Palace confirms King Charles has cancer
10-year-old Prince George is second in line to the British throne after William – but while King Charles receives cancer treatment the chain of command differs from the order of succession
10-year-old Prince George is second in line to the British throne after William – but while King Charles receives cancer treatment the chain of command differs from the order of succession
After a cochlear implant error left Australian girl Gracie living in silence for seven years, she was finally able to hear a Taylor Swift song and now dreams of hearing her idol’s voice live in concert
Two 13-year-old boys half a century apart have come together across continents thanks to the message in a bottle Paul Gilmore wrote and threw overboard on his passage to Australia as a lad
The Wiggles, Australia’s most beloved children’s musical group, is empowering our youngest generation to express their emotions by launching a set of 12 Brave Little Books in collaboration with UNICEF Australia.
Truth is officially stranger than fiction now tech billionaire Elon Musk has confirmed the first human transplant operation to fit a brain chip that enables device control using nothing but thought
A government report submitted to the World Heritage Committee has outlined what Australia is doing to protect the Great Barrier Reef, including unique research into ‘cloud brightening’
Backyard CCTV has captured incredible footage of a heroic 12-year-old Queensland girl saving her pet guinea pig from the locked jaw of a python – WATCH THE VIDEO
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‘Quit the sit’ could be the nation’s new motto as families are urged to drop lounge lizard life with a free program, after survey finds one in four parents have never thrown a ball with their kids
Talented young dancer Summah Williams, 11, has had her dreams turned upside down by a painful skin condition that makes her ‘shed like a snake’ as eczema spikes in kids over summer
Two female protesters threw pumpkin soup at the world’s most famous portrait while calling for better working conditions for French farmers and more sustainable food production
Sudden, shocking events in faraway places can be pretty confusing and scary – but it helps to know what is going on, how it started and what the UN and world leaders are doing to respond
Scientists suspected last October that bird flu had edged closer to Antarctica for the first time – now samples taken from two gentoo penguins in the Falkland Islands have come back positive
Australian wildlife did it tough in 2023, with the number of new species joining the threatened species list more than double any previous year
Newly discovered fossils show just how hungry big dinosaurs could really get
A 15m sperm whale that beachgoers swam right up to over the weekend has beached itself in shallow water as whale experts say the animal may only be so close to shore due to ill health
Australian sport is set to undergo a huge concussion protocol overhaul, in the biggest national changes ever seen in recreational sport
The soccer world is in uproar after an Iraqi player copped a red card for celebrating his goal in the crucial final minutes of the Asian Cup match and the opposing side seized the moment
Daniil Medvedev blasted Jannik Sinner off the court for two sets in the Australian Open final. Then it started to unravel – and the hottest young player in tennis announced himself to the world
Australian cricketer Nathan Lyon has achieved the rare feat of more than 500 test wickets as the Aussies smashed Pakistan by 360 runs in the first Test of the festive season
Teeth marks in 10,000 year old wads of tree ‘gum’ left DNA traces used by palaeontologists to discover the age and oral health of the chewers – and Stone Age teens had a taste and likely use for it
Iceland’s dramatic volcanic eruption ends a long guessing game that began with evacuations and a state of emergency after giant cracks and smoke appeared last month – WATCH THE VIDEO
Christmas is meant to be a time of giving, but as cartoonist Mark Knight points out in his satirical depiction of the federal treasurer, the government seems to have other ideas
The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in support of a resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Palestine that includes releasing all hostages