There are fresh calls for Australia's biggest corporations to rein in record profits in order to provide low wage earners with some cost-of-living relief.

For all the drills, the warnings, the threats and militaristic propaganda Beijing issued over Nancy Pelosi's visit, Xi Jinping now looks like a bit of a paper tiger, writes Bill Birtles.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praises Taiwan as one of the freest societies of the world, while China summons the US ambassador to Beijing to protest against her visit to Taiwan.

Former AFL champion Eddie Betts has accused those behind an Adelaide Crows preseason training camp of cultural insensitivities, prompting the AFL Players' Association to express its concern about the controversial trip. 

The third cold front in as many days sweeps across Western Australia's south coast, bringing a swell of more than seven metres, and wind gusts topping 80 kilometres per hour at Albany.

A woman who fatally injured a pedestrian with her car in the Adelaide Hills later told police she had drunk two sixpacks of beer before getting behind the wheel.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has addressed Australian universities, calling on Australians to debunk the "myths from the Russian propaganda machine".

A bill to write the government's climate target into law is set to be passed, as the Greens decide to back the bill, giving the government enough votes to pass the legislation.

The man charged with killing German backpacker Simone Strobel in 2005 is accused of suffocating her, a Sydney court hears. His lawyer says the case against him is "non-existent".

Lucky homeowners in postcode 2515 in the northern Illawarra are invited to electrify their suburb with subsidies for solar panels, batteries, electric cooking, heating and to lease an electric car.

As the economic outlook became more uncertain, lenders are competing harder for new customers, providing a good opportunity for home buyers with large deposits and owners who have paid off a sizeable portion of their property.

Following a breakthrough in the Somerton Man case, we asked you to put your burning questions to the experts. Here's what they had to say.

InfoWars host Alex Jones has a tense courtroom interaction with the parents of a six-year-old who was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in the US, which he had called a hoax.

Layla was only in year 8 when she found herself on the streets. It was an incident she does not want to detail that prompted her to seek a different path — to a place where she now helps other young people in Tasmania.

Five men accused of smuggling 1.2 tonnes of methamphetamine into Australia in late 2017 also imported ice into the country months beforehand, their trial hears.

At-risk children from six months old to under five years of age will be offered COVID-19 vaccines next month. Here's what parents need to know about bookings and dosages. 

The price tag for removing a former floating restaurant from Brisbane's Bicentennial Bikeway after it was damaged in the 2022 floods is revealed to be nearly $4 million.

Investment NSW CEO Amy Brown is being grilled for a second time at a parliamentary inquiry into the appointment of former deputy premier John Barilaro as the state's senior trade and investment commissioner to the Americas.

Premier Dominic Perrottet reveals Stuart Ayres has resigned after a review into the former deputy premier's controversial appointment to an US trade role.

In the three decades the Reserve Bank has been targeting inflation, it has never been tested by prices rising in unison like this. Is it up to the task, asks Peter Martin. 

Zach Meier pleads guilty to the manslaughter of a baby girl at a home in Girrawheen, after the charge  was downgraded from murder.

Gleny Rae, an Alice Springs-based music teacher and musician, is now questioning why she remains in the town after her car was stolen along with her beloved 1935 German-made Roth violin she's had for decades. 

Steve Lyons was born without legs and says the vehicle gives him autonomy and independence. He is pushing to have legislation regarding these types of devices changed in NSW to help others like him.

Despite challenges to overcome like passenger perceptions around safety and the weight of batteries, aviation insiders believe Australians may be flying short distances on electric planes by 2024.

The fee to access two of the main islands of the Komodo National Park rises to $364, a jump that local workers say will scare off tourists and see their incomes dry up.