Prisoners serving a life sentence may be kept behind bars for up to 10 years longer than their non-parole period under a state government’s proposed changes.
Neale Daniher, the former AFL player and coach who became an inspiration for his fight against motor neurone disease, has died aged 65.
Ten people have been injured after horrifying turbulence aboard a Cathay Pacific flight from Brisbane to Hong Kong.
The $45.6 billion price tag for inland rail was only a modest estimate, prompting the federal government to scrap part of the project amid planning delays.
Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek discusses the pressure for a national reckoning, the limits of government response and the growing concern about how violence is shaping the lives of young people.
A man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after police say he stabbed a woman and teenage boy and set fire to their home.
Sea World rescue teams have helped save a humpback whale which became stranded on a sandbank in a lake on the New South Wales Coast.
What started with a single nightclub attack has escalated into what’s been dubbed Melbourne’s hospitality crime war.
A man accused of threatening to shoot worshippers at a mosque with an AK-47 assault rifle is before the courts after Muslim leaders warned against rising hate.
The state government is backing major new tourism attractions on the Gold Coast, including the city’s first surf park and Australia’s largest zipline tour.
The state government has plunged deeper into an integrity storm after an under-fire minister stood down over a federal electoral enrolment probe.
LIV Golf wants new investment of more than $350 million to ensure its future, adamant the breakaway circuit could turn a profit after three years.
The Albanese government has found itself on the thorny end of a social media campaign post-budget as it watches One Nation ride a wave, writes Michelle Grattan.
The soaring price of petrol is sending more Australian drivers to electric cars and the trend could change the worldwide automotive market.
A new study has revealed Brisbane’s most micro-plastic polluted creeks, some of which contain more than 4000 potentially harmful particles in a single kilo of sludge.
The Great Barrier Reef has received almost $92 million as Australia races to stop the natural wonder being listed as “in danger” tag by UNESCO.
The Australian labour market has shown signs of softening as tens of thousands of people register as unemployed, boosting hopes of a Reserve Bank rate hold.
James Murdoch says his company’s acquisition of New York Magazine and the Vox Media podcast network reflects “our deep commitment to ambitious journalism”.
A multi-million dollar package will send extra staff, vaccines and support to hard-hit communities as Australia battles its worst diphtheria outbreak in decades.
Are the tax changes in the federal budget really an “assault on aspiration”, as Liberal leader Angus Taylor claims? The answer is nuanced, Tamara Wilkinson writes.
Some say the federal budget didnt’ go far enough, for others it’s too far. Today, Treasurer Jim Chalmers defends his budget.
A UK radio station has been forced to apologise after it mistakenly announced the King had died.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson isn’t ruling out a tilt at the lower house as she attempts to set up a new office in a closely watched seat.
A major cattle producer has delivered a higher full-year profit, after absorbing the cost of flooding in Queensland, but could face hurdles in fiscal 2027.
