A bookkeeper with a passion for fast cars stole $3.8 million from her employers and attributed her crimes to her alternate personality, “Witchie”.

Russia has been suspended from the United Nations human rights body, and Australia’s big four banks have signalled that interest rates will be hiked repeatedly in the six months following the election.

As Jensen left school in Frankston South on Friday, the eight-year-old and his mother Rebecca May had more to celebrate than just the end of term one.

Sydney residents are being urged to reconsider any weekend and holiday plans in flood-affected areas, as some homes and businesses mop up from their second flood in as many months.

Sydney has just passed its mean annual rainfall of 1213mm - and it’s only April.

The week in photos from the award-winning SMH and AFR photographers.

Alan Joyce angered passengers by saying they contributed to long queues by not removing laptops and aerosols at security. Chronic airport shortages meant several security lanes were closed.

You might notice a shift from Monday as we move away from a practice followed since our earliest days.

Craig Kelly was talking with supporters at Fawkner Park in South Yarra, when a woman approached him and cracked an egg on his head and then threw another at him. 

The jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her mother was shown a video of the crime scene including open cupboards and drawers in a Sydney home.

Even Mark McGowan’s own lawyer tore Attorney-General John Quigley’s evidence apart, describing it as “outright silly”.

Melbourne faces a fresh rental housing crisis with properties in scarce supply for tenants in some areas of the city.

Attitudes to work by younger colleagues could not be more different to those of their predecessors, especially the ones portrayed in two recent TV series.

The trailblazing feminist discusses life after a long marriage, the importance of funerals – and dancing to Daddy Cool at her 80th.

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When the sun does shine in Sydney, it shines brighter than anywhere else. And it will again.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Australia must acquire more missiles with greater range and better launch platforms to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

A music writer who covered every Big Day Out between 1994 and 2014 pays tribute to the festival’s founder, who died this week.

Media outlets defending the suit brought against them by the war veteran say he and four of his proposed witnesses appear to have colluded about their evidence. His lawyers say the allegation is baseless.

Jeremy Rockliff will replace Peter Gutwein as Tasmanian Premier, with Michael Ferguson to serve as his deputy.

Dr Roger Munro, 72, will be sentenced in Brisbane District Court in May or June, ending a five-year legal saga.

The government should unwind the controversial multibillion-dollar rail entity due to ongoing hits to the state budget, a parliamentary inquiry has found.

David Elliott has attacked ministerial colleague Geoff Lee over his call for Commonwealth funding for the second stage of the Parramatta light rail project.

From workshops to festivals, movies to comedy shows, there’s plenty to do these school holidays. Gather the family, rug up and explore the extraordinary places and events Melbourne has to offer.

Henry Huggins was just one of the many unsung forensic heroes who help identify the guilty men - and sometimes, the innocent ones.

Yassr Elyatim started flipping camel burgers in Lakemba for Ramadan more than 10 years ago. Dozens of stalls followed suit, thousands of people visited, and now the annual 30-day street festival transforms Haldon Street into a food bazaar.

Mr Dawson, 73, has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife Lynette on Sydney’s northern beaches in January 1982. He was charged in 2018.

New information shows police are investigating whether the brutal attack that killed the 16-year-old boy was a case of mistaken identity.

Flights between Perth and Bali resumed on Friday morning, with a Jetstar plane carrying the first plane-load of West Australians to the popular holiday island for the first time in two years. 

Twenty army Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles, including two ambulance variants, will be sent, Defence Minister Peter Dutton announced on Friday morning.

As Russian diplomats tweet vicious lies from their embassy in Canberra, the Irish remind us of a word they gave to the world in 1880: boycott.

The young cadres aren’t the only ones angry at the way the Liberal Party in NSW has picked its candidates.

The pandemic gave us work-from-home, longer hours and other questionable “conveniences”.

On-time running plunged to 71 per cent last month as the city’s rail network laboured under severe weather conditions, COVID-19 staff shortages and the fallout from a 24-hour shutdown.

Experts say there is no evidence these new strains will evade vaccines or cause more severe illness.

Ever since the 2014 state election, the Andrews government has milked a huge amount of mileage out of having a foe to bounce off in Canberra.

Surely one thing we could learn from recent disastrous weather events is that we need an improved, nationwide approach to planning which includes future-proofing for flooding and bushfires.

Black Sea fleet dispute, tortoise ferries beat JetCat hares, and the snack attack card.

40 years ago, the Herald joined dedicated railway enthusiasts for the first scheduled XPT service to Dubbo.

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

In a statement, West’s family confirmed the creator and promoter of the Big Day Out festival died peacefully in his sleep on Thursday. 

Passengers at Sydney Airport reported waiting up to two hours in queues on Thursday night, as footage showed long snaking queues for check-in and security.

Mischief management taken to the wall.

The Sutherland Shire has been hard hit overnight with evacuation warnings currently in place for suburbs across southern and south-western Sydney.

William Russell Pridgeon is a currently suspended Grafton GP and the founder of the Australian Anti-Paedophile Party.

The expansion at the hospital south-west of Brisbane will make it among the most prepared in the state to deal with the next pandemic.

If they could be released now, why not two years ago? The cruelty was the point. That their plight might deter others from coming to this country by boat.

“Why doesn’t the federal government help? These things are always supported, but they don’t show us the money,” said state MP Geoff Lee.

Prosecutors allege Jason Roberts and Bandali Debs were inside a car pulled over by Sergeant Gary Silk and Senior Rodney Constable Miller, and that they shot the officers. But Mr Roberts denies he was there.