The electricity market operator takes the extraordinary step of suspending the spot market for wholesale electricity. AEMO chief executive Daniel Westerman says suspending the market will simplify operations of the electricity market.

Electricity generators have been labelled "greedy" and "opportunistic" by a small power company, in a blistering attack on the industry.

The national minimum wage will be increased by 5.2 per cent, while those on award rates will see a 4.6 per cent rise. But because inflation is at 5.1 per cent, the wage hike means less to some workers. 

The raw fear is that if uncontrollable inflation is at the root of this downturn, it's anyone's guess as to when the bulk of the selling will be over, writes David Taylor.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong will travel to New Zealand and Solomon Islands this week to discuss climate change and regional security, in her third visit to the Pacific since being sworn in last month. 

Labor's Fiona Phillips will retain her seat after the commission found there were no grounds to allow the Liberal challenger's request.

Consumer group CHOICE is referring Kmart, Bunnings and The Good Guys to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner over their use of facial recognition technology.

The Nadesalingams thanked Anthony Albanese in person for his government's decision to allow them to return to Biloela as they continue their campaign for permanent residency.

Myanmar scholarship recipients must return home on completion of their studies in Australia, but senior academics say there is a risk they could be tortured if sent back.

Kitty Chiller, the former Olympian and chief executive of Gymnastics Australia — and now deputy CEO of the National Sports Tribunal — is sanctioned by an international gymnastics body. 

Australians continue to tentatively return to overseas travel, but only one demographic has come anywhere near its pre-pandemic peak.

Billionaire businessman James Packer is set to exit Crown Resorts, with the Federal Court approving Blackstone's takeover of the troubled casino operator.

A former police officer tells the murder trial of Chris Dawson he did not deliberately discard evidence from people he interviewed about possible sightings of Lynette Dawson after she went missing. 

The hourly minimum wage will be lifted to $21.38 from July, a 5.2 per cent increase, after the cost of living increased dramatically.

K-pop stars BTS will take a hiatus to work on solo projects, but the band members were in tears during the surprise announcement

The World Health Organization will officially rename monkeypox amid concerns over stigma and racism around the "discriminatory" name of the virus.

Record flooding and rockslides from days of unprecedented heavy rain have prompted the rare closure of all five entrances to the United States' Yellowstone National Park. 

While the SA government has already begun investigating ways to ban the "Nazi hate symbol", Sarah Game has developed her own bill to prohibit the public display of the swastika in all but very limited circumstances.

An old lead and zinc mine on the west coast of Tasmania could become home to "Australia's largest emerging, 100 per cent renewable energy bitcoin mine".

Astronomers discover a supermassive black hole that gobbles up the equivalent of one Earth every second.

The world game is set to witness nothing short of a revolution and it means the rollercoaster experience of a shootout with a spot in the World Cup on the line is set to be not for Australia, but for others. 

Rish Shah says it took him "a long time growing up to kind of accept that it's cool to be Indian or Pakistani or South Asian in general". Disney+'s new series Ms. Marvel could change that for generations to come.

The New York Court of Appeals said a writ of habeas corpus is intended to protect the liberty of human beings and does not apply to a non-human animal like Happy the elephant.

The Lamarckdromia beagle is cute, great at camouflage and has a special talent — it makes its own hats from sea sponges.

Hong Kong's famed Jumbo Floating Restaurant is no more, with the giant tourist attraction being towed from Aberdeen Harbour, making it the latest victim of the COVID pandemic.