Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi and sacked chief executive officer Martin Mileham will be among witnesses to front public hearings of the long-running inquiry into the City of Perth in August.
A new prison has been labelled a "game-changer" for this drought-ravaged community.
North Melbourne have succeeded in poaching former player and West Coast list manager Brady Rawlings to be the club's new head of football.
Lord mayor Adrian Schrinner said the state government was still dragging its feet on the Brisbane Metro.
A train with 36 car-loads of coal has gone off the rails in Virginia, US.
One of the best things we could teach young people is how to survive without their mobiles, and to learn to value things in life other than being able to share an Instagram story.
Anthony Albanese is adamant John Setka must be expelled from the Labor Party after the controversial union boss was convicted for harassing his wife.
United States President Donald Trump took to Twitter to criticise US women's soccer team co-captain Megan Rapinoe for saying she would not visit the White House.
The Commonwealth Bank has vowed to improve its privacy policies, procedures and approach to keeping personal information under a court-enforceable undertaking.
Trump is using the Australian government's campaign to deter illegal immigrants with confronting posters to support his own controversial border agenda.
'Sneakerheads' treat shoes like an investment, and Josh's shoe exchange company is cashing in.
Bulldogs premiership captain Easton Wood would be willing to take a pay cut if it meant the AFL’s reliance on sponsorships with sports betting companies ended.
Researchers have uncovered the first evidence of Australian rugby league players with a degenerative brain condition commonly found in retired NFL athletes.
Tests on Boeing's grounded aircraft have revealed a new safety issue that pilots had difficulty recovering from in flight simulators.
A homicide investigation is under way at Kowanyama.
A member of the public has helped track down missing boy, Phoenix White, who became the subject of a massive police search on Wednesday after allegedly being taken from his school by his father.
The new three-day program will take place in three themed precincts throughout the city.
They stopped traffic for about 20 minutes before police dragged them off the road because of threats from angry drivers.
Consular officials are providing assistance to the family of an Australian man reportedly detained in North Korea.
Tania Vanessa Avalos, whose husband and daughter drowned while trying to cross from Mexico into the US, wanted a safer future, but now she is working to repatriate their bodies.
Australian shares are trading firmly lower at the open weighed largely by the major infrastructure stocks, including Transurban.
Australian shares are poised to move lower at the open after another relatively flat trading session on Wall Street overnight.
Democratic presidential candidates have rushed to visit a children's migrant shelter to denounce the Trump administration's treatment of immigrants ahead of the first debate.
A Victorian man has been charged with grievously bodily harm and common assault.
Babar Azam's patient unbeaten century guided Pakistan to a six-wicket victory over New Zealand and revived their hopes of reaching the Cricket World Cup semis.