Australia

The lucky winner of Thursday’s Powerball has finally been found, admitting to officials the massive mistake that he made after winning.

A major investigation and clean-up are under way following a blaze at one of Australia's two oil refineries, with the prime minister due to tour the site.

Workers are stressed, sad and checked out. As pressure builds, more are fantasising about something more appealing: a ‘boring job’ that ends at 5pm.

Snap protest restrictions have been overturned in court after a justice found they were an impermissible burden on constitutional freedoms.

One of the biggest problems of the scheme is unofficial rorting by parents of children diagnosed with mild autism spectrum disorders who are abusing the system to secure benefits that simply aren’t justified. 

Analysts warned the limited details about the blaze could create a supply shortfall of diesel and unleaded petrol that could push prices higher.

The Reserve Bank’s deputy governor Andrew Hauser has warned Australia faces an inflation shock like the 1970s as a result of the Middle East oil crisis that will make the country poorer.

NSW Premier Chris Minns said the error was ‘embarrassing’.

Footage from the scene shows the plane heavily damaged in a paddock.

The Electoral Commission of South Australia has ordered a recount for a seat won by One Nation after discovering ballots that had not been counted. 

Australia’s unemployment rate remained steady at 4.3 per cent in March - the first full month of the Iran war - making an interest rate rise next month more likely. LNG-rich Queensland saw jobless rate plunge.

A former US marine pilot accused of unlawfully training Chinese military personnel is set to be extradited from Australia after a years-long legal battle.

Australians are considering electric cars most prominently for one reason, and it isn’t what you might think.

Zivan Radmanovic died in a late-night ambush carried out in a Canggu villa in front of his wife.

AARON PATRICK: The closure of most of Australia’s oil refineries over the past two decades left the economy dangerously exposed to a disaster like the one that hit Wednesday night.