Community and Society

The guilty conviction of the Michigan school shooter's mother sets a "contentious" precedent for holding parents accountable for their child's wrongdoings, a US legal expert says.

Robyn gets her car serviced every year, so she thought she should do the same for her herself. Doctors found a hole in her heart.

Natural disasters have punctuated most years of their high school life, but this year's Heywire winners only have tales of resilience to share. 

An Aboriginal corporation in the remote Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek is facing allegations it misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars in public funding. 

Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows food prices cumulatively increased by 16.4 per cent in Adelaide between 2021 and 2023. Low-cost grocery store The Food Centre says demand has also spiked with hundreds of families visiting the store each week.

The Neighbourhood Watch scheme offers a rebate on measures like alarms and security cameras and has the support of local police.

Wreckage of the four-wheel-drive, which was driven off a steep cliff at a remote beach in the early hours of Sunday morning, will be closely examined by police.

Tourism Australia's Beach Ambassador Brad Farmer created the list of the top 10 beaches of Australia.

Prominent leaders have united in sympathy to pay their respects to one of the nation's most acclaimed and admired Indigenous leaders, Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this story includes images of an Indigenous person who has died.

The change will increase parking fees for cars of 1.6 tonnes and more, to 18 euros ($29) an hour in order to discourage "bulky, polluting" cars.

Minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney says celebrated Indigenous leader, Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue's legacy will be felt for generations to come.

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this story includes images of an Indigenous person who has died. Dr Lowitja O'Donoghue, who fought endlessly for the rights of her people, has died aged 91.

US President Joe Biden has won South Carolina's Democratic primary, notching an overwhelming 2024 victory in the state that vaulted him to the White House four years ago.

Catherina van der Linden died on Australia Day at Southern Cross Care's West Beach Residential Care home surrounded by her family. Her body will be donated to the University of Adelaide's Body Donation Program.

Crashing waves, beautiful boulders, emus and wombats help Squeaky Beach take out top spot on Australia's Top 10 best beaches.

He's lived through two world wars, the Great Depression and at least two global pandemics but Perth retiree Gordon Ewers says he's nothing but grateful for his life. 

The Fair Work Ombudsman says the operators of two Adelaide Vietnamese restaurants allegedly underpaid staff more than $400,000 and unlawfully punished them for incorrectly charging customers. 

Melbourne poet Grace Yee has won Australia's richest literary award, the Victorian Prize for Literature, for her debut verse novel, Chinese Fish.

Prosecutors tell a court Andre Rebelo was in financial strife and murdered his mother to gain access to her money.

Police say the three-year-old climbed into the machine through its prize dispenser.

The Breakfast at Tiffany's author jetsetted with the likes of Gloria Vanderbilt and Jackie Kennedy's sister Lee Radziwill. But his choice to write about their best-kept secrets would ruin it all, as a new star-studded miniseries reveals. 

Look back on the month that was in this series of fascinating photos from ABC journalists and contributors across Western Australia. 

New guidelines from AIS recommend players under the age of 19 to take 21 days off after contact sport-related concussion injury.

Australians are readying for the country's biggest-ever lotto jackpot, but the astronomical odds of winning have prompted experts to issue warnings to people dreaming of striking it rich.

Survivors of institutional childhood sexual abuse have launched a class action against one of Australia's most prominent sexual abuse law firms, which they say failed to obtain proper compensation from the institutions responsible for their abuse.