The federal government is gearing up for a sweeping expansion of the industrial relations system, Labor is looking to develop a new national cultural policy and the debate over the robo-debt royal commission continues.

The week in photos from our award winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age.

Sydney Shaquille O'Neal fans have queued for hours for a meet and greet with the basketball icon.

Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro has been charged over an alleged assault of a cameraman in Sydney.

A funeral has been held for an innocent Sydney hairdresser who was killed in a gangland shooting.

A Sydney father who repeatedly shot his son-in-law has been jailed for a maximum of seven and a half years.

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

Photojournalist John Donegan has led a team of photographers on a quest to take the photo of every citizen in Nathalia and the surrounding district, culminating in a photographic exhibition at the GRAIN Store in Nathalia running from August 28 - Nove...

Dozens of residents have been left homeless after a fire tore through a Tweed Heads unit.

Australians are being warned problems with the travel industry including lost baggage and flight delays could last until Christmas.

Queensland researchers working with NASA believe they're a step closer to unlocking the history of Mars after making a startling discovery on the red planet

A Queensland man suspected of threatening a primary school is behind bars for allegedly possessing several weapons.

Being a foreign correspondent is a wonderful privilege and huge fun. But the job is often not as glamorous as it sounds.

Samantha Azzopardi was arrested on Monday after pretending to be an abused French teenager living in Sydney, prompting a multi-agency nine-hour search.

David Knoff’s team had nearly come to the end of their year in Antarctica when the knock-on effects of the pandemic hit.

Olympic medallist Nathan Baggaley says his barrister was "not properly instructed" during an appeal hearing against his conviction over a drug smuggling plot.

A nurse who assessed Aishwarya Aswath on the night of her death at a Perth hospital felt she couldn’t say no to being redirected to other urgent duties.

The NSW transport minister has warned Sydney's train strike chaos could drag on for months.

The inquiry was prompted by shortcomings in Shandee Blackburn’s case and the Queensland Police Service requesting hundreds of rape cases to be retested by the lab, run by Queensland Health. 

A scientist and a tech genius want to bring back the thylacine. They have “crazy money”. But scientists have tried this before - and last time it ended in acrimony and allegations of sabotage.