Experts have warned about the potential exposure of passwords used by Queensland’s Premier and Transport Minister amid renewed scrutiny of personal email account use.

The discovery of remains belonging to the missing Sydney fraudster answers some questions but leaves many in the dark.

The Fair Work Ombudsman has launched an investigation into claims by the welders on skilled worker visas.

Keri Frecklington had already overcome the odds after being hit by a car. A decade later, a complication meant she had to fight all over again from the other side of the world.

Scammers are increasingly targeting online shoppers and using classified ads as the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a five-fold increase in people being ripped off over the internet.

Victoria’s environment department has felt the wrath of grape growers, already reeling from the pandemic and Chinese trade measures, over the timing of controlled burns in the Macedon Ranges.

The backing from the International Olympic Committee of Brisbane as the likely city to host the 2032 Olympics is a heartening sign.

Deputy Premier John Barilaro has conceded public outcry and scrutiny of a bushfire relief fund will force his agency to prioritise grants to areas like the Blue Mountains.

John Setka takes aim at his opponents within the CFMMEU, the federal government, federal Labor’s leadership and the ACTU ahead of a crucial vote for his union.

A new bar will open its doors in Brunswick East in April, specialising in serving craft beer, local wine and fancy cocktails – minus the hooch. 

Taking the stand moments after Mr McKee’s fiancee told the court she would never read Davis’ apology letter he said he “never ever intended to take Jett’s life”.

The inside man who played the role of victim in a $3.2 million hold-up from a Melbourne gold dealer has been jailed for five years and nine months.

Police have charged a man with attempted murder and firearms offences after he was found in bushland following an alleged Sydney hotel assault.

As a result of the investigation into Case 903’s infection, WA authorities will install air filters in the rooms of infected returning travellers and require hotel staff to wear masks and eye wear.

The funeral of a music loving 42-year-old was held in a Collingwood pub, with a heavy metal band, as part of a trend towards more bespoke, less formal send-offs.

Corporate regulator ASIC says its priority is to seek the return of funds to investors in the most efficient way possible. 

Sydney businesswoman and fraudster Melissa Caddick is dead.

A woman is dead after a train and car crash at Wynnum, east of Brisbane.

Losses on Victoria’s poker machines have shot past pre-pandemic levels following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, with gamblers blowing $239 million in January.

A week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial Review photographers

The looming demolition of Ryde’s ageing 1960s Civic Centre has triggered a last-ditch bid to save the building from an unlikely backer - a lobby group for developers.

Underworld figure Mick Gatto has lost his defamation case against the ABC after a Supreme Court judge found in favour of the national broadcaster.

In this episode of Please Explain, Tory Maguire and Shane Wright discuss the fate of our welfare recipients after the changes to Job Seeker and the state of the economy. 

Private schools Xavier College and Geelong Grammar School issued messages to their school communities this week after a petition started by Sydney woman Chanel Contos calling for sexual consent to taught in schools from a young age garnered thousands...

Bresse chickens are set to be available to Sydney restaurants.

Students who stay at Trinity College, a residential college connected with the University of Melbourne, will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

The woman who was weeks away from giving birth when she murdered her aunt, greyhound trainer Karen Leek, could dispute some evidence against her at a plea hearing.

He isn’t exactly the leader from central casting, but this ABC lifer, whose first role was collecting dirty tea towels, could be just the kind of down-to-earth bloke the public broadcaster needs right now.

She was part of London’s “Australian mafia” and founded feminist publishing powerhouse Virago in 1973. Now in her 80s, and British damehood notwithstanding, this “Libertarian anarchist’s” zeal appears undimmed.

Victorians can take off their masks in all but high-risk settings and welcome more visitors to their homes despite the state recording two new COVID-19 cases on Friday.

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A head prefect’s speech to his school assembly should be a wake-up call to men in general. But who’s listening?

Roberts is awaiting a retrial over the murders of two Victorian police officers in 1998 and has lost another attempt to gain bail.

A legal fight over a Melbourne-housed replica of the famous Fearless Girl statue outside the New York Stock Exchange has been rejected by a Federal Court judge.

An elderly Gold Coast man is accused of murdering his wife at their house with a belt, before their daughter found her body.

It’s worth remembering her family is now grieving an intense loss as readers clamour for every detail of this story.

The 32-year-old driver told the 18-year-old woman he could ‘make the ride cheaper’ before raping her in the back of his car.

Victoria’s coronavirus rules will ease from 11.59pm on Friday, despite two new locally acquired cases of COVID-19. Here are the new freedoms.

The mining division of the CFMMEU has won a last-minute legal fight against another larger division of the bitterly divided union.

Mr Whitton, who died in 2015, has been remembered as a cheeky man who loved his family and excelled at rugby league.

Police say DNA testing has confirmed the remains are those of missing Dover Heights woman Melissa Caddick.

The number of Melbourne train stations patrolled by PSOs dropped from all 216 metropolitan platforms to a low of 52 last year, in a further sign of the growing pressures on Victoria’s stretched police force.

Kate was surprised to hear her phone buzz with a text from a man she knew from school, apologising for his sexual behaviour as a teenager. That the message came this week - long after the fact - was no coincidence.

Detective Inspector says police are treating the death as suspicious, adding that the woman had suffered injuries.

Developers say CBD skyscraper height is appropriate for a major activity centre. Locals say not – and add that the activity centre plan hasn’t even been done.

Since getting my driver’s licence at the age of 17, I’ve always had a problem with one aspect of being behind the wheel.

Paul cradled his partner’s skull after they were dragged out. In the ambulance the paramedics said: “Look, he’s not going to make it.” That was 37 years ago.

Police have discovered the remains of the Sydney businesswoman more than three months after she vanished from her eastern suburbs home.

A scream can be heard as the three thieves – one armed with the sledgehammer, one armed with a tomahawk and the third with a semi-automatic firearm – make their way inside the Keilor East home.

After our year of living dangerously close to the bar fridge at home, it came as no surprise to see alcohol consumption climb through the roof across the country.