Work on the multi-billion-dollar Inland Rail project slows significantly in Queensland, as an advocate warns the finished track may only stretch as far north as the state's border with New South Wales. ⌘ Read more
Work on the multi-billion-dollar Inland Rail project slows significantly in Queensland, as an advocate warns the finished track may only stretch as far north as the state's border with New South Wales. ⌘ Read more
Leading Yes campaigner and Indigenous academic Noel Pearson has made an impassioned speech to the National Press Club pleading for Australians to support the Voice to Parliament. ⌘ Read more
Animal advocates say they are seeing more crulety cases involving wildlife, as a researcher warns of an association between animal abuse and other violent crimes. ⌘ Read more
The 17-year-old is in an induced coma after being taken to hospital with a head injury on Tuesday. ⌘ Read more
The state's health authorities says there is no link to a previous outbreak in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands and no risk to the wider community. ⌘ Read more
Two new categories are set to shake up the Golden Globes and its 80-year history. Here's what we know and what it could mean for the 2024 awards season. ⌘ Read more
A New York judge has ruled that former US president Donald Trump committed fraud when he lied about his wealth for a decade, defrauding banks and insurers as he built his real estate empire. So what is his real net worth? ⌘ Read more
A friend of critically ill surfing great Mark Richardson says his situation has become so dire that medical evacuation is his only chance of survival. ⌘ Read more
From today many women across New South Wales will no longer have to go to their GP every time they need a new script for the oral contraceptive pill. Here's how the expanded trial will work. ⌘ Read more
Supermarket chain Drakes, which operates more than 60 stores in South Australia and Queensland, is introducing Afterpay as a means of payment — but the move has prompted a warning from a social welfare group, which says it could contribute to spiralling debt. ⌘ Read more
Three police officers were allegedly assaulted in Broome while attempting an arrest. ⌘ Read more
A local angler who encountered the seal off the Mackay coast says it was "the weirdest and strangest thing" he has ever seen. ⌘ Read more
An independent review into governance, culture and accountability at consulting giant PwC has singled out the "excessive power" of the firm's chief executive and poor practices which went "unexamined and uncorrected" for years. ⌘ Read more
There aren't any vaccines for or anti-viral drugs to treat human metapneumovirus (HMPV), but experts say there's no need to be alarmed. ⌘ Read more
WA's only accredited electronic waste recycler says the statewide ban will be "a big win" for the environment, but the sector will have to cope with a massive increase in volume. ⌘ Read more
The annual rate of inflation jumped to 5.2 per cent in August, up from 4.9 per cent, on rising ⌘ Read more
Noel Pearson, an Indigenous Australian lawyer and land rights activist, addresses the National Press Club. Follow live. ⌘ Read more
COVID-19 has become one of Australia's leading causes of death, data from the Bureau of Statistics shows, however heart disease remains the biggest killer of Australians. ⌘ Read more
Leaders of the screenwriters' union say their nearly five-month strike will finish, bringing Hollywood partly back from a historic halt in production. ⌘ Read more
Misbah Islam said "no way" when paramedics told him he was having a heart attack but they were soon bringing him back from the brink of death. He wants more people to know the basics of saving a life. ⌘ Read more
The ombudsman says legislation that applies charges to drivers of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in Victoria — which remains the subject of a High Court challenge — is being "unfairly" administered. ⌘ Read more
The cost of petrol across Brisbane hits a new record high, with prices not expected to fall anytime soon. ⌘ Read more
The British Museum launches a public hotline asking for help to locate some 2,000 missing artefacts, revealing they were mostly ancient Greek and Roman gems and jewellery. ⌘ Read more
Zoleka Mandela's life was tangled with tragedy, addiction and redemption, ultimately becoming a champion for those living with cancer and people who had lost children. ⌘ Read more
More than 100 people are dead and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding celebration in the district of Hamdaniya in Iraq's Nineveh province, Iraqi state media reports. ⌘ Read more
The Mid-Autumn Festival takes a different name in different countries but it unfolds in a similar way as culture, heritage and community take centre stage for it all. ⌘ Read more
Qatar Airways says it was "surprised and shocked" by the federal government decision to reject its application for additional international flights. ⌘ Read more
The South Australian government is running a campaign encouraging consumers to "do their homework" before signing with a builder. But buyers caught up in the aftermath of multiple building companies collapsing say they did everything they could. ⌘ Read more
Across ages, between schools, towns and states, there are plenty of varieties of the rules. So how is it possible to stage an inter-school handball championship where everyone is on the same page? ⌘ Read more
Joe Biden becomes the first US president in modern history to join a picket line by striking with auto workers in Michigan, and backing their call for a 40 per cent pay raise. ⌘ Read more
The screen industry funding cut, affecting high-end television and blockbuster film productions, was confirmed in the state budget last week. ⌘ Read more
Insult is added to injury for the struggling Wallabies, as Argentina jumps the Australians in the rugby world rankings. ⌘ Read more
The distinctive jacket worn by Bob Hawke when he celebrated Australia's upset win of the America's Cup in 1983 was, in fact, designed by a 23-year-old architecture student to parody nationalistic fervour. ⌘ Read more
Victorian Labor MPs will meet at midday to discuss a successor to Premier Daniel Andrews, following his shock resignation on Tuesday. ⌘ Read more
Contemporary circus in Australia has been left reeling as Swinburne University pauses the 2024 intake for NICA's circus arts degree. ⌘ Read more
Geof Motley is being remembered as one of Port Adelaide Football Club's "all-time greats" after his death yesterday at 88. ⌘ Read more
The century-old Urandangi Hotel is being demolished, leaving the community with nowhere to buy meals, fuel or groceries for hundreds of kilometres. ⌘ Read more
SA Police speak to a 65-year-old man after he allegedly assaulted another man at a block of units in Mount Gambier. ⌘ Read more
Firefighting crews worked through the night to contain the battery blaze, with Tesla to investigate the cause of the fire. ⌘ Read more
The speaker of Canada's House of Commons resigns after inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II to parliament to attend a speech by Ukraine's president. ⌘ Read more
Large parts of WA are tipped to swelter on Wednesday, with many centres — inlcuding Perth — on track to record their hottest-ever September day. ⌘ Read more
A judge rules that Donald Trump committed fraud for years while building the real estate empire that catapulted him to fame and the White House. ⌘ Read more
A Canberra painter facing charges over a serious fall which rendered one of his workers a paraplegic is ordered to make a safety video about the accident before he is sentenced. ⌘ Read more
A snap ban on commercial barramundi fishing in remote Arnhem Land waters has prompted calls for an urgent overhaul of the Northern Territory's fishing laws to better safeguard future barra stocks. ⌘ Read more
The disability royal commission is wrapping up after four-and-a-half years. Here's how we got here and what comes next. ⌘ Read more
Despite being on the cusp of early voting for the Voice to Parliament referendum, many still have questions about the proposal, one of them being; why can't it just be legislated? ⌘ Read more
Former Telstra chief Ziggy Switkowski has unveiled a review of PwC in the wake of the tax leaks scandal, but it's unlikely this is the end of an intense probe of its business and the way other consulting firms manage conflicts of interest, writes Nassim Khadem. ⌘ Read more
The speech pathologist says Irabina Autism Services in Melbourne was running as late as February last year. ⌘ Read more
Child sexual abuse at Tasmania's only youth detention facility "remains a live and current risk" and not a historical problem, a two-year inquiry finds. The state premier says he would close it now if he could but there are no other options for housing child inmates. ⌘ Read more
Born in Williamstown and schooled in Wangaratta, the outgoing Victorian premier has made major decisions affecting regional communities during his time as state leader — and not all of them have made him popular. ⌘ Read more
Tasmania's commission of inquiry into child sexual abuse sheds light on a litany of failures, with allegations covered up, ignored, or not believed. The premier has committed to change but has a big job ahead of him, writes Adam Langenberg. ⌘ Read more
A new model of housing development is being touted as a solution to the housing crisis. But is it a game changer or more of the same for renters across New South Wales? ⌘ Read more
Victoria's longest-serving – and Australia's highest-paid — premier is just hours from stepping down after more than 3,200 days leading the state. Here are the hits and misses of Daniel Andrews. ⌘ Read more
Deputy premier Jacinta Allan and public transport minister Ben Carroll are said to be the leading candidates for the vacated premier job. ⌘ Read more
Emmanuel Macron defied expectations in 2017 when he won the French presidency. Many say his self-belief was essential to his victory but it could also risk his global legacy. ⌘ Read more
Unemployment is now well below 5 per cent, meaning "full employment" is now much less than 5 per cent. Yet the Albanese government has passed up a historic opportunity to say how much less, which it could have done by setting its own target, writes Peter Martin. ⌘ Read more
Environmental activists in the Philippines say they face killings, disappearances and being labelled a communist or terrorist as they are targeted by state-backed and private forces. ⌘ Read more
Ukrainian special forces say they are 'clarifying the information' follow the appearance of the purportedly killed commander. ⌘ Read more
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says his country is prepared to retaliate against any North Korean aggression. ⌘ Read more
Embattled consulting giant PwC will today announce a major overhaul of governance, culture and accountability when it releases a long-awaited independent review into a tax leak scandal that has badly damaged the firm's reputation. ⌘ Read more
Sydney could be without co-captain Callum Mills for the start of the next AFL season after he needed surgery on a shoulder injury sustained on 'Mad Monday'. ⌘ Read more
Victoria is in the grip of a heroin addiction problem. Experts say too few people are getting access to the treatment they need and that needs to change before fentanyl becomes a bigger issue in Australia. ⌘ Read more
Teams are trekking thousands of kilometres across the country to reach some of the most remote and isolated parts of Australia to make sure everyone has a say in the Voice to Parliament referendum — but it's not without its challenges ⌘ Read more
Another 290 people have admitted to hospitals following the explosion in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, according to Armenian authorities. ⌘ Read more
The Australian Shareholders' Association has joined the growing chorus of calls demanding Qantas' chairman Richard Goyder resign from his position, and has placed the rest of the airline's board on notice after weeks of scandals. ⌘ Read more
Most regional police cars in WA will have new satellite technology to provide constant communications access by the end of next year. ⌘ Read more
A Townsville mum warned her sons "she would call the police" if they ended up at the Ross River unsupervised again, a court has heard. They drowned the next day. ⌘ Read more
Tasmania's child abuse inquiry delivers scathing findings against the former head of medical services at a major Tasmanian hospital over his handling of allegations against a notorious paedophile nurse and other medical personnel, noting he failed to "demonstrate even a modicum of self-reflection during our hearings". ⌘ Read more
Sea ice that packs the ocean around Antarctica hit record low levels this winter, adding to scientists' fears the impact of climate change at the southern pole is ramping up. ⌘ Read more
Disability advocates say better regulation of NDIS service providers is needed after an ABC investigation uncovered "sickening" practices used against children with disabilities, which included unlawfully pinning young people to the ground facedown as part of a controversial therapy. ⌘ Read more
Michael Charles Henley pleaded guilty to manslaughter after he deliberately crashed into another car killing Nicholas Darling at Morphett Vale in 2021. ⌘ Read more
Penrith winger Brian To'o has become one of the best big-game players in rugby league. The question is whether it can land the Panthers flyer a slice of rugby league history in Sunday's grand final, writes Nick Campton. ⌘ Read more
Brisbane Airport Corporation tells a Senate inquiry the the government's rejection of Qatar Airways' bid to fly more services to Australia is driving up airfares and undermining tourism. ⌘ Read more
There is no other political figure who has towered over Victorian and National politics quite like Daniel Andrews, defying his critics and prevailing at times when his opponents were writing him off, writes Patricia Karvelas. ⌘ Read more
A climate change protester pleads guilty after causing traffic chaos in Adelaide' by abseiling off a CBD bridge. ⌘ Read more
Scott Pendlebury says Collingwood's knack for coming out on top of close games is no fluke, and reveals the shift to Magpies' training that has the team full of confidence ahead of the AFL grand final. ⌘ Read more
The experience and the lessons of the 2019 drought are fresh in the minds of farmers. Now the challenge is to get ahead of the next one. ⌘ Read more
Former NSW Minister Gareth Ward has blamed "wrong" information after he held a press conference to announce funding he had already announced four years ago. ⌘ Read more
Adidas' new running shoe helped Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa take more than two minutes off the marathon world record in Berlin at the weekend — but if you want to get hold of the the one-run-and-done shoe, you'd better start saving. ⌘ Read more
Lawyers for Terence "Rio" Nugara concede he was "motivated by greed", when he fleeced investors of their life savings and spent it on his luxury lifestyle. ⌘ Read more
After 146 days of Hollywood shutdowns and strikes, screenwriters have struck a tentative deal with studios. But here's why there will be no return to TV and film as we know it. ⌘ Read more
A multi-million-dollar holiday home which once hosted movie star George Clooney has been destroyed by fire that took emergency services several hours to extinguish. ⌘ Read more
He's wielded unrivalled power for decades. A one-time Labor staffer turned senior bureaucrat who lobbied for hard-line border policies, Michael Pezzullo has won favour and hatred in equal measures from politicians across the ideological spectrum. ⌘ Read more
Millions of dollars are siting on go cards that have expired after years of inactivity, with Translink urging commuters to get a refund as the network transitions to smart ticketing. ⌘ Read more
A awe-inspiring image of a oxygen arc next to the Andromeda Galaxy has placed first out of 4,000 entries from 64 countries. ⌘ Read more
Leading No campaigner Nyunggai Warren Mundine has labelled the Uluru Statement from the Heart, "a symbolic declaration of war" at the National Press Club today. ⌘ Read more
Automotive brands are being accused of pushing a "loophole" policy so they can keep selling dirty and inefficient vehicles to Australian consumers. ⌘ Read more
The daughter of a woman found dead in the jaws of an alligator in the US state of Florida has spoken out about the "unbearable pain" faced by her family as they deal with the loss of a loved one as well as internet rumours about the nature of her death. ⌘ Read more
A 17-year-old South Australian boy who shook or forcibly threw his baby, causing a "tragic and possible life-long injury", has pleaded guilty to one count of criminal neglect. ⌘ Read more
Efforts are underway to save the Gold Coast surfing champion who is critically ill in a Bali hospital. ⌘ Read more
Urban Utilities confirms it 'incorrectly' and 'unintentionally' underpaid 1,525 of its former and current workers over seven years. ⌘ Read more
Farmers cite "poor consultation" and a lack of focus on dairy-specific issues for their decision to walk away from the VFF. ⌘ Read more
Hot and dry weather conditions off the back of several wet seasons is sparking an increase in snake activity across South East Queensland, with call-outs for professional wrangling on the rise. ⌘ Read more
VicForests is facing another court proceeding, this time issued by community group Wombat Forestcare, which is concerned salvage logging operations are proceeding without proper surveys for threatened species. ⌘ Read more
Thousands more applications were made to the state government's Victim Assist Queensland agency last financial year, with those relating to domestic and family violence making up more than half of them. ⌘ Read more
Emma Heming Willis says dementia "is a family disease" that has ripple effects for the person diagnosed and their loved ones. ⌘ Read more
The Kisimba family are among 150 people chosen to be part of a Sydney Opera House performance art project that creates a portrait of the city. ⌘ Read more
When John and Wilma tried to reconnect physically after surviving cancer they say it took some experimentation. ⌘ Read more
McCallum died Monday of natural causes surrounded by family at New York Presbyterian Hospital, TV network CBS said in a statement. ⌘ Read more
The Australian share market is likely to start its day relatively flat, while the US dollar rises to a 10-month high on bets interest rates may stay higher for longer than investors had expected. Follow the latest updates in our live blog. ⌘ Read more