Empty shops with “For Lease” signs and shuttered hotels highlight the economic pain the pandemic has caused in Cairns.

Anyone who has walked into a room and forgotten why has suffered what’s known as the “doorway effect”. Now researchers have gained new understanding of how it works.

The Department of Environment fined a man $4401 for illegally taking and selling native frogs on Gumtree. There are more fines to come with multiple investigations under way.

The Environment Department is investigating the theft from the 16-metre carcass that washed up on Phillip Island a week ago.

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller told a state parliamentary hearing he would look into why the delay occurred as a document produced to parliament also confirmed police had chosen not to interview Mr Porter, nor any witnesses at the event before t...

Police looking for two men who left the scene of a truck and train crash in Sydney are investigating whether the alleged theft of copper wiring was involved.

An electric vehicle manufacturer is poised to walk away from a deal with the state government to set up a factory in the Latrobe Valley.

Cairns tourism operators are in dire straits. The pandemic and with it, border closures and a halt to international travel has meant desperate times and hard adjustments.

Mick Fuller, who was reportedly blocked from a position with the ARL Commission last month, says the government allowed him to have a paid role on the board of the Police Bank.

WA’s system of casino regulation is under scrutiny following revelations of years of money laundering through Crown Perth.

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas says the state government has followed the Reserve Bank of Australia’s advice and stimulating the economy by borrowing big and spending big.

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

Lawyers for Mohinder Singh argue the truck driver faced ‘sustained pressure’ from his boss to work on the day he crashed and killed four police officers.

Heritage NSW had imposed a 40-day stop-work order preventing demolition of the 1960s civic centre following an unlikely push from a lobby group for developers.

The pandemic is still having a huge influence on the news cycle but each day we move further away from the days of the highest anxiety.

Burning brown coal has a limited lifespan in the Latrobe Valley. Now the community is asking what will come next.

Victoria recorded two weeks without a local coronavirus case on Friday, with more than 40,000 travel vouchers for trips to Melbourne being snapped up just after 10am.

The man allegedly travelled from Mt Isa to Brisbane to meet what he believed to be a 15-year-old girl. He will appear in court on Tuesday.

Dion Gundy, 22, died in the front passenger seat of the Holden Commodore when it slammed into a palm tree in 2018.

Police investigating a number of stabbings in a short-stay apartment in Melbourne’s CBD no longer believe the violent brawl was gang-related but say it’s lucky no one was killed.

A Queensland Police spokeswoman said it appeared no one was inside.

On this episode of Please Explain, Tory Maguire and national science reporter Liam Mannix look at how Australia’s vaccine supply is tracking. 

Authorities spent two days training for the operation to seize hundreds of kilograms of cocaine, search a 330-metre boat and arrest a 27-year-old Australian man. 

She’s one of only a handful of women running airlines around the world. Can the new Virgin Australia CEO – abrasive and feather-ruffling to some, no-nonsense and success-driven to others – resurrect the airline at the worst time in aviation his...

It took nearly an hour for 70 firefighters to gain control of a furniture factory fire that spread to the Preston Hotel and sent smoke across Melbourne’s northern suburbs on Friday morning.

Premier Daniel Andrews is up and moving after damaging his ribs and vertebrae on Tuesday, but his medical team are set to reconsider his need for surgery this weekend.

Psychiatrist and former Australian of the Year Patrick McGorry has embraced philanthropist Suparna Bhasin’s case for exploring meditation and breathwork in treatments.

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NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller says the force is reviewing the appropriateness of terminating a sexual assault investigation where the victim has withdrawn a complaint amid the allegations surrounding federal Attorney-General Christian Porter.

Child Abuse Squad detectives allege the women went to the doctor to ask for the procedure in January, but the doctor refused.

Musician and academic who wrote the rules on transgender and gender diverse inclusion at live music venues ordered out of a women’s bathroom at popular Fitzroy nightclub.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he’s not worried by news that three European countries have temporarily suspended the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after reports of blood clots in a handful of people who received doses from the same ba...

Sydney University’s choice of Mark Scott as vice-chancellor is bold. But it could be exactly what the sector needs

Only one in 200 Australians has received a first-dose vaccination against COVID-19. Our top health official says it is not a race, but it is.

Victoria Police’s fixated threat assessment centre is the first line of defence against people who are obsessed by the perceived wrongs done to them. It’s designed to stop them making headlines.

A woman who killed her mother in a frenzied and unprovoked stabbing attack has been jailed for at least 16 years and two months.

In this episode, we look at new Virgin Australia boss Jayne Hrdlicka, who’s taken on the job at the worst time in aviation history.

Police alleged in court on Friday that the South Australian man Jake Hurkmans was completing the drugs transfer at sea when the boat was intercepted at Port Botany, south of Sydney.

Two men linked to the Mongols motorcycle gang will appear in court on Friday following a lengthy police investigation.

The 27-year-old South Australian man had his bail formally refused in a court appearance in Sydney on Friday.

Efforts to halt the decline of koalas in the wild in NSW became a little clearer this week

Mark Scott will leave the NSW Department of Education to become vice-chancellor of Sydney University, despite his lack of academic background.

Pending no new cases, the date will mark the first time since the pandemic began that Australia will have achieved nationwide elimination of COVID-19.

A 59-year-old Queensland man will face court today after police investigated reports linked to children in the Philippines. 

It comes after two Liberal candidates were spotted dining with an influential businessman at a Chinese New Year function.

Stuck in their home town and with money to churn, Perth diners are ravenous for a next-level epicurean experience.

The chief executive of RSPCA NSW said the organisation had “never seen” that number of fighting birds before.

Doctors should hold off clamping the umbilical cords for premature babies to help give them the best chance to thrive in their critical first days of life, a major investigation shows.

If the Liberals fail to renew, it will ensure that its path of self-destruction continues indefinitely.