Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles says the agreement, which Australia had been expected to join, is not relevant to the country's circumstances.

An inquest will consider how a manipulative father was able to take his life and that of his baby daughter on the same day he was allowed access to her.

The Victorian government's plan to allow the development of dozens of new residential towers near suburban transport hubs will turn Melbourne into a "fourth-rate city", a leading urban planning expert warns.

A heavy downpour, hail and lightning which hit "out of nowhere" has left a train of destruction in Newman and the SES is warning residents to be prepared for similar weather events this wet season.

Best-selling author Jon Ronson has studied the human psyche and Donald Trump's MAGA movement. He told Q+A why cultural signals are increasing the disaffection of young men from politics.