Compulsive reading of negative news makes people more likely to feel suspicious and distrustful and form the belief that life lacks meaning, a study has found.
A drug dealer who murdered a woman in bushland before burning her body has said he was only a lieutenant for his boss who has also been convicted for the crime.
A convicted robber who attacked an elderly man for his pokie winnings should be deported to New Zealand despite living in Australia since he was five years old, a court has ruled.
Australia's intelligence organisations have been backed by the prime minister after an army private and her husband were charged with espionage offences.
A masked and hooded man has been captured on security footage walking out of a Philippines hotel room where an Australian couple were apparently murdered.
The source of a massive factory blaze that sent a large plume of toxic smoke across Melbourne’s west remains unknown as nearby businesses return to the area.
Three children, including a 10-month-old, were killed after fire ripped through a house in Sydney early on Sunday in an incident Australian police said they were treating as a homicide.
Human remains have been found in a search for a 12-year-old girl who went missing after a suspected crocodile attack in a remote part of the Northern Territory.