

The Australian Energy Market Operator has announced a proposal for "emergency backstop" measures to turn down, or switch off, rooftop solar to stabilise the energy grid. This is what it means for households.

How do millions of dollars worth of diamonds go missing on a beach? Most Australians have never heard of the Dakota diamonds mystery, but the drama is still unfolding on the remote north-west coast.

It is one thing to take issue with the federal government's position on a resolution to the UN but another to argue it has caused rising anti-Semitic attacks in Australia.

The 2025 AACTA award nominations contain record breakers in both the film and television categories.

Maggie Tabberer's career included everything from modelling work to running a fashion label, hosting a TV show and gracing front pages of magazines until her 80s, making her a household name. 

Woolworths has won its bid against the United Workers Union, with the Fair Work Commission finding the union has been unfairly negotiating with the supermarket giant.

Safety fears and conspiracy theories about the feed additive Bovaer have been circulating on social media, but the maker and Australia's peak livestock body are defending its use.

Just days after the 10th anniversary of Phillip Hughes's death, Tom Cooper remembers the fateful day he batted with his friend and teammate for the final time.

Australian television and fashion personality Maggie Tabberer has died aged 87. 

Morty Tollo, chief executive of cryptocurrency exchange Elbaite, says if Donald Trump follows through with his policy promises Bitcoin could rally all the way to $US1million. He says the US policy stance is also starting to factor in to Australian policy makers decisions.

Although bitcoin has surged by more than 26,000 per cent in the past decade, the value of the volatile cryptocurrency has suffered a few major crashes during that period.

The International Criminal Court in The Hague wants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested for alleged war crimes in Gaza. But international justice works differently to other forms of justice—it relies on everyone opting in. More than 20 years into its existence the court is yet to convict any world leaders of anything. As the first fugitive from the ICC who is also an ally to Western countries like Australia and France, this case is one that could make or break the court itself. So what does that mean for Netanyahu and his allies? And what does it mean for the idea that there are some crimes that go beyond borders, committed against humanity itself.

The funding is aimed at increasing the domestic refining of critical minerals, which are key to technologies used in the transition to green energy.

After months of saving, households are starting to feel confident enough to spend. Some economists say it is an early indication the stage 3 tax cuts are finally having an impact.

Editor-at-large of the Australian Women's Weekly Jueliet Rieden remembers Maggie Tabberer as 'the most extraordinary woman'.

Alcohol has been an even harder addiction to break than meth for Alex Milovanov, who is now one year sober.

The Australian Medical Association is ringing the alarm on the state of the nation’s mental health system as workforce shortages in the field of psychiatry leave vulnerable patients in limbo.