A nightly Keira Maguire meltdown in the South African jungle will only bring in so many viewers, it seems.

The loudest, clearest, proponents of a reduction in penalty rates take a different view about their own leisure time.

Donald Trump explodes, simmers with rage and upbraids his staff as he enters week seven of his presidency enmeshed in controversy while struggling to make good on his campaign promises.

A website purporting to be operated by a new Sydney council has been taken down.

A British backpacker met her accused rapist at a "bush doof" and started dating him before he began raping, assaulting and keeping her captive, police allege.

South Sydney have named State of Origin halfback Adam Reynolds in their squad for the round two clash against Manly at Lottoland on Saturday.

A Victorian lobby group has won in its push to have several traffic lights around Melbourne changed into 'female' figures.

The ABC boss is slashing jobs to invest in programming. What does this mean for audiences? It's hard to say.

Two people are dead and two others have been critically injured in a horrific crash on the Hume Motorway near Wilton, south of Sydney.

Shares reversed early losses after news of a draft Republican party healthcare bill inspired hopes of an end to gridlock in Washington.

Canberra rally officials hope a shock return to the international circuit will help them secure regular events.

Australia's banking watchdog has flagged concerns about commercial property lending, sounding a warning about falling lending standards at domestic and foreign banks.

A man has shot at police during a short, but dramatic chase in Melbourne's south-east.

The RBA sounds a bit more upbeat on the economy, enough to give the Aussie a push, while the ASX reverses early losses on news of movement in Washington.

WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents it says come from within the CIA. If the 'Vault 7' dump proves legitimate it would be yet another catastrophic intelligence breach that would shake the CIA.

Alleged Australian child sex predator Peter Scully will escape the death penalty if convicted despite what police say were the most shocking cases of child murder, torture and abuse they have ever seen in the Philippines.

​Copper fell to its lowest in a month on a surge in warehouse stocks and zinc hit a seven-week low.

Actor Alec Baldwin says his impersonations of US President Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live have revived his comedy career, which had been "dead" since 2012.

Chinese iron ore futures fell for a third straight day, pressured by a rising mountain of the raw material at China's ports.

Singer George Michael died of a heart condition, according to a coroner's statement released on Tuesday.

It will be a few more weeks before AFL chairman, Mike Fitzpatrick, hangs up his boots, but he doesn't need to worry about things getting a little boring following his departure from the big game.

A 79-year-old woman has died in a house fire at her Narrabeen apartment.

The Andrews government is now just two idiots short of a minority.

A man has been charged with murder following the discovery of a woman's body in a north-west Sydney home.

Choice was a core demand of the women's movement in the 1970s. But do young women now have too much choice?