The Reserve Bank increases interest rates for the first time in more than 11 years, with a 25-basis-point hike taking the cash rate target to 0.35 per cent.

You know you're in extraordinary times when Philip Lowe is calling a press conference. And the politicians weren't far behind, trying to spin the bad news, writes Brett Worthington.

The Commonwealth Bank is the first major bank to announce an increase in mortgage rates, matching the RBA's 25-basis-point increase.

A leaked bombshell document suggests the US Supreme Court could soon vote to overturn a landmark ruling that grants Americans the constitutional right to an abortion. Here's what we know. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shrugs off reports that there have been multiple attempts on his life during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Heavy fighting is taking place in Luhansk and shelling from Russian forces is so intense bodies of the dead can't be recovered.

Fiji's High Court has ruled in favour of a bid by the United States government and Fijian authorities to seize a Russian-owned superyacht.

The Prime Minister says households are prepared to deal with the first increase to interest rates in more than a decade, but Labor says his government is not doing enough to ease cost-of-living pressures.

An elite soldier tells a court he has no direct knowledge of who shot a dog during an incident in Afghanistan in 2012, despite it being included in his outline of evidence.

Melissa Caddick's mansion in Sydney's eastern suburbs will go under the hammer as liquidators attempt to recoup the $23 million she swindled out of investors through her Ponzi scheme. 

Bandali Debs has testified against his former friend Jason Roberts, detailing the moments when two Victoria police officers were murdered in 1998.

Australia is going to face an "insurability crisis" in under a decade as climate change forces insurance premiums to "skyrocket", a report from the Climate Council warns.

Victoria's election-year budget will pile on debt to fix the state's beleaguered health system and continue to pump money into education and transport, all while it attempts to claw back a modest surplus in just four years.

Acting AFL chief executive Kylie Rogers issues an apology to female and non-binary umpires after a report detailed a culture of sexual harassment, misogyny and spectator abuse.

The day before she vanished in 1986, Sharon Fulton told her friend her life was in danger, but she did not have the confidence to leave her husband, an inquest is told.

Poor planning, a narrow industry base of FIFO workers, cyclones, heat and dust. Many obstacles stand in the way of the Deputy PM's dream of a Newcastle-sized city in the Pilbara, says an academic.

Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes buys shares in coal-powered energy company AGL, vowing to create "a better future" that moves towards "decarbonisation".

Scott White, the man responsible for the notorious Sydney murder of American mathematician Scott Johnson more than three decades ago, is jailed for 12 years — but a Supreme Court justice stops short of calling the killing a gay-hate cri...

The EU is set to propose a new package of sanctions this week, including a potential embargo on buying Russian oil —  a measure that would deprive Moscow of a large revenue stream — but that has so far divided EU countries ...

Prosecutors have been ordered to hand over police statements and body-worn footage of the police shooting of an Indigenous man who has been charged with assaulting officers. 

The Northern Territory government has allocated $60 million to bury more of Darwin's overhead power lines, in a bid to future-proof the city from natural disasters. 

Paul Brooks has been driving a taxi for more than two decades, a role where he's sometimes confronted with passengers at their lowest points. But like in many in forward-facing industries, he hasn't had any formal training in mental health. ...

A cancer-surviving amputee athlete has run 104 marathons in as many days, using a carbon-fibre prosthesis to help her cross the finish line.

After years of pandemic upheaval, the year's biggest night in fashion is back in New York, with a colour-changing dress, a bit of a wardrobe malfunction, and even an engagement. Here's what happened on the red carpet.

A mother increasingly frantic over what was happening to her daughter at a Tasmanian hospital says she called a child safety service because she did not know who else to turn to.