NT girl at ‘top end’ for kindness
Year 6 student Jorja Zelley from the Northern Territory is one of six Aussie kids recognised by the Fred Hollows Foundation as a Junior Ambassador following volunteer work in the community
Year 6 student Jorja Zelley from the Northern Territory is one of six Aussie kids recognised by the Fred Hollows Foundation as a Junior Ambassador following volunteer work in the community
A ballerina otter, an enchanted turtle and a rock star roo: these are the hilarious winners of this year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
An iceberg that’s twice the size of London and two thirds the height of the world’s tallest skyscraper has started drifting away from Antarctica and could wind up in British waters
With the help of artificial intelligence, royal fans have been given a wildly lifelike glimpse into the future
Urgent koala conservation underway with tree corridors being built to protect the animals in the wild
Students and teachers at Kellyville Public School share their commitment to truth telling and Reconciliation after being named finalists in this year’s national Narragunnawali Awards
Battered and bruised though the dove appears, the international symbol of peace holds firm to the olive branch and tries to builds a bridge between Israel and Palestine in Mark Knight’s cartoon
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been put to the test by the nation’s best young spellers. Discover if he was able to match their impressive word skills
Incredible video footage shows a new island bubbling up from the depths of the Pacific Ocean during a volcanic eruption off the coast of Japan
Young people drive greater public awareness about the dangers of teen vaping as the government moves to ban imported disposables
Sudden, shocking events in faraway places can be pretty confusing and scary – but it helps to know what is going on, how it started and what the UN and world leaders are doing to respond
Apex marine predators such as great white sharks regularly visit the midnight zone more than 1000m below the ocean’s surface – but it’s a secret society as scientists don’t know why they do it
It’s bigger than most cats, can crack open coconuts with its teeth and has been a champion at hiding from humans. Now Australian researchers have captured this giant rodent on film
Two turkeys stole the show as the American President turned 81 – but what is Thanksgiving and what have turkeys got to do with it?
A southern cassowary has been filmed swimming to the shore of a Queensland beach in a ‘fish out of water’ moment, proving the flightless bird is not afraid to get its feathers wet
Eleven-year-old Tilly Williams has become the fastest girl in the world after she beat teenagers and adults to run 5000m in just 17 minutes and 22.7 seconds
The Aussies have made history, winning their sixth World Cup in India and defeating the hosts by six wickets in their only loss of the Cup, thanks to a sensational performance from Travis Head
Australian sailor Tom Slingsby was inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame earlier this month before sealing his place among the sport’s all-time greats with yet another world honour
The Melbourne Cup is famed as ‘the race that stops a nation’ but this year’s capacity crowd at Flemington could barely be heard above the inflation dragon’s roar in Mark Knight’s cartoon
It was a tough choice between home and away for PM Anthony Albanese this week as the release of 80 long-term detainees from detention coincided with a seat at the APEC summit in the US
School swimming lessons in the sea are back on in South Australia after the Education Department reversed a snap ban prompted by a spate of shark attacks
The threat of an imminent volcanic eruption has Iceland on edge days after evacuations began and a state of emergency was declared as more smoke seeps from giant cracks in empty streets
The annual Hindu Festival of Lights celebrates the triumph over darkness and this year’s burning lamps broke the record – but air pollution levels in India highlight fireworks and smoke impacts