Australia

A man is due in court after an alleged deadly shooting and a linked roadside incident as detectives launch a major homicide investigation.

Renewables are anticipated to keep a lid on electricity prices over the next five years but a speedier transition is needed to keep bills lower in the 2030s.

Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins says she ‘feels like I can breathe again’ after Bruce Lehrmann’s failed defamation case appeal.

The first women to lead a division of the Australian Workers’ Union said the rival construction union waged a campaign that included a threat to the safety of herself and her family.

A protester glued herself to furniture to growl at Premier Jacinta Allan during Question Time inside the Victorian Parliament’s public gallery.

JAMES BIRT: Australia’s new age-verification rules has caused understandable concern among families, but it will make kids online social world far more visible to adults who have never stepped inside it.

Victoria’s auditor-general warned the State will struggle to meet its renewable energy targets after 2025 as coal-fired power stations close and gas remains in short supply.

In an email to staff Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson has confirmed a senior team overhaul after rumours of 400 job losses before the end of 2025.

Chaotic scenes are playing out in far northern NSW after two men were shot, one fatally, another was seriously injured in a car crash, and another is on the run.

New research shows the ongoing cost-of-living crunch is calling time on an Aussie tradition as old as Vegemite, and has revealed a shock gender divide.

Tasmania’s AFL stadium has been given the green light by the state’s parliament, paving the way for the Devils to enter the national competition. 

A former childcare worker has admitted assaulting a young boy after difficulties managing his behaviour, as the sector remains under a national spotlight.

Convicted child abuser Shannon Norgate has died in hospital after being found unresponsive in a Queensland Correctional Centre.

Following an unusual start to summer, a simmering and widespread heatwave is forecast to settle across the majority of the country.

Ex-rugby league international Trent Merrin has appeared in court for the first time over the serious accusations.