Lenders will be limited from writing too many risky home loans amid fears investors are causing the housing market to overheat. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority will limit high ...

The first major changes in decades to Australia's long-criticised environment laws aim to better protect natural sites ...

A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong apartment complex that has killed at least 44 people and left nearly 300 missing ...

Dozens of workers from Hong Kong's animal welfare agencies turned out with oxygenated pet carriers and animal ambulances ...

The Firebird helicopter is in the air and since 4.45pm made several water bombings on the area of burning bushland. The ...

In-form Spaniard Sebastian Garcia shot three strokes clear of a big-name leaderboard before Brisbane's storms halted his ...

Disappointed Nationals have lashed Barnaby Joyce's decision to leave the party he previously led as he flirts with joining ...

Regional Forestry Agreements are currently exempt from federal law, but this will be removed and native logging will be ...

More than 170 people died in the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria while dozens were killed in Victoria and South ...

Two National Guard soldiers have been shot and critically wounded in downtown Washington near the White House in what ...

Patients arriving at Tasmanian emergency departments (EDs) via ambulance will now be transferred to hospital staff within 45 ...

Brendan Doggett is mentally prepared and physically ready to rock for Australia at the Gabba should captain Pat Cummins not ...