4+ hour, 33+ min ago  (481+ words) The beautiful, strange works of celebrated Australian children's author and illustrator Shaun Tan are never complete. At least, that's how he feels about the fantastical worlds he creates on the page, in which readers young and old explore their imaginations....

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (1133+ words) Doctors and midwives at Western Australia's premier maternity hospital will undergo new training as part of an unprecedented cultural reform program following a harrowing report into the circumstances surrounding a baby "born dead" at the hospital. Alana and Paul Starkie…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (18+ words) Roseville College student Stacy Zhang topped the state in chemistry and biology to earn a top ATAR rank....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (737+ words) Health Minister Tim Nicholls has denied forcing a prominent abortion advocate from a state health service board because he lacked the legal power to sack her. Former Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service board member Daile Kelleher resigned in May…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (708+ words) The teen social media ban is not the only "world first" Australia has just introduced. Canberra also slipped into play an unprecedented sanctions framework against the Taliban. It includes listing some of the most horrendous abusers of women's rights, such…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1742+ words) Meet the Australian medicos taking the fight to an entirely preventable cancer killing young women, leaving children motherless and causing intergenerational damage. By Kate Aubusson and Kate Geraghty An entirely preventable cancer robs young children in Timor-Leste of their mothers....

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (574+ words) I'm not usually prone to demonstrations of frustration, but as I listened to a particular interview on the radio this morning, I realised I was subconsciously tightening my grip on the steering wheel and clenching my teeth. The interview subject…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (792+ words) Upon arrival at Middle Harbour Yacht Club on a midweek afternoon in early December, only one other yacht is still full of sailors. Moored at the head of the walkway, the vessel is occupied by a group of men, and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (33+ words) Organisers are hoping this year's African Nations Cup final draws a crowd as large and vibrant as the throng of fans who watched South Sudan defeat Eretria in the decider two years ago....

2+ week, 14+ hour ago  (1068+ words) Australia's security industry is in crisis following the sudden resignation of one of its most prominent figures, leaving major retailers, government departments, law enforcement agencies and AFL clubs scrambling to review their arrangements with the scandal-plagued MA Services Group. The…...