The Reserve Bank raises interest rates for the fifth month in a row, causing the sharpest increase in borrowing costs for nearly three decades.

The AFL confirms it has sold its television broadcast rights for the next seven years to Channel Seven and Foxtel for an "unprecedented" figure of $4.5 billion.

Devoted Judith Durham fans gather at Melbourne's Hamer Hall to bid a final farewell to the lead singer of The Seekers, after her death last month aged 79.

The government says it is the largest indexation increase to allowance payments in more than 30 years.

Boris Johnson gives his last speech as British prime minister, urging his Conservative colleagues to get behind their choice to replace him, Liz Truss. 

Police have found the body of the 23-year-old Canberra man in Kosciuszko National Park after an extensive search.

A coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker has heard a use of force expert concluded Constable Zachary Rolfe had a "tendency to rush into situations". 

Jed Danahay, from Nanango in southern Queensland, was killed in the town of Izyum while working as a combat medic on the frontline.

Crossbench senator Tammy Tyrrell says being a politician is "the strangest experience" as she vows to represent "normal people" in her first speech to parliament.

Police charge a third man over the death of Youssef Assoum eight years ago, with two brothers now accused of his murder.

The Solomon Islands government slams an Australian offer to fund national elections next year, calling it an "assault" on its democracy and an attempt at foreign interference.

A US official says Russia is suffering from severe supply shortages in Ukraine because of export controls and sanctions, and will likely purchase additional equipment from North Korea in the future. 

A new report says Australia and the US are indirectly importing supplies of Russian oil via Asian refineries, inadvertently helping to finance Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.

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Hundreds are injured, at least 16 other people are missing and 50,000 are having to temporarily move into tents after the magnitude-6.8 quake shook China's south-west.

A former Coalition staffer who claimed she was abused while working for the former government has released details of her settlement, as she writes to the new parliament.

A war of words erupts between two NSW MPs, after one accused the another of getting "paralytically drunk" in the parliament bar, before trying to drive home. 

A jury is waiting for final instructions before retiring to consider its verdict in a case described as "bizarre" by the barrister defending a woman accused of helping to kidnap a Brisbane schoolteacher who later died on a motorway in nor...

Lynda Genser lost $100,000 in the worst year of her addiction. She says limits on opening hours could have an immediate effect in reducing harm.

Typhoon Hinnamnor grazes the island of Jeju and hits the mainland near the port city of Busan leaving thousands without electricity.

A troubled Perth teenager who tried to kill a "trusted" teacher told the victim she had "a good surprise" for her before lunging at her with a 32-centimetre knife, the Perth Children's Court is told. 

Older residents have been left hungry for alternatives after one third of the state's local governments ditched Meals on Wheels. 

World champion Magnus Carlsen mysteriously abandons a $500,000 chess tournament, prompting frenzied speculation as to why.

Police in Canada say a suspect in the stabbing deaths of 10 people has been found dead, but his brother — the other suspect — is still on the run.

The Italian festival is in full swing with everyone from resurgent Hollywood star Brendan Fraser to pop star Harry Styles kicking up excitement.