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The new AMA president talks about life as a GP, his concerns for children in dentention and My Health Record.

Australia are one-up and hoping to seal the two-Test series in the first-ever Test match played in Canberra, also the last before the...

Europe's leaders will now have to decide whether they are going to push their demands to the point of absurdity.

A children’s toy retailer who sold candles which played Happy Birthday before bursting into flames and melting has been fined $415,000 by...

Australian universities have become a flashpoint for free speech, with the left and right increasingly deaf to each other’s views.

A sensor-covered headband that talks to your phone seems like it would be a distraction, and it can be, but it's also a useful tool.

The 37-year-old was last seen in the Hampton area on January 30, when police approached him while he was in a vehicle and he sped off.

St Kilda defender Dylan Roberton insisted that his on-field collapse in 2018 hasn't crossed his mind as he eyes a return to senior footy...

Qantas has snapped up a 20 per cent stake in charter flight operator Alliance Aviation Services and intends to become its majority owner...

Our pick of what's showing on the big screen this week

First ridesharing, then household delivery drones. What new innovation awaits Canberra?

As Australia's batsmen get off to another shaky start in the Canberra Test, who of the many batsmen to have fallen out of favour with...

My cancer had not come only from the outer world, it had also come from within; it was mine and I would do well to own it. This idea...

Tracee Hutchison is hoping to seize the safe Flinders electorate from the Liberal Party.

The integrated electronic medical record project allows all clinicians at all Queensland public hospitals access to patient medical records.

January was Australia's warmest month ever, and the signs aren't looking good for those hoping relief is coming.

Salt on Your Tongue blends cultural criticism, research and memoir to tell the story of women and water and love.

Sydney Noir is the first Australian addition to the Akashic Noir series of short stories set in cities from Atlanta to Zagreb.

Patrick Mullins debunks the perception that Billy McMahon was little more than a one-dimensional figure dismissed as "wee Willie", or...

John Lanchester is one of the most interesting British writers around today, adept at many forms and genres.

The Man group has severed its long links with the Booker Prize

Anniversaries aims to be comprehensive on every topic it takes up — among them, village life in post-war Germany, housing segregation on...

Zachary Leader's first volume of biography magnificently charted Saul Bellow's lust for literary fame. Volume two opens right at the...

Enjoy an heirloom tomato fair in Geelong this weekend.

The diversity of Salvia plants, and their ability to attract birds, inspired Meg Bentley's huge collection.

The murder rate has halved since 2000, but sexual assault has refused to budge.

The man was driving near the Shenton Avenue exit in Connolly just before 3am.

Socceroo Jamie Maclaren could be joined by on-loan Tottenham forward Shayon Harrison, who is expected to join City on a short-term deal...

The Lord Mayor is a terrible cook but a committed optimist.

From 9/11 to climate change, artists can tackle stories of catastrophes from more personal perspectives, offering more insight than mere...

When did niceness become a word suggesting only insipid pleasantness?

A wild and complicated woman is at the heart of the play Barbara and the Camp Dogs.

An interim report from the review of the ACT's public health service culture has found troubling levels of bullying and staff...

As expected, John Morris has been appointed Cronulla coach on a fulltime basis as the club tries to move on from a period of intense...

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Cecilia McIntosh, the oldest AFLW player, has had three elite sporting careers but she's still packing supermarket shelves to earn a living.

After taking out 2017's Oscar for best film, Barry Jenkins turned to the writer who reset his thinking.

Their subversive idea: to put the hypocrisy and bad predictions of leading Brexiters up on public billboards.

Former Victorian premier John Brumby has resigned from the board of Huawei’s Australian operations in a damaging blow to the Chinese...

The budding superstar has succeeded where the likes of Luc Longley, Andrew Bogut and Patty Mills have fallen short, earning a place in...