The federal government's landmark climate bill passes parliament with the help of the Greens, Jacqui Lambie Network and David Pocock.

The parliament backs a push by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare to delay the national election to 2024, after the Pacific Games.

The teenager charged with dangerous driving over a crash in Buxton that claimed five lives is denied bail as a court hears he twice had his licence suspended for speeding.

Mark Dreyfus is seeking urgent advice after the opposition questioned whether his investment in an equities fund with connections to a litigation funder breached the ministerial code of conduct.

Police say a man and woman were stabbed near Flinders Street around 5pm. Neither are believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries.

The Reserve Bank governor says he remains "committed to doing what is necessary" to prevent the "scourge" of high inflation, but offers hints that the pace of rate rises might soon slow.

A four-day manhunt comes to an end in Canada, with both suspects dead following multiple stabbings in the province of Saskatchewan.

America's mega-drought is revealing natural wonders unseen in decades. But their return from the watery depths heralds a deepening crisis.

It took the jury just under an hour to reach a unanimous verdict in the manslaughter trial of Madeleine Joan Lewin after three days of graphic evidence.

A breast cancer charity has condemned "disgraceful" and "unpalatable" comments made by Toowoomba deputy mayor Geoff McDonald at a fundraising ball while he was emcee.

The US accuses Russia of forcibly deporting between 900,000 and 1.6 million Ukrainians, including children, to isolated parts of Russia. 

The court hears David Charles Edgerley said several "peculiar things" after the attack, including claiming Victor Graveson had raped one of his relatives, and that he was part of the royal family.

The NSW Environment Protection Authority will set targets and limits on emissions to help the state get to net zero by 2050.

Authorities release CCTV footage showing the red Ford hatchback veering into another lane moments before it collided with a pregnant woman exiting her car on Sydney Road last month.

The pressure on teachers right now is intense, with research suggesting almost 60 per cent are considering leaving the profession. But are ex-teachers who've made the leap thriving in their post-classroom lives?

Google says Apple should ditch SMS, but its suggested alternative has its own issues.

Sylvia Chou was looking forward to a comfortable retirement before she fell victim to an online investment scam, that she said her bank NAB should have stopped. 

Reunions of families divided between North and South Korea should resume soon, a minister urges, before it's too late for older generations.

A source says the former White House strategist, who is awaiting conviction on contempt charges over the January 6 investigation, plans to turn himself in on Thursday. 

 A Las Vegas-area public official is arrested over the fatal stabbing of a journalist who reported extensively upon a county office "mired in turmoil and internal dissension".

Despite a law change to protect buyers almost a year ago, investors are still having contracts for off-the-plan apartments rescinded across Canberra.

A Victorian man accused of unintentionally killing his ex-partner's son in a tree-felling incident initially told police he thought he was "doing the right thing" when he chopped the tree down, a court hears.

The Nullarbor Plain has a reputation for being flat and featureless, but 3D satellite images reveal there is much more to this ancient landscape than meets the eye.

An Adelaide Hills dad says one of his children was reduced to tears when his family awoke to find the cubby house his sons had spent weeks constructing on a nearby empty reserve being demolished by a council excavator.

Toyota comes last for the second year in a row in a report from Greenpeace, which ranks the largest 10 global car makers on their climate change performance.