Australia's population growth has slumped to its lowest level in a decade, figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have revealed on Thursday.

Commercial fishing would be allowed in sensitive coral reefs and pristine waters off Australia under advice set to be presented to the Turnbull government that discards landmark marine protections,

Water managers at over 100 forecast locations across Australia can now predict the level of water in rivers seven days in advance with the Bureau of Meteorology’s new streamflow forecasting service

Global warming first appeared in the 1940s in parts of Australia, Southeast Asia and Africa, say researchers from Australia's ARC Center of Excellence for Climate System Science and the U.K.'s Univ

Climate Council says weak government action on climate change was undermining defence force’s ability to respond to severe weather events

A plague of coral-eating starfish that have caused alarm over their seemingly unstoppable attack on the Great Barrier Reef can be killed off with a simple dose of household vinegar, scientists have

Documents released under FOI show New South Wales meets national standards in just four of 15 areas for ‘one-stop shop’ mining approvals

Australia's attempts to curb damage to the Great Barrier Reef, which was almost listed as being in danger earlier this year, are falling well short of targets, a report released by the national and

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), an antiretroviral pill taken daily by people who are HIV negative, can only be imported for personal use or prescribed by small amount of Australian doctors.