A woman who opened fire at YouTube's San Bruno headquarters and wounded three people before shooting herself dead had visited a gun range before her rampage in California, police say.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott says that around 400 white farmers have been murdered in South Africa over the past 12 months. RMIT ABC Fact Check takes a look at the data.

More than 300,000 Australians may have had their personal information exposed in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, Facebook reveals, admitting up to 87 million users around the world may have been affected.

Indonesian police are questioning the crew of a bulk coal carrier over an oil spill off the island of Borneo that ignited and killed four fishermen and continues to pollute local waters.

Former chief justice Geoffrey Eames criticises the Australian Government for keeping quiet as Nauru abolished its highest legal appeal process, a move that shocked the legal professions in both countries.