Anthony Albanese is set to meet Pacific leaders in Fiji as China steps up its push for a region-wide security deal.

From Wednesday, travellers will no longer need to declare their COVID-19 vaccination status.

Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and dozens have been rescued as floods hit Sydney again.

Residents in Sydney’s south and south-west have been told to leave their homes, while thousands more have been warned they might need to evacuate due to floods.

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

‘It’s what I love doing’: Vin McCaughey has been a member of Red Tag Fly Fishers’ Club for 60 years.

A group of Melburnians braved the pre-dawn chill on Sunday to pose nude inside and outside the State Library for a photo by Lauren Crooke, who aims to have the female figure desexualised in art.

The Victorian Auditor-General’s Office has settled a case brought by a former director who alleged the Auditor-General bullied her, worked her to breaking point and terminated her employment unlawfully at the height of the pandemic.

Thousands of people in low-lying areas around Sydney’s Hawkesbury-Nepean and Georges rivers are being asked to evacuate as an east coast low threatens to trigger the region’s third major flood within months.

The Melbourne demonstration at the State Library in Melbourne today. Other demonstrations are taking place across the country. Tens of thousands of furious supporters of abortion rights are protesting across Australia this weekend. The actions have b...

Announcing the expansion of Redcliffe Hospital, including 204 new beds, Yvette D’Ath said the state’s hospital system was being strained again with more than 500 COVID patients in hospitals.

The Queensland government could intervene after the Redlands mayor crashed into a tree while allegedly more than three times the legal limit.

The exhibition is selected from a national field of entries, reflecting the distinctive vision of Australia's aspiring and professional portrait photographers and the unique nature of their subjects.

Jodie Haydon experienced the perks of being Anthony Albanese’s partner last week, given a tour by the Queen of Spain. But she experienced the downsides too.

When it comes to income and mortgages, Sydney’s inner arc of suburbs would even put many global cities to shame.

Apartment hunters are voting with their wallets and buying from developers with trustworthy iCIRT ratings, part of reforms aimed at restoring confidence in construction.

Former treasurer Peter Costello once told the nation to have “one [baby] for Mum, one for Dad, and one for the country” when he launched the baby bonus. Those children are now starting to turn 18.

Almost three quarters of the more than 2000 Victorians who have died this year after contracting coronavirus had not received their third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Let children speak for themselves. They don’t need mums to intervene like a PR manager.

Nicholas Cowdery, QC, the longest-serving director of public prosecutions in Australian history, spent the best part of two decades up close to some of the nation’s most complex legal cases.