Overstated claims on some IVF clinic websites about a fertility test could cause healthy women to have unnecessary fertility treatment or lure others into a false sense of security, researchers say.

Greater Sydney has 165,000 businesses with a turnover of $50,000 a year or less. And yet a business has to earn at last $75,000 before it is eligible for the NSW government’s COVID grants.

Educators will be unable to access their calendars, remote learning resources and emails until the education department restores its systems, which could take until next week.

In an effort to stamp out underquoting, an outspoken group of real estate agents and buyer’s advocates are calling on the state government to make it compulsory to advertise reserve prices prior to auctions.

In an edited extract of her new book former Liberal MP Julia Banks told of being inappropriately touched by a male minister at an event in the prime minister’s wing. While some readers were speechless, others said they weren’t surprised. Banks wa...

NSW health authorities say they’re particularly concerned about three areas in south-west Sydney, Queensland hospital staff have been praised after exposing themselves to COVID-19 in order to save a patient’s life and today is the last day masks ...

After a week of lockdown, Yuly Sanchez says her family has gone a bit crazy but it’s nothing compared to what her family has faced in Peru.

Three local government areas have been highlighted as particular areas of concern this week with significant spreading of COVID-19 between households.

Varol Ak, who avoided jail, used most of the cash he stole to make mortgage repayments but the funds were repaid to Transport for NSW.

Police investigating the slaying of bikie boss Mick Hawi found an unrelated gun in a car park after a man was heard talking about it on a listening device.

A man and a woman have been arrested on the Central Coast after a man was shot in the leg on Sunday in what police believe was a targeted attack.

Neighbours who noticed the body of Tamworth woman Teah Luckwell lying just inside her front door have told a court distressing details about the presence of a small child.

Thomas More is often upheld as an example of moral courage, but the freedom of conscience he so valued for himself he was unwilling to extend to others.

His comments follow NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard saying Sydney may have to learn to live with the virus if people continued to flout lockdown rules.

Employees at a Sydney council were made to sign declarations that they weren’t supervising their children while working from home.

A Queensland man who stabbed a drunk German backpacker to death in a state of rage on a Brisbane road during an altercation has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment.

Today on Please Explain, senior writer Jacqueline Maley joins Nathanael Cooper to discuss the latest findings of poor behaviour in Australian courts.

The Collingwood star appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court on charges including driving while suspended and using a hand-held mobile phone.

A traditional police guard of honour is not possible due to COVID-19, but an alternative has been arranged for Senior Constable Dave Masters.

The attack has plunged the department’s systems into darkness for 21 hours, leaving teachers and principals without access to their email, coronavirus guidelines or online learning materials.

Perth’s housing rental market experienced its fastest rate of growth in almost 14 years, with a 21.6 per cent annual rise to $450 per week, according a new report.

The cases were the highest number of local cases recorded in a day in more than 14 months. Eleven had been in the community for their entire infectious period.

Anthony McCormick rushed from Canada to be by his mother’s side in a Brisbane hospital but was unable to get entry to Queensland before she died.

Leading virologists, including Australian Nobel laureate Professor Peter Doherty, have released a paper setting out their strongest case for COVID-19 emerging from an animal.

A Parramatta-based judge of the Federal Circuit Court sexually harassed two young women, according to a court inquiry that was initiated after one of the victims sought legal advice.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said on Thursday both cases were detected in home quarantine.

We have seen billions spent on major projects in Perth – from the New Museum Boola Bardip to Yagan Square and Elizabeth Quay. Why isn’t it working?

NSW Police say they were anonymously sent a photograph of a man they wish to speak to after a million-dollar reward was announced in May for information on the model’s 1994 disappearance.

In Western Australia’s highly competitive rental market landlords are refusing applications from Aboriginal tenants with stable incomes and clean rental records in what some call widespread discrimination.

Housing homeless people could save the state government millions of dollars and free up much-needed hospital beds in the public health system, new research has shown.

An economics professor writes on the high cost of locking down - and why it’s much cheaper than the alternative.

Sydney’s new, problem-plagued River-class ferries will be up to 18 months late amid ongoing safety concerns over a design fault.

Long-haul pilots have revealed on the airline’s internal communication system the anguish of a “seemingly endless stand-down” from international flying.

Australian scientists claim to have solved the mystery of an ancient red giant’s chemical makeup by inventing an entirely new way for a star to explode.

Too little, too late, Premier.

Nineteen spotted tree frogs will form a breeding population at Healesville Sanctuary, in a bid to save the critically endangered species.

Researchers can apply to use the cutting-edge satellite, which can see through cloud and smoke and has already been used to map bushfires and floods.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

Umbrellas up for grabs, the rise and fall in the cost of underwear and new judge seeks justice for women.

Move over Eddie Everywhere, Jane Halton has done it again.

A safe injecting service would ensure that a city recovery also means supporting vulnerable people who often see drugs as the only answer.

While Richard Pusey’s conduct shocked Victoria, introducing a new offence of “outraging public decency” may criminalise conduct in a way that infringes civil liberties and human rights.

Nothing like a positive negative.

Research looked at whether having a dog or a cat was more beneficial to people during pandemic lockdowns, with data suggesting a clear winner.

The Minister for Indigenous Australians’ claim that voters are not ready to support a Voice to Parliament for First Nations People, enshrined in the constitution, ignores the outpouring of public support.

For the first time in NSW masks will be common in schools amid concern about the contagious Delta variant, while concerns flare about the HSC

Fairfield, Canterbury-Bankstown and Liverpool have been singled out as major areas of concern for health officials, although testing rates remain much lower than in the east.

Politicians use the myth that Australians “love a bet” to justify being captured by Crown Casino and gaming.

Australian Grand Prix chief Andrew Westacott has warned the Victorian government it should not take for granted its contract to host the event, after the state cancelled the 2021 race.

New documents, released by the Andrews government to a parliamentary committee, show 69 full-time inspectors were employed in June 2015, but that number dropped to just 56 in March.