Water regulator Ofwat will be abolished as part of an overhaul of a "broken'' regulatory system, the environment secretary ...

This week stunning footage of a fire-induced tornado in Utah is making its way around social media. Some posts claim the ...

As the first preference votes roll in, the Mercury covered the voting grounds in all of the state’s five divisions.

The counting has continued in Saturday’s election with the Tasmanian Electoral Commission saying final results will most ...

Today we have issued another round of invitations to the government's Economic Reform Roundtable.The Roundtable is all about building consensus on ...

Smith was not brought up in a cricket-mad family but, captivated by a box-set of the series, a six-year-old Smith pestered ...

More than a dozen hip-hop and R&B artists will perform at Music Festival from July 24-26. Here's everything to know about the ...

Trump's former man in Ukraine explains the US weapons deal which ups the ante on NATO and puts the pressure on Russia; And historic scenes in Jamaica, as the Australian men's cricket team completed ...

Tonkin Highway’s northbound lanes between Morley Drive and Reid Hwy in Noranda remain closed this afternoon as police ...

Labour MP Peeni Henare is dismissing Te Pāti Māori’s claim that his running in the Tāmaki Makaurau byelection threatens Māori ...

As the votes are being counted, the Mercury’s Political Editor David Killick explains the layout of Tasmania’s House of ...

Harry Potter is coming to TV, and casting is underway for some of the coveted roles from JK Rowling's beloved children's books. HBO has now confirmed a number of actors for several coveted roles as ...