Rents are forecast to continue to rise, as international borders reopen and overseas students, tourists and immigrants return, fuelling demand in markets where supply is already tight.

The United States has warned China not to send military aid to Russia, Scott Morrison has suggested tax relief should be prioritised over cutting the petrol and diesel excise and the NSW floods clean-up continues.

Follow the action live from day four of the second Test as Australia take on Pakistan in Karachi.

The conflict in Ukraine is sparking debate over whether the world is on the cusp of another boom in the prices of natural resources.

Residents have raised concerns about poor living conditions at the boarding house, which was engulfed by flames in the early hours of Tuesday.

The decade-long bull market in US technology stocks appears over with the US Federal Reserve expected to lift interest rates this week, crimping demand for the big-name tech darlings.

Child protection workers who engage with some of the state’s most at-risk youth participated in snap walk-outs on Tuesday.

Ethical investors have been blamed for preventing the west from building up their fossil-fuel supplies and ridiculed for missing out on soaring commodity prices.

A NSW watchdog that undertook to review a crucial federal Liberal candidate’s electoral disclosure has determined the integrity of it isn’t its responsibility.

The critical finding by the original court remains and will be influential.

The court loss by children seeking to force the federal Environment Minister to consider their future welfare will not slow a global wave of climate lawfare.

Exchange-traded funds have become the investment vehicle of choice for millennials, but it is important to know what you are buying before you take the plunge.

Australian teachers report spending 4.1 hours a week on general administrative work, compared with the OECD average of 2.7 hours.

The federal government has a number of home-ownership schemes available to encourage first-home buyers to get a foot on the property ladder.

It may be one of the traditions of the game but the message out of the AFL is they do not want people to storm the field.

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday night that China was not a party to the crisis. “Nor does it want the sanctions to affect China.”

Kicking off his party’s election campaign in Perth, Scott Morrison avoided criticising the popular Premier, even heaping praise on his handling of the pandemic.

Nick Kyrgios has notched his first win over a top-10 opponent in more than two years and is one win away from an Indian Wells quarter-final after beating Casper Ruud.

Supply chain shortages are expected to worsen in coming months, adding to cost of living pressures as consumers expect interest rates to rise.

In the wake of Constable Zachary Rolfe’s murder acquittal, long-serving MP Warren Snowdon says remote policing procedures need to be reviewed and Aboriginal leaders heard.

Melbourne will be missing premiership players Harrison Petty, Michael Hibberd and Trent Rivers against the Bulldogs.

Melbourne are now the hunted after their drought breaking premiership while the Bulldogs have named Lachie Hunter ahead of Wednesday night’s grand final rematch.

Everything from flowers and cans of beer to jars of Vegemite have been left next to the statue of the recently deceased cricketing great outside the MCG.

Friends of Reservoir teenager Declan Cutler have been threatened and taunted on social media since Sunday’s fatal attack, with one person posting “your next [sic]“.

Mr Lawler alleges he was misled by reporter Caro Meldrum-Hanna about the content of the program before he participated in interviews in 2015.

Sue Chrysanthou, SC, who routinely acts in high-profile defamation cases, says the government’s anti-trolling bill is misconceived and risks leaving victims worse off.

Paddy McCartin is poised to play his first AFL game in almost four years, with Sydney coach John Longmire confirming the ex-St Kilda star will feature in Saturday’s season-opening derby at Accor Stadium.

Researchers from QIMR Berghofer have uncovered another piece of the genetic puzzle for melanoma, finding a genetic overlap between the deadly cancer and autoimmune conditions.

Truck driver Brendon Paul Lidgard is facing a judge-alone NSW District Court trial after the fatal crash at a Hume Highway rest stop in Menangle in July 2020.

Everything you need to know to find a winner at the mid-week meeting on the Kensington track.

The deeper end will have to wait as Lees wants to see the four-year-old back up that impressive debut in the Impending @ Darley Handicap (1400m).

Australia and New Zealand’s COVID strategies have pushed them down in the minds of those we want to impress.

An accident left him paraplegic at 13, but Bill went on to live a full life until his health began to fail. Dying on his own terms was his final request.

The Waratahs have to rely on a lightly-used halfback to replace injured captain Jake Gordon, and they have a coach with a good grip on that particular challenge.

Darlinghurst’s Film Club shut its doors and gave away its stock at the weekend, but owner Ben Kenny says a new chapter awaits.

Tariq Sims misses out on a spot in the St George Illawarra squad for a second week, while George Burgess looks set to play his first NRL game in 910 days.

Things continue to go perfectly for Best Of Bordeaux as trainer Kacy Fogden and breeder Gerry Harvey share the Golden Slipper dream.

Lending to highly-indebted home buyers and those with skinny deposits rose in the December quarter.

The inquest into the death of Brisbane bus driver Manmeet Sharma in a 2016 arson attack switches to driver safety.

The All-Star Mile has been clouded in further intrigue, following 11th-hour changes to the field and a fascinating barrier draw.

Since becoming RBA governor in 2016, Philip Lowe has not talked about inflation psychology. That’s all changed amid fears we could talk up higher prices.

Australian consumers having turned from confident to apprehensive in the space of a week and rapidly increasing prices at the bowser is the culprit.

The WA government is resisting calls to allow more small businesses to shop around for cheaper power until it solves the trickiest problem of tenants in shopping centres having a choice.

Suburban-style traffic jams are becoming increasingly common in growing parts of regional Victoria; a sign that spending on roads is not keeping ace with population growth.

A new theatre work suggests we need to demand compassion and empathy from our leaders.

The operation involved an employee at Fordow cooperating with Israeli spies in exchange for cash and digital currency, the state news agency said.

Scott Morrison has tried to weaponise Anthony Albanese’s weight loss against him, citing it as evidence his Labor opponent is an inauthentic shape-shifter.

Anjali Sharma was one of a group of eight Australian students who took the federal government to court to owed them a duty of care to protect them from climate change.

Apartment residents who successfully challenged a contract that earned a developer an extra $310,000 hope they have set a precedent.

Levels of segregation and security unseen in Australian sport are likely to be required to prevent any violent clashes between Celtic and Rangers fans at the ‘Sydney Super Cup’ later this year.