Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will be the first private passenger on a solo SpaceX rocket trip around the moon.

Inflated balloons have been found floating 250km off the east coast of Australia by CSIRO researchers.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has ruled out pill testing as an option for New South Wales festivals, despite assembling an expert panel to make recommendations on how to improve the safety of music festivals.

The Queensland government has committed $1 million to help strawberry farmers struggling after the ongoing needle contamination scare.

The Queensland government has passed tough new sex offender laws overnight.

SeaWorld and former CEO James Atchison will pay a fine of more than US $5 million to settle charges that they misled investors about the negative impact of the documentary “Blackfish”.

German doctors treating Pyoter Verzilov of Russian protest group Pussy Riot said it is highly plausible he was poisoned based on his symptoms.

South Australia has become one of the last states in Australia to remove time limits of child abuse victims taking civil action against their abuser.

A woman claims she found a needle inside a Pink Lady apple she bought from a Woolworths in Sydney’s north-west.

The woman from Kellyville Ridge purchased the apple from The Ponds supermarket and was peeling it for her daughter when she reportedly found the sharp object.

Police have investigated the claims and have dismissed this ‘apple case’ as an isolated incident.