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A Labor senator who accused Israel of carrying out genocide on the Palestinian people has resigned from her position on two parliamentary foreign affairs committees.

The Newcastle District Court has been told sentencing proceedings for a bus driver over a fatal crash in the New South Wales Hunter Valley will be drawn out given the gravity of the case. 

Every inch of the country is likely to have higher-than-normal temperatures between June and August, according to the Bureau of Meteorology's official winter outlook. Just how wet it will be, however, is less clear.

Around 2 million Australians may be caught up in the Ticketmaster hack. Here's what you should be looking out for and how to protect yourself from hackers and scammers.

The Australian government expresses concerns following the conviction of 14 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, including Australian dual citizen Gordon Ng, in a landmark subversion trial.

Federal Court documents reveal journalist Lisa Wilkinson was billed $8,000 for each full day in court by top defamation lawyer Sue Chrysanthou during Bruce Lehrmann's failed defamation case, as the work to determine what costs should be awarded continues.

Independent senator David Pocock calls the Australian gas industry "leeches" in response to a report that found over half of Australia's LNG export facilities pay no royalties 

Three of the eight black men allegedly ejected from the flight in January accused the airline of "racial profiling" all black passengers onboard.  

Annemie Stein tells the jury in the murder trial for nine-year-old Charlise Mutten's accused killer she heard the voice of a "little girl" when speaking to her son during a key period in January 2022.

Corey Selby was shot dead by police at Tenterfield in 2023. An inquest into his death has heard of his tragic past and the "missed opportunity" to get him the mental health support he needed.

Jurors in Mr Trump's hush money trial finished their first day of closed-door deliberations on Wednesday without reaching a verdict, extending a trial that will decide the fate of the only US president in history to be charged with a crime.

The black market for cigarettes has exploded in plain sight, costing Australia billions in revenue. Some experts say the high price of cigarettes is to blame.

The lawyer of a woman found guilty of historic child sex abuse in regional South Australia alongside her ex-husband has asked for a lenient sentence for his client, claiming she was also a victim of her then-husband's.

Sex workers can now fight "debanking" in some parts of Australia, but others are left hiding their jobs and battling financial discrimination.

Essendon has been thrown back into the days of COVID-19 after being forced to implement protocols to keep players safe from a virus that has swept through the club in the lead-up to this weekend's clash against the Gold Coast.

People with complex and ongoing mental health needs say the health system is letting them down.

Researchers say there are five things Australia needs to do to capitalise on an electric future.

Dutch military police investigate after a person dies falling into a plane's jet engine at Amsterdam's busy Schiphol airport.