In the middle of the night, in the remote Indian Ocean a boat begins to sink. What follows is a remarkable tale of an unlikely sea rescue carried out by Australian authorities.

Australia's big four banks announce interest rate rises after the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted the cash rate to its highest level in more than a decade.  

The odds of the Reserve Bank lifting interest rates in November have fallen sharply after the latest consumer price index (CPI) came in lower than expected. News figures from the ABS show show headline inflation jumped to 4 per cent in the y...

After a rare leadership ballot for the Greens, the NSW senator becomes the sixth leader in the party's history.

Stawell Gift winner Olufemi Komolafe has been suspended from competing for 12 months following a positive drug test.

If things go as expected tonight, Nathan Cleary may have to accept his first Dally M Medal from his hospital bed. Follow live as the NRL and NRLW's best are crowned in Sydney.

The NSW Independent Planning Commission approves plans that will allow Hunter Valley Operations to continue coal mining at a site near Singleton until 2045.

As NDIS participants brace for cuts to community supports from tomorrow, documents show the agency running the scheme has been slashing packages overall.

The incident briefly raised concerns about a possible hijacking and prompted Israel to scramble warplanes, but it is now believed to be caused by a fight between pilots.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has delivered findings on four of the six ongoing investigations into conflict investigations at Sydney Airport in recent months. 

The father of a young woman with anorexia nervosa has implored the state government to adopt a coroner’s recommendations for improved eating disorder services to spare other families the same grief.

Several prison officers have been suspended as investigators probe whether prisoners paid to access the units.

In 2016, Newcastle hit rock bottom in a season where they won just one game. Ten years later, one more win can deliver them a premiership.

SA Police are looking to identify individuals behind social media accounts and their "level of organisation" after videos emerged of public fights along Adelaide's metropolitan beaches on Tuesday.

Crowds have been cleared and heavy machinery moved in as authorities begin removing a 13-metre long whale carcass that washed up at City Beach on Monday.

Photographs of possessions, blood-stained bedding and clothing found in a skip bin have been shown to jurors in the trial of Beau Lamarre-Condon.

Electric cars have become mainstream in the past decade, making up one in four new car sales.

Lawyers for federal MP Luke Gosling say they will write to Sophie Callan SC urging the newly appointed prosecutor to withdraw assault charges relating to an incident involving Northern Territory Administrator David Connolly.

Alexander Robert Macdonald, who shot a man to steal his identity in the 1990s while committing dozens of bank robberies, has been sentenced for more historical offences.

Alan Kohler, one of the most influential journalists Australia has ever produced, will retire at the end of the year.

The man, whose name was suppressed, was accused of covertly collecting information about a Canberra Buddhist association on behalf of a foreign principal.

A teenage boy and two men have been charged over the mistaken-identity shooting of university student Marco Tapia in Sydney's south-west earlier this month.

Fiji Police have confirmed another 12.9 kilograms of cocaine stored at a high court evidence room is missing, bringing the total to more than 52kg of cocaine now unaccounted-for.   

It took just a few hours for the jury to reach a guilty verdict in Flynn's murder trial after two weeks of evidence, including the testimony of his mistress, AI-generated love songs and thousands of text messages. 

Each year, people around the world vote on an online poll for their favourite bear in Alaska's Katmai National Park as the fuzzy fellows bulk up for winter hibernation.