Australia

Australians locked out of buying a house are now finding they can’t afford a unit with property investor activity at a new high for the decade.

A group of Chinese warships have again attracted the attention of the Australian Defence Force as they move into the Philippines Sea.

‘I found Ollie. So, I go to bed with that vision in my head every single night. Every night.’

There was a vastly different mood between MPs in the Albanese Government and their Coalition counterparts on Friday as they exited the capital until next February.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce ended weeks of speculation by confirming the end of his three-decades long membership of the National Party.

Economists who’ve worked for Treasury and the Reserve Bank are questioning the RBA’s ability to forecast inflation following a big shock with consumer prices.

MARK RILEY: Pauline Hanson’s poll ‘surge’ is just a protest-vote blip that won’t last.

A man accused of sending harassing emails to senator Lidia Thorpe and ‘defacing’ a flag outside her office has appeared in court.

AARON PATRICK: An opposition that looked like a political irrelevancy managed to embarrass the government over taxes, energy prices and interest rates

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has looked to woo the former Nats leader with a sandwich-pressed steak dinner while she gets ready for her seven-day parliamentary suspension.

The prime minister and senior lieutenants have delivered sharp responses to suggestions Labor hasn't done enough to reduce gambling harm.

AARON PATRICK: China’s third-ranked political leader, Zhao Leji, helped oversee a vast purge of officials designed to entrench Xi Jinping’s power.

The food giant’s little-known tech consultancy Quantium is thriving as corporate Australia seeks help to understand artificial intelligence

Environment Minister Murray Watt has urged the Bureau of Meteorology to ‘take taxpayers money seriously’ after their ‘disappointing $96 million website bungle. 

Australia’s remote Christmas Island territory is soon expected to host a new ‘connectivity hub’ for subsea cables that stretch across the Indian Ocean.