Data centres have been described as one of the biggest investment opportunities Australia has seen. Photo: Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS
Australia should be "rolling out the red carpet" to tech giants looking to build data centres in the country and removing...
A report has found $257 million in COVID-19 support was wrongly paid to some Victorian businesses. Photo: Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS
A state leader says he was disappointed to learn public servants had covered-up more than $250 million in ineligible...
Demand for first home buyer mortgages in largest year-on-year fall since December 2022. Photo: James Ross/AAP PHOTOS
Australians trying to buy their first home are being driven away by strict serviceability testing and higher interest rates, with...
"Treating each other as equals is the cornerstone of our engagement." Liu Jinsong says. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS
Relations between China and Australia are on the right track, even though disagreements between the two countries may remain, the...
Treasurer Jim Chalmers' trust tax legislation is facing pushback from the coalition and businesses. Photo: Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS
A state government has moved to shield businesses from any significant consequences of Jim Chalmers' proposed trust...
Millions in losses stemming from COVID-19 business support payments found to have been concealed. Photo: Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS
Senior public servants in one state covered up losses suspected to be worth hundreds of millions arising from flawed COVID-19...
Canberra's prison officers will go on strike for the first time as the ACT government faces continued pressure to resolve protracted pay and conditions talks across its workforce.
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Secrecy in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy can leave people grieving in isolation. Photo: Jane Dempster/AAP PHOTOS
Two heartbeats were discovered by a technician during a couple's 12-week scan for their second child.
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Rising unemployment is threatening to add to the nation's economic misery. Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS
Australia's strong jobs market has been a silver lining for households squeezed by high inflation and interest rates in recent months.
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Rising unemployment is threatening to add to the nation's economic misery. Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS
Australia's strong jobs market has been a silver lining for households squeezed by high inflation and interest rates in recent months.
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Russell Brand faces charges of rape and sexual assault after being accused by six women. Photo: EPA PHOTO
British actor and comedian Russell Brand was a ruthless sexual predator who sexually abused six women despite their protestations just as his...
Errors are being repeated as Australians continue to be wrongfully detained, a report says. Photo: (A)manda Parkinson/AAP PHOTOS
An Australian citizen was unlawfully detained for more than two years, as a damning report highlights systemic failures...
Question: My partner and I are in our early 30s and we only just managed to get out of my parents' home and into a rental of our own two years ago. However, the landlord has just surprised us with a rental increase. We are concerned that it's just too...
Jim Chalmers says he's on the same page as Anthony Albanese over changes to credit card payments. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended the leadership abilities of his treasurer despite a botched ban on credit card use...
Activists have failed in a bid to stop the Commonwealth Bank fiancing deforestation. Photo: Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS
Efforts to get Australia's largest bank to stop financing forest-clearing activities have failed but activists have managed to put...
A controversial gold mine development is back on track after a Federal Court ruling. Photo: Stephanie Gardiner/AAP PHOTOS
The development of a $1 billion gold mine has made a "significant" step forward, after a court overturned a federal Aboriginal...
A politician says people who need mental health care are waiting for days in emergency departments. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS
Nearly $600 million in extra funding a year is needed to pay frontline mental health staff to remedy the country's biggest...
There are concerns that a fire-prone state lacks fit-for-purpose trucks needed to fight blazes. Photo: Tracey Nearmy/AAP PHOTOS
Ageing fleets, missed maintenance and major funding shortfalls are threatening a fire-prone state's ability to adequately...
About half of Australians use cash in a typical week, according to the Reserve Bank. Photo: Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS
The leaders of Australia's biggest bank are vowing to support paper money, which they don't see ever disappearing as a payment...
A law professor says authorities should have to justify any curbs on peaceful assembly and protests. Photo: Michael Currie/AAP PHOTOS
State and council legal systems intended to ease the way for peaceful protests are instead obstructing and deterring...
Progress on gender equality at the executive level has stalled, according to an annual census. Photo: Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS
The number of women leading Australia's largest companies is declining, as senior female executives report growing opposition to...
Progress on gender equality at the executive level has stalled, according to an annual census. Photo: Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS
The number of women leading Australia's largest companies is declining, as senior female executives report growing opposition to...
The gas industry lobbied for ministerial powers to be curtailed regarding the gas reserve scheme. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS
Labor has yielded to gas industry demands and reined in the resource minister's powers as part of a controversial domestic gas...
Public servants are pushing back on a federal government pay offer. Photo: Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS
Public servants have already vowed to vote down a pay offer from the federal government, risking months more of bargaining and threats of...
Eggs supplier Sunny Queen and 11 other producers allegedly agreed on a common method to price eggs. Photo: Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS
Australia's largest egg supplier has been accused of engaging in "cartel" conduct, scrambling market competition and...
EV infrastructure to scale up as more than 600,000 battery-electric cars on roads by end of June. Photo: Jason O'BRIEN/AAP PHOTOS
Record electric vehicle sales are driving a national effort to map Australia's future charging needs and identify choke...
New data shows women climbing the business ranks, but obstacles remain on the path to the top. Photo: James Ross/AAP PHOTOS
Women are entering management roles at near equal rates to men but not rising to senior leadership positions, new research...
New data shows women climbing the business ranks, but obstacles remain on the path to the top. Photo: James Ross/AAP PHOTOS
Women are entering management roles at near equal rates to men but not rising to senior leadership positions, new research...
Workers in the disability sector could be among those to get a boost in pay. Photo: Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS
A big payout is on the cards for workers in industries found to be undervalued.
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David Shoebridge is raring for a fight with Labor in his first parliamentary test as Greens leader. Photo: Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS
The Greens won't be Labor's "handmaidens", David Shoebridge has warned as he prepares for a fight with the government over...
Independent member for Wentworth Allegra Spender is getting support for the bill amendment. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS
The federal government is being urged to support an independent MP's bill to end discrimination of students and staff at religious...
Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg used a 60 Minutes interview to attack Angus Taylor's leadership. Photo: Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS
Angus Taylor would welcome the political return of Josh Frydenberg to parliament, despite the former treasurer attacking...
Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg used a 60 Minutes interview to attack Angus Taylor's leadership. Photo: Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS
Angus Taylor would welcome the political return of Josh Frydenberg to parliament, despite the former treasurer attacking...
Angus Taylor has moved to distance the opposition's migration policy from One Nation's stance. Photo: Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS
The coalition has baulked at a One Nation-style immigration policy that discriminates against would-be migrants based on their...
Senior Liberals are appearing at the CPAC event, alongside their One Nation rivals. Photo: Russell Freeman/AAP PHOTOS
Liberal heavyweights will make their pitch to Australian conservatives at a major conference, after Pauline Hanson energised the...
Jess Wilson says a Liberal government will ramp up vocational education and training in trades. Photo: Ian Currie/AAP PHOTOS
Almost a dozen technical colleges would be established to provide a career-ready pathway for Victorian students under a coalition...
Victorian man Albert Pisani was 27 when he disappeared from his Moe address on October 10, 1986. Photo: HANDOUT/VICTORIA POLICE
Almost 40 years since his remains were found in a shallow grave, Albert Pisani's family are still living with the pain of his...
Small business owners are at odds with the government and Reserve Bank over credit card reforms. Photo: James Ross/AAP PHOTOS
Small businesses have baulked at the suggestion they are the big winners in Labor's ban on credit card surcharges.
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Karl Stefanovic has settled a legal dispute with the co-owner of his podcast company. Photo: Nadir Kinani/AAP PHOTOS
Controversial media talent Karl Stefanovic has avoided airing his dirty laundry in court after a dispute with his podcast co-owner was...
Karl Stefanovic has settled a legal dispute with the co-owner of his podcast company. Photo: Nadir Kinani/AAP PHOTOS
Controversial media talent Karl Stefanovic has avoided airing his dirty laundry in court after a dispute with his podcast co-owner was...
Affordable housing advocates from across the political spectrum are calling for policy change. Photo: Sarah Wilson/AAP PHOTOS
Advocates say affordable housing policy has failed to meet existing need and are calling for a rethink of the meaning of...
Victorian Greens leader Ellen Sandell says many in the state are fed up with the major parties. Photo: Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS
The tide is changing for the Victorian Greens, who are rapidly gaining momentum, thanks to a handful of new health-led crime...
An accused Islamic State member has been granted bail over health and age concerns. Photo: HANDOUT/AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
An accused member of Islamic State will be allowed to return to the community because of health and age concerns.
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An accused Islamic State member has been granted bail over health and age concerns. Photo: HANDOUT/AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
An accused member of Islamic State will be allowed to return to the community because of health and age concerns.
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Electricity will supply less than 30 per cent of global final energy demand by 2035, research shows. Photo: Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS
The world is not electrifying fast enough to limit global warming, a study has found, but stronger policies and existing...
House prices are predicted to continue falling well into 2027. Photo: James Ross/AAP PHOTOS
House prices are likely to continue to fall in the coming months, Australia's largest residential and commercial property listings site says.
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Australians will no longer be able to pay tax with credit cards from December. Photo: Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS
The tax man doubling down on blocking credit card payments has prompted accusations of a double standard and sounded alarm bells within the...
More country towns could get local banking services under an industry plan to trial branch hubs. Photo: George Chan/AAP PHOTOS
Bank branches could return to forgotten corners of regional and rural Australia under an industry plan to save face-to-face...
Quebec's national destiny would be achieved one day, Parti Quebecois' Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said. Photo: AP PHOTO
A separatist party has narrowly won Quebec's election, a result that could make it tougher for Prime Minister Mark Carney to maintain...
Australian households are in the doldrums as confidence sinks to a level not seen since the 1990s. Photo: Joanna Kordina/AAP PHOTOS
Australian households are the most persistently pessimistic they have been since the early-1990s recession, after a fourth...
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says the coalition will "regain control of immigration" if elected. Photo: Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS
Australia's net migrant intake would be slashed to about a third of current levels under a coalition plan as it bleeds votes...
Could it be exit stage left for Chris Luxon's National party in New Zealand after one term? Photo: Darren England/AAP PHOTOS
New Zealand's National party has plunged in support and is firming for a historic loss of office after just one term at the...
A third of small businesses say they share sensitive information with generative AI tools. Photo: James Ross/AAP PHOTOS
Small businesses are calling for more support from the government to fight back against a rising tide of artificial...
House prices have fallen 6.4 per cent in 2026, property data shows, amid a sharp market downturn. Photo: Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS
Home buyers are holding off to see where the falling Australian housing market lands as high interest rates, stubborn living...
Assistant Commissioner Stephen Hegarty addresses the media at Wollongong Police Station after police fatally shot a man on the Southern Tablelands. Picture by Robert Peet
A man who was fatally shot after allegedly aiming a loaded rifle at officers was...
Auction clearance rates are dropping as buyers gain the upper hand in Australia's housing market. Photo: Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS
The number of homes selling at auction has dropped to a three-month low as rising interest rates hit would-be buyers'...
Crime and bail reforms will top the bill as One Nation launches its Victorian election campaign. Photo: Jay Kogler/AAP PHOTOS
One Nation's Victorian leader will kick off the party's state election campaign by unveiling a raft of policy commitments at its...
ACT Chief Engineer and Infrastructure Canberra boss Gillian Geraghty has resigned.
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Medibank has attacked a data breach class action against it as a "total mess". Photo: Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS
A hacker moved undetected through Medibank's network for weeks despite multiple warning flags being raised, a court has been told.
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Steven Bugeja is unsure what will happen to assistance for his four children once provided by NDIS. Photo: PR IMAGE PHOTO
Steven Bugeja still thinks about how different his life would be if as a child he had access to the support his kids...
An expert says Australia remains at risk of AI attacks like the recent Medicare hack. Photo: Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS
Australia's data remains at risk of artificial intelligence attacks unless a different approach is taken, an expert says, blaming a recent...
The government has announced changes to the disability scheme to cut costs. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS
The first stage of changes to move children with autism off the NDIS have started on Thursday as part of measures to reduce the cost of the...
A fuel retailer has announced plans to buy one of nation's largest EV charging networks. Photo: Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS
Even Australia's biggest fuel retailer is accelerating its move into electric vehicles, announcing a $225 million deal to buy one of...
A fuel retailer has announced plans to buy one of nation's largest EV charging networks. Photo: Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS
Even Australia's biggest fuel retailer is accelerating its move into electric vehicles, announcing a $225 million deal to buy one of...
The tax office has revealed that 1149 large firms paid no tax in 2024/25. Photo: Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS
The proportion of companies paying no tax in Australia has dropped to its lowest level on record, even though corporate behemoths like Santos did not...
The tax office has revealed that 1149 large firms paid no tax in 2024/25. Photo: Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS
The proportion of companies paying no tax in Australia has dropped to its lowest level on record, even though corporate behemoths like Santos did not...
A failure to record the reasons for multimillion-dollar payments could indicate there is a larger pattern of mismanagement in the ACT Digital Health Record project, a parliamentary inquiry has found.
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