Australia

Budget-conscious buying is expected drive big Boxing Day sales as savvy shoppers splurge for the year ahead, helping retailers clear shelves and boost cashflow.

The man in the big red suit and his trusted reindeer, guided by Rudolf, are officially up in the air for the enormous trip around the world to share Christmas joy.

Qantas has issued an apology after passengers travelling to Australia on Christmas Eve were forced to land in another city, causing headaches as hundreds attempt to get home.

Sydney's world-famous New Year's Eve fireworks will follow a message of peace and a minute's silence to honour the victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack.

A terror expert has revealed what could have happened at Bondi Beach if bombs, allegedly dropped by Naveed and Sajid Akram, detonated, after red flags were missed by security agencies.

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog said he will travel to Australia for a State visit in the near future following the Bondi terrorist attack, after speaking with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Tuesday.

After pushing through emergency legislation to curb gun ownership and protests, a state premier is vowing not to let a terrorist attack divide Australians.

A third of eligible Australian retirees are burning through personal savings unnecessarily because of one simple mistake.

‘He was always ready with a laugh and a helping hand.’

EDITORIAL: Where Minns has shown contrition, readily conceding his own mistakes in confronting the scourge of anti-Semitism, Albanese has exhibited defensiveness.

Constable Scott Dyson has woken from a medically induced coma after ‘almost daily’ surgeries.

Anthony Albanese has tripled down on his continued refusal to call a Royal Commission into the Bondi terror attack, saying it would not deliver answers fast enough.

Politicians’ family members will lose taxpayer-funded business-class flights under new rules the Albanese Government has proposed following a bruising expenses scandal.

JEREMY LEIBLER: For two years, the psychological safety of Australian Jews — the post-Holocaust belief that distance protected us from Jew hatred — eroded before our eyes. And then Bondi happened.

A labour hire company and a farm operator have been fined after a worker lost fingers in a horrific onion grader accident during her first shift.