Queensland's state government has committed to a funding boost for more social and affordable lodgings to tackle the housing crisis.

Echuca residents are hoping a newly constructed levee will save hundreds of homes from inundation today as waters rise, while Kerang locals have been told to evacuate. The Bureau of Meteorology has warned that more rain is on the way for already sodd...

Eve was only eight weeks old when Chris Stapleton realised his newest little dog was something special.

The federal government is likely to introduce legislation to force restaurants to identify seafood's country of origin on menus.

Sydney residents are fuming after a neighbour asked council to install a no parking sign.

The South Australian government passed laws allowing stores to open two hours earlier on Sundays.

Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp has declined to comment on the resignation of the council’s chief executive, who quit on Wednesday – just 90 minutes after Capp denied he was doing so.

An Adelaide boy has faced court on terror offences.

The boss of an under-resourced hospital in Western Victoria has accused the Health Department of trying to gag him after speaking out.

There is an eerie and tense feeling in Echuca, where residents know the river is coming for this beautiful port town, and yet are powerless to stop its eventuality.

Echuca and Moama residents face an anxious few days, with two rain fronts forecast in the next week.

Devastated Maribyrnong residents have been dealt another blow just days after floods ravaged their homes, saying scammers attempted to take their recovery funding.

Derryn Hinch is deeply disappointed after finding his campaign van defaced in Melbourne today.

Up to 59,000 students sat the Mathematics Advanced, Standard 1, Standard 2 and Extension Maths exams on Thursday. Experts described the papers as being controversy free.

Bankstown Labor MP and frontbencher Tania Mihailuk has sensationally quit the party, insisting that its decision to allow her arch nemesis to run for parliament is proof that the ALP is still plagued by corruption and is not ready to govern.

As a community fights to save a heritage-listed state school next to the Gabba, architects recall what happened to the little church and cemetery beside Suncorp Stadium.

The toll increase for Australia’s largest motorway project will hit motorists just months before the NSW election.

Former Brisbane Broncos player Jamil Hopoate has been sentenced to three years and nine months jail for his role in a drug ring.

A senior doctor at Melbourne's Alfred Hospital is calling on the premier to provide further funding to the top trauma facility.

Ex-prosecutor Simon Luebbers has been jailed for sexual offending against a woman and a child.