Rosie Wallis has been renting her entire adult life and, like many renters, she has felt neglected — politically — in a nation that tends to focus on home buyers. 

A coroner finds any further actions by authorities were "unlikely" to have stopped Rowan Baxter murdering his estranged partner Hannah Clarke and their children.

Australian Office of Financial Management CEO Rob Nicholl says a decade of record-low interest rates and money-printing programs across the world is coming to an end and the impact will be major.

The Federal Court has fined Origin Energy for breaching its obligations to customers experiencing hardship and payment difficulties, with the total penalty the largest ever imposed for breaches of the national energy retail law and rules. ...

An unscheduled Capitol riots hearing is sparking a lot of questions. What key evidence could push criminal charges against Donald Trump a step closer?

Rain is expected up and down the east coast as "odd" dry season rain streams in from the Top End, but forecasters say there's no way to know exactly where the heaviest falls will be.

A Tasmanian pensioner is fined for slapping her neighbour's eight-year-old child, with a court hearing the boy now suffers nightmares and difficulty sleeping.

Australia is a diverse and complex country, but if we use census data to turn it into 100 dots, it can tell us a lot about who we are and how we're changing. 

Two years after Austria's last coal plant was shut down, the government has decided to reopen it, fearing a shortage of gas deliveries from Russia as the war in Ukraine shows no signs of abating.

A damaging cycle of abuse within the Australian Defence Force is likely to continue without a "circuit breaker", the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has been told.

COVID restrictions have eased and lockdowns have lifted, but an Adelaide epidemiologist is wary of talk of a "post-COVID" world, especially at a time when reinfections are on the rise.

Annie Farmer, Sarah Ransome and Elizabeth Stein tell reporters the sentencing is a "big victory" and pay tribute to all survivors, as Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyer takes aim at Jeffrey Epstein.

Kelly is one of the most prominent figures tried on sex charges during the #MeToo movement, with accusations dating back decades.

Beijing says the new rules are designed to make coronavirus restrictions more "scientific and precise" while the country sticks with its COVID-zero principle.

Residents of the southern city of Mykolaiv are urged to leave after missiles hit residential areas, killing and wounding civilians.

A landmark report outlines the path to multiple treaty agreements between the Northern Territory government and Indigenous people across the territory.

A man has faced court after about $50,000 worth of donated goods allegedly stolen from the Foodbank SA warehouse were found in the boot of his car.

Police say more people are expected to be charged in the coming months over their involvement in the slaying of Mahmoud "Brownie" Ahmad.

Professor Peter Coaldrake says his review reveals a culture of public servants paying a high price for providing frank and fearless advice.

An inquiry into John Barilaro's appointment to a plum New York-based trade job hears the former NSW deputy premier's office asked if a change to the recruitment process was possible.

A council in Perth's wealthy western suburbs has voted to charge residents for permits to place play equipment on their verges in a move slammed by the local government minister as "absolute madness".

The hospital supervisor of a notorious paedophile who worked in a children's ward has tearfully told an inquiry she was aware of him hugging young patients — but that it was "accepted by all staff" and in her opinion at the time something ...

A third man who drove the truck is also expected to be charged, but remains in hospital.

Australia's Foreign Minister, Senator Penny Wong's signal comes after after hundreds of NGOs called on her to take stronger action by imposing targeted sanctions, among a suite of other measures.

Six Sri Lankan wickets fall, including two in successive Mitch Swepson deliveries after lunch, as Australia enjoys a strong first day with the ball in Galle. Follow the score live.