Australian immigration authorities appear to be processing bids for asylum by overseas athletes and sports officials after the Commonwealth Games.

Around 4am, Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted, a plume of ash reaching 9,100 metres and then raining down a nearby town.

The city council of Boulder, Colorado has voted to ban semi-automatic rifles following several recent mass shootings across America.

Screen industry professionals are warning Australia that streaming service giants like Netflix could leave the country behind, if the government doesn’t provide enough incentives for onshore filming and production.

The Australian play Lost Boys is exploring same-sex marriage and the history of gay hate attacks.

Same-sex marriage might be legal now, but the 'yes' vote did not bury Australia's grim history of anti-gay violence.

Award winning writer Lachlan Philpott said he wants the play to open up conversation about the cycle of violence and homophobia in our society.

Two Queensland mountains are regaining their original Indigenous names after the decision to scrap the European monikers.

Five Queensland councillors and mayors will be automatically suspended as early as next week.

Astronomers have made the most distant ever detection of oxygen in a galaxy of stars that existed around 500 million years after the Big Bang.