Police believe missing four-year-old Cleo Smith was snatched by an opportunistic offender as they work to eliminate from the investigation more than 110 people who were camping nearby at the time.

Analysis by the federal Parliamentary Budget Office found that $38 billion in JobKeeper payments went to employers that did not suffer sustained downturns below threshold levels.

While Australians put their money on horses today, Scott Morrison had a wager of his own: An each-way bet that $20 billion in technological investments will either fix the climate crisis, or at least convince other nations Australia is doing...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been called a liar by French President Emmanuel Macron while on the international stage. But did Mr Morrison mislead the French over his intentions on the submarine deal, or was the arrangement already dead...

Despite never winning beyond 2,400m going into the race, Verry Elleegant has secured the biggest win of her career with Melbourne Cup glory at Flemington.

Queensland Health is trying to track down 175 people who went to a pop-up vaccine clinic last month after realising six of them may have accidentally been given ultra-low Pfizer doses. Follow live.

Markets are betting the Reserve Bank will be forced to lift interest rates sooner than expected in order to contain higher inflation, despite a slow pick-up in wages.

The NSW government announces significant changes to the state's COVID-19 roadmap, bringing forward new freedoms for fully vaccinated people and delaying privileges for those who've shunned the jab.

High vaccination rates mean NSW's COVID-19 roadmap is changing again — here's what you'll be able to do if you've had both jabs, and how long you'll have to wait if you haven't.

A man who made it through WA's hard border to see his sick mother commends the WA Government for wanting to keep people safe, but says he's shocked at the process he had to go through to make it home to Perth. 

Lawyers for environmental advocates question whether the federal government fast-tracked an agreement to provide funding to a gas company in a bid to hinder legal action challenging the grant.

Elon Musk, the world's richest person, says he will donate $US6 billion to the UN's initiative to address world hunger if the global body can meet his terms around transparency and accounting.

Rust assistant director David Halls releases a statement to the New York Post,  saying he is shocked and saddened by the October 21 death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in New Mexico and the industry must "reevaluate its values and p...

An Adelaide medical researcher who has developed and been administered with his own COVID-19 vaccine says he is facing the sack because of his refusal to get one of the TGA-approved jabs.

Trick or treaters across Hobart on Sunday saw an eerie sight in the evening sky that mirrored the spooky streets below. But the answer to what caused the strange clouds is fairly straightforward.

Two teenage girls charged with plotting to kill a teacher had also discussed burning down the school in the weeks leading up to the attack, a Perth court is told.

The federal government is relying on carbon capture and storage to help it meet its 2050 emissions targets – a trial proposed on Queensland's Western Downs could decide whether that plan will work.

The CEO of Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital reveals 133 staff have refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and have been forced to take leave. Meanwhile, dozens of anti-mandatory vaccination protesters rally in the CBD.

More than 100 leaders representing more than 85 per cent of the world's forests agree to end logging but environmental activists are calling for swifter action.

Anti-racism and LGBTQIA+ campaigners reject a Toowoomba councillor's calls to remove children's books discussing discrimination from library shelves.

With CBDs bearing the brunt of restrictions and working from home arrangements during the pandemic, experts say they may look different in the future.

Fully vaccinated Australian citizens and permanent residents no longer need an exemption to travel abroad. But what is it going to look like?

As international flights resume in other parts of the nation, West Australians are having to be patient, but the rumblings of discontent with the state's hard border stance are growing, writes Andrea Mayes.

A warrant is issued for the arrest of a Barossa Valley woman after the "sovereign citizen" fails to appear in court for a second time.

A Santa hire business has copped a near 80 per cent drop in bookings as Queensland's COVID restrictions cast a pall over the holiday season.