Community and Society

One Gold Coast mother is encouraging first time parents with little or no family support to adopt a grandparent.

Teach for Australia program fast-tracks professionals from industries into teachers in regions that urgently need them.

Apartment owners who bought into the uninhabitable Mascot Towers in Sydney are on the brink of securing a payout from the New South Wales government, almost five years after their ordeal began.

Almost 8,000 trainee doctors in South Korea have walked off the job in protest against the government's recent plan to recruit more students to medical schools. Here's why they're happening and whether there's support for them.

The United States says the United Nation's top court should not order the unconditional withdrawal of Israeli forces from Palestinian territories as it considers a request for its opinion on the legality of the occupation.

The pub has an important but flawed place in Australian culture, and it's also helped shape our politics.

PTSD, anxiety and depression dogged Michael Jefferies after he left the military, but he was able to start healing in an unexpected place.

"Smac" McCreanor's videos have had more than 1 billion views — and now you can see her work in a gallery for the first time at the NGV Triennial.

More than 60 per cent of Maryborough’s population is considered obese or overweight, and one of the town’s only gyms faces eviction to make room for another liquor store.

Residents of the uninhabitable complex in Sydney will still incur major losses, but the deal will provide some resolution nearly five years after cracks were discovered in the building.

Julian Assange's brother is 'not too hopeful' the WikiLeaks founder's legal attempt to avoid extradition from Britain to the US will be successful.

Ruby Franke, who once gave advice to millions on YouTube, could serve up to 60 years in prison. 

Dating at any age can be nerve-racking, but if you haven't dated for decades it can be even harder. The good news: Dating in your 50s can still be fabulous, as these experts show.

Almost half the homes in the Territory have been converted already, but the accuracy of the new technology is being questioned.

Katarina Carroll was appointed police commissioner in 2019 becoming the first woman to hold the role in Queensland after serving as the commissioner of the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service.

Two women have been convicted of animal welfare offences after more than 100 animals were found "living in squalor" at a property in South Australia's Mid North. The RSPCA has appealed for the government to strengthen animal welfare laws.

When the only veterinary clinic in Longreach was set to close, animal owners faced a difficult and costly trip to the nearest practice 300kms away. To keep the doors of the vital business open, a local grazing family bought it, and their first year has been a whirlwind.

Longreach farmers who were warned against buying their town's short-staffed veterinary clinic have done more than just keep the doors open.

The pandemic transformed living as a digital nomad from an influencer-fuelled fantasy to a liveable reality, and Japan is the latest country in Asia to offer a way in for foreign workers, but how much it will help the aging country that's facing economic woes? 

Australian border authorities are at a remote Indigenous community in Western Australia's north as more than 20 people arrive by boat.

The woman had to wait for flight attendants to come, who tracked the insects to the overhead compartments.

A surf culture is emerging in Samoa, with the help of some donated boards left by visiting surfers. 

Cooking might seem like a chore — but some argue creating space to make a time-intensive meal from scratch is an act of self-care and can even help you heal through hard times.

Luke's parents had to leave the house to gamble, but his generation has a casino in its pocket. He worries about the impact.

The ABC recently travelled to Ukraine and was shown a police cell, allegedly turned into a torture chamber during the Russian occupation of the Kharkiv region.