Brisbane has won its bid to host a global investment conference, with the event estimated to connect more than $10 trillion worth of assets with investors.
Tennis Australia is expected to unveil NRL chief executive Andrew Abdo as Craig Tiley’s successor.
US President Donald Trump is hosing down expectations of an imminent breakthrough in the three-month-old war with Iran.
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.
Activists detained by Israel after being part of a flotilla delivering food and health aid to Gaza have arrived home in emotional scenes after claims of beatings and abuse.
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.
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.
A paedophile ex-magistrate will be released on home detention but could still go back to prison if a court rules in favour of a bid to indefinitely detain him.
The Palestinian-Australian author who sparked intense controversy over Adelaide Writer’s Week has been longlisted in one of the nation’s most prestigious literary awards.
Doctors have raised the alarm over one of Australia’s worst outbreaks of diphtheria, which has crossed state borders and may have claimed a life.
The Queensland industry body warns this crushing season could be “one of the most financially and emotionally stressful” for cane-farming families. Estimates are now released.
