The Reserve Bank boss delivers a combination of good news and bad news for workers who have mortgages in his latest message on inflation, wages and interest rates.

A Perth family of four who have been stranded in the Simpson Desert in the South Australian outback since late last week have been rescued by police. 

In a scathing letter to staff, the executive director of the NT's largest hospital has announced all non-urgent surgeries this week will be postponed and visitors banned from the facilities.

Maddie and Ethan were due to marry in March and looked forward to starting a family. But in February, Ethan was killed at a rail crossing which had no lights or boom gates.

Police are searching directly below the second-storey balcony at William Tyrrell's foster grandmother's home on the NSW Mid-North Coast, where the three-year-old was last seen seven years ago.

For seven years, the case of the missing boy dressed in a Spider Man costume has confounded the state's top detectives. This week, there is renewed hope of a resolution.

The COVID-19 outbreak among the Indigenous population in Moree, in regional NSW, leaves Queensland watching with trepidation.

Tensions between the US and China are simmering. But one of the few areas Joe Biden and Xi Jinping agree on is that letting relations deteriorate further would be a mistake of historic proportions, writes Kathryn Diss. 

The head of Russia's space agency is due to meet with NASA representatives over the incident, which put International Space Station astronauts on alert. 

Wes Herring says his boy, 10, "busted his rear end" helping him get their livestock ready for the trip. But despite being assured their path was clear, they were turned back, 360km from home.

The Northern Territory records nine new cases of coronavirus overnight, bringing the total number of cases in the Katherine and Robinson River outbreak announced yesterday to 11.

Emergency crews are working to evacuate about 2,000 people from flood-prone areas of central west NSW town Forbes ahead of major flooding. But not everyone is willing to go.

The debate over who is the 'GOAT' in men's tennis has divided opinions for years, but 14-time major winner Sampras has no doubt that Novak Djokovic is the one.

Chinese President Xi Jinping tells US President Joe Biden his country will take "decisive measures" if "pro-Taiwan independence" forces cross a "red line," Chinese state media reports.

Katherine has been in and out of lockdown for two weeks, and now the remote Robinson River community is too. So how did it get to the point in the NT and what do we know about the latest COVID cluster?

A coronial inquest into the outbreak at St Basil's in Melbourne's north that led to the deaths of 50 people has heard a staff member who spread COVID to the facility was permitted to come to work after reporting flu-like symptoms. ...

Kyrgios claims he was taken out of context when he said he didn't think the season-opening major should go ahead, as he believes it's not "morally right" to allow unvaccinated players to enter Australia.

Provisions to exempt elected officials from declaring conflicts of interest if they are also a director on the 2032 Olympic Games organising committee presents corruption risks, the head of Queensland's corruption watchdog warns.

Elated families reunite across Queensland's airports today as COVID-19 restrictions ease in the state, but there are others waiting to drive across the border — still locked out and at the "end of their tether".

Australia's surging house prices are a big problem for people who don't already own one, or more. And, while most people agree something needs to be done to make housing more affordable, there's a big split about what the most effective solu...

The Socceroos will take on China in a massive World Cup qualification match in Sharjah overnight. Here's everything you need to know.

Have you ever thought about your name and whether there is a science behind it? Research shows that your name may impact job opportunities and even your circle of friends.

Fears of a Russian military attack on neighbouring Ukraine are growing amongst the international community, as the Kremlin continues its build-up of troops on the border.

Convicted paedophile and former international fugitive Charles Batham is sentenced to almost a decade behind bars for abusing two girls in Broome in WA's Kimberley, after fleeing Australia in 2011.

Police say the taxi explosion outside Liverpool Women and Children's Hospital was an act of terror, as the UK changes its threat level to severe, meaning an attack is "highly likely".