Mr Modi, who has held power in India since 2014, is visiting Melbourne from Wednesday as part of the Australia-India Annual Leaders’ Summit where he will meet with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Researchers have unlocked a breakthrough that could transform motor neurone disease from an acute terminal illness into a manageable chronic condition.

A teenager has been charged with murder after a 15-year-old boy was discovered with fatal stab wounds outside a community medical centre.

The prime minister has fended off criticism that his proposed online gambling laws are undercooked, saying the reforms exceed recommendations made in a report that called for a total ban on advertising.

Australia will do all it can to curb any spread of H5N1 bird flu, Prime Minister Anthony ​Albanese said, as the first mainland infection was confirmed ‌in a seabird a day after being detected in a remote southwestern region.

Police are investigating all possible leads after a father and his young daughter died in a busy city waterway.

A man who stabbed a teenager to death during a streetside brawl outside an NRL grand final watch party will spend at least a decade behind bars.

Two alleged hit men have been arrested and charged after a months-long investigation into an alleged plot to take out a prominent underworld figure.

A landmark study has found that people who vape are at higher risk of cancer than those who do not, casting doubt over whether the habit is safer than smoking.

Australian police shot dead a fugitive gunman who had been on the ​run for seven months after allegedly killing two police personnel in ‌a remote town in Victoria state, Australian media widely reported on Monday.

Hundreds of workers at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation have walked off the job in a 24-hour strike—the first industrial action of its kind at the broadcaster in two decades.

Australia cancelled the visa of a British national after he was charged with displaying a banned Nazi symbol, the immigration minister said on Wednesday, as the country cracks down on antisemitism in the wake of a mass shooting at Bondi Beach.