NEWS

According to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) projection, there will be substantial warmth in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia, and South Australia from June to August.

The British parliament dissolved on Thursday ahead of a July 4 general election, which looks set to bring Labour to power after 14 years of Conservative rule.

The Australian government was on Thursday investigating claims by a hacking group to have stolen the details of 560 million customers from global events giant Ticketmaster, with the FBI offering its assistance.

Jurors return Thursday to a second day of deliberations in Donald Trump's criminal trial, leaving the Republican presidential candidate and the country waiting for a decision that could upend November's election.

Authorities arrested four people and took down or disrupted more than 100 servers in the "largest ever" operation against botnets that deploy ransomware, Europol said Thursday.

Richardson's appointment coincides with an increase in gender-based violence occurring nationwide; the Counting Dead Women project reported that 31 women have been killed so far this year.

Six of Australia's ten LNG export plants, according to research by the Australia Institute, do not pay royalties to state or federal governments.

Australia has contributed more than AU$1 billion, including AU$880 million military aid, to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began.

Discriminatory texts and insults, as well as the Territory Response Group (TRG) issuing of discriminatory certifications, were among the disturbing examples of the racist culture that the investigation into the NT Police Force has uncovered.

Con artists were reportedly adopting the identities of reputable businesses to fool individuals into installing software that enables them to embezzle funds from bank accounts.

As espionage activities saw an uptick, federal politicians raised concerns over the lack of vetting process in hiring political staff and a vulnerable security landscape ahead of the next elections.

North Korea has sent balloons full of trash, toilet paper and suspected animal faeces into the South, local media reports said Wednesday, with Seoul's military slamming Pyongyang for their "low class" actions.

The call for action takes place amid escalating hostilities around pro-Palestinian encampments, as students urge universities to sever relations with Israeli organizations among other things.

An Argentine court on Monday ordered President Javier Milei's government to release tons of food meant for the poor -- about half the population -- but held in storage pending an audit he had ordered.

Waves wash over abandoned homes in a Mexican village slowly being swallowed by the sea -- a symbol of the climate change effects being felt by the major fossil fuel producer.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday urged US leader Joe Biden to attend a June peace summit in Switzerland, as he accused Russia's Vladimir Putin of trying to derail the gathering.

Israel's war in Gaza since the October 7 attack has revived a global push for Palestinians to be given a state of their own.

Home Affairs Minister Stephanie Foster disclosed that the department failed to sufficiently alert Giles about these important cases at a parliamentary committee hearing.

As a result of the massive inflow and 10.9% rate of return, the industry's assets rose 11% annually to AU$3.85 trillion.

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, flames tore through the displaced people's tents, killing 45 people -- 23 of them women and children.

The prolongation gives creditors facing millions in losses and the airline's 300 stood-down employees a glimmer of hope.

"The support that we are providing now is very much focused on military support around allowing Ukraine to prosecute this conflict with Russia and that is where our focus is and that is where Ukraine wants our focus to be," Richard Marles, the defense minister, said.

Israel said it was looking into the "tragic accident" and its impact on civilians after the latest mass casualty event in the Gaza war, which has raged since October 7.

Acknowledging the resilience of the Aboriginal people, Shane Patton vowed to do better towards mending the historical wounds and injustices.

A Victorian bird flu epidemic results in the culling of 500,000 hens, sparking worries about future price increases and shortages of eggs.

Countries trying to thrash out a global agreement on handling future pandemics are hoping to seal the deal Friday after weeks of creeping progress in exhausting talks.

The United States was imposing new visa restrictions and reviewing relations with Georgia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday, after it pushed forward a Russian-style "foreign influence" law that triggered mass protests.

The world cannot look to UN peacekeepers as a way of stopping wars, whether in Gaza or other active conflict zones, the department chief told AFP, citing the famous Blue Helmets' inherent limitations.

Russian forces have become "bogged down" trying to capture the Ukrainian border town of Vovchansk but have intensified their offensive elsewhere on the eastern front, Ukraine's top general said on Friday.