Australia

Academy Award-winner Brendan Fraser speaks to ABC News about his new film and why human connection is the antidote to an increasingly polarised world.

Do you know your Merry Gentlemen from you Three Kings? Your Dancers from your Prancers?

Since its launch on Christmas Day 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope has stunned astronomers and delighted the world.

Premier Chris Minns says some of the tougher laws on guns and protests in the wake of the Bondi Beach attack will go into effect immediately after the NSW Parliament passed a package of changes in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The actor talks about why she felt compelled to make the Christmas-themed film and why she was lucky to get Helen Mirren to play the titular role.

The Australian government has promised changes to make it easier to deport people who spread hateful views.

Sabra Lane is farewelling the ABC's AM after nine years of hosting the current affairs radio program.

The Australian share market is down on Christmas Eve, despite the value of US stocks, gold and silver climbing to their most expensive levels ever, while the Australian dollar has jumped to its highest level since October 2024.

Donald Trump says he wants the United States to lead the world in the "6G race" and has given his government one year to find out how to begin making it happen.

A high-flying Australian financier accused of swindling a struggling Vietnamese petroleum trading company has been languishing in a Ho Chi Minh City cell for two months.

Boxing Day spending is expected to hit a record high, supported by revived household spending after three interest rate cuts.

Which Christmas hits didn't do as well on the charts as you'd think? Test your knowledge of festive cheer.

On December 24, 1948, a family of Hungarian refugees moved into a small house in Dover, Massachusetts.  But there was a catch.

It is just a few sleeps until Christmas Day, and the weather is promising a mixed bag for Australia's capital cities. Here is what to expect. 

Australia's medicine watchdog has issued another safety alert for contaminated Ayurvedic medicines. So what do consumers need to know about this multi-million-dollar industry?

Our favourite podcasts of the year include tales of art forgery, a documentary about the life of Fela Kútì and a true-crime thriller about a dead body in the ocean.

Under the recommendations, family of parliamentarians would be restricted to economy class flights and an allowance for three annual "Australia-wide" return trips would be scrapped.

Aryna Sabalenka and Nick Kygrios' match marketed under the "Battle of the Sexes" banner makes a mockery of first era-defining match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. 

Chris Minns says new protest laws will be introduced despite "resistance to the government's legislative agenda in recent days".

West Australian fast bowler Jhye Richardson comes into Australia's squad for the fourth Ashes Test, while Victorian off spinner Todd Murphy has been named, and is a chance to play his eighth match and first on Australian soil.