The Reserve Bank of Australia has lifted the cash rate by 0.5 percentage points for the second month in a row.

Sydney's wet weather is expected to ease tomorrow as heavy rain moves north — but the flooding crisis engulfing parts of the city's north west and south west will likely linger for several days.

The Labor government has a plan to increase the share of renewable energy in the grid to 82 per cent by 2030, but many experts and investors say reaching that will not be possible without a major upgrade of the poles and wires that transport...

We've just been hit with the third cash rate hike in three months. Here's what it all means. 

Four men and eight women, aged 19 to 64, are expected to be charged with murder today, months after the girl's parents were arrested for the same charge.

As the federal Opposition claims the new Prime Minister's international travel is neglecting his domestic duties, Anthony Albanese says his trips are necessary and that what happens overseas affects Australians at home.

A cargo ship and its 21 crew will spend a second stormy night strand off Sydney, after several rescue attempts failed this week.

A court is told former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson allegedly used an "engineered window of quiet seclusion" to dispose of his murdered wife's body after four separate plans to leave her failed.

As Australia passes 10,000 deaths from COVID-19, there are renewed calls for a fourth vaccination to be available to more people.

Shoalhaven Council says it will be several weeks before dozens of Kangaroo Valley residents can leave their home by car after floodwaters washed away their only access road.

A 31-year-old and a 30-year-old, both from Gracemere, have been charged with one count each of grievous bodily harm.

Scores of travellers were left in the lurch earlier this week after Jetstar ushered them off their flight home, put them on a ferry and left them to fend for themselves in a packed-out Queensland tourist town.

From the remote town leading the nation on housework to the "man-drought" in our wealthiest suburbs, few datasets shine a light on our neighbourhoods quite like the census. See what's happening in yours.

A victim-survivor who was abused by notorious paedophile James Griffin tells the commission of inquiry that when she finally built up the courage to go to police, they told her they "couldn't charge a dead person".

From a big warehouse on the Gold Coast, Adam Gilmour is busy building rockets. His company is one of the startups dominating Australia's small but growing space sector.

Interest rates have just risen, again. But do you understand why? Here's everything you need to know. 

Soaring vegetable prices could be here to stay for some time, with the New South Wales flood crisis just the latest in a round of hits driving grocery bills sky-high.

The 12.4C daily maximum temperature is second only to July 27, 2000, when the mercury topped out at 12C. 

Dougie Hampson died hours after leaving a Western NSW hospital. Now his family wants the Attorney-General to help them get answers.

Sydney commuters will face further rail delays with trains operating at 60 per cent capacity for the rest of the week.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced a cash rate increase of 50 basis points as it seeks to curb inflation — as it happened.

Russian troops dominate the last free city in a key Ukrainian region and eye other targets, while negotiations over the Black Sea ramp up, are among today's developments in the war.

The Zimbabwean Reserve Bank announces plans to sell gold coins as a more secure store of value as inflation rockets to nearly 200 per cent. 

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka extends school closures because there isn't enough fuel for teachers and parents to get children to classrooms, while the Energy Minister appeals to expatriates to send money home.

Lawyers representing Amber Heard file a motion calling for a judge to throw out the verdict against her, arguing the evidence does not paint Johnny Depp as innocent.