In a congressional testimony, Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller said  he had not exonerated, President Trump of obstruction of justice and defended the integrity of his inquiry under attacks by conservative Republican allies of the president.

The testimony reportedly left Democrats no closer to launching the impeachment process to try to remove Trump.

North Korea has fired two unidentified projectiles from near Wonsan in the East of the country.

Analysts said the characteristics of their flight, including the range, were similar to North Korea’s last missile test in May.

If confirmed, this would be the first missile test reported since U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met at the end of June.

A widespread effort to save wombats with deadly mange disease at a national park in Tasmania's north has been unsuccessful, according to researchers from the University of Tasmania. 

A sarcoptic mange outbreak began in the park in 2010, depleting the population by more than 90 per cent. 

Five months into the treatment regime in 2015, nearly all of the wombats showed no signs of mange, but the treatment wasn’t successful long term and the disease has now reduced the National Park's wombats to as few as three.

New Liberal Senator for New South Wales, Andrew Bragg has used his maiden speech to back an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution.

He spoke out against some of his colleagues who have labelled the voice a "third chamber", and explained it would not have the standing, scope or power of the Senate or the House of Representatives.

Senator Bragg said almost every comparable nation has landed some form of legal recognition of First Peoples and Australia should not wait any longer.

Two thirds of children held in Queensland watch houses in 2018 were indigenous, shows Freedom of Information data obtained by Amnesty International.

18-10-year olds were detained in police custody in 2018. 

On average, non-Indigenous children were detained in watch houses for 19 hours while Indigenous children were detained for 28 hours.

Administrators, for Clive Palmer's collapsed Queensland Nickel refinery, are expected to give evidence at the trial to hear liquidators' claims against the billionaire.

They are trying to recover $200 million owed to creditors when the Townsville refinery shut down in early 2016.

Queensland Nickel allegedly signed a multimillion-dollar deal with its parent company days before the refinery went into administration.

Sudan media reports a number of senior officers have been arrested in connection with the coup attempt earlier this month.

The military council, that took over the country after overthrowing longtime leader Omar al-Bashir in April, said it arrested at least 16 active and retired military officers over an attempted coup on July 11.

The Sudan News agency said "They have been detained and investigations with them are going on so that they can be tried."

The US senate has passed legislation guaranteeing permanent benefits for 9/11 victims.

The vote for the legislation came after intense lobbying from first responders, many of whom are suffering from illnesses and injuries related to exposure to toxic chemicals.

Warnings earlier this year revealed that future payouts would be slashed because of a growing number of death and cancer claims, but this legislation guarantees ongoing support.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has released research showing an "alarming" number of medication-related errors as part of a push for a change in Australian laws that would require pharmacists to report mistakes they've made when dispensing medicine.

The research found that medication errors have been alarmingly common including 250,000 hospital admissions annually as a result of medication-related problems.