A longtime friend of disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for scheming to steal millions of dollars in insurance settlements.

Two boys aged 12 have been convicted of the murder of a 19-year-old man who was fatally stabbed in England last year. 

Telstra says local and national calls, and calls to mobile phones will no longer incur a charge from its network of payphones across the country. 

Wodonga resident Darrin Wright's dad found the Bren Gun Carrier in a paddock in the 1980s. Now it is mostly restored and its owners want to see it go to a good home.

Malaysia's navy says two military helicopters have collided and crashed during a rehearsal, killing everyone on board.

The ABC understands a number of visa cancellations are now being reversed, with additional security and other checks conducted by Home Affairs now complete.

The Newcastle District Court has been told sentencing proceedings for a bus driver over a fatal crash in the New South Wales Hunter Valley will be drawn out given the gravity of the case. 

Parts of New South Wales are expecting some of the best rainfalls in almost a year this weekend, but the "hit and miss" event is not expected to put a major dent in the drought that is gripping the state.

Prince Harry pays tribute to his grandmother, saying he will always cherish the memories they shared and praising her as a "guiding compass" for so many.

Italian tourist Victoria Cafasso had been in Tasmania barely a week in 1995 when she was stabbed 17 times on an idyllic beach in broad daylight. Twenty-seven years on, police release new images and reveal they have conducted recent searches.

The legislation passed parliament on Tuesday night only hours after it was introduced and is expected to take effect by the end of the week.

Just because you're at home doesn't mean you can't strike a pose, so photographers are happily snapping families for #thedrivewayproject.

Moments before a 15-year-old girl was injured outside a supermarket in Booval, police say a female jogger narrowly escaped injury when an arrow was fired in her direction, but detectives have been unable to track her down.

More veterans have died by suicide than in conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the veterans' affairs minister says he will take action where "successive governments" have failed.

Royal Australian Air Force personnel will be allowed to have facial hair from November 1. 

The federal government will call on the Labor rank and file to back a motion supporting the AUKUS defence deal, as it seeks to move past disquiet within its ranks on nuclear-powered submarines.

The world's second-richest man will soon have a shiny new toy to show off in — a giant, hydrogen-powered superyacht with all the trimmings.

These clues have baffled those trying to find out who the Somerton Man was and how he died since his body was discovered 73 years ago. Will his exhumation today finally work out what happened?

All over Australia, non-essential travel is being discouraged. But the rules vary state to state, so let's take a look at exactly how far you're allowed to travel and who you're allowed to visit.

Wedding season may be about to come to a grinding halt due to coronavirus restrictions, but some couples have raced against time to hold their big days today.