Jack Hale always knew he was quick, but he never liked to run. Then he took to the track, and what he did there on Saturday has athletes stunned.

Senator John Faulkner leaves parliament a true heavyweight of public policy and democracy, having laid the groundwork for a more transparent and accountable political system.

Join Rohan Connolly for all the day two action of the second Test between Australia and India at the Gabba.

Armed Australian Federal Police officers will soon be patrolling the corridors of the Australian Parliament’s press gallery and security agencies plan to jam telephone and internet links in the event of a terrorist threat as part of a further ramping up of security at the national legislature...

The husband of murdered mother-of-one Prabha Kumar has cast doubt on the police theory someone in India may have helped organise the killing, claiming his wife had no enemies among her family or friends.