Former gangland cop Stuart Bateson is accused of disclosing to a junior officer that IBAC was probing allegations police improperly influenced an investigation.

Investment banking giant Macquarie Group is at the centre of a probe by the corporate regulator into the $1.8bn float of data analytics firm Nuix.

All of Victoria’s latest coronavirus cases are linked to known outbreaks and include three children connected to the West Melbourne outbreak

A coalition of disability groups is demanding a “total reset” in the way the federal government engages over changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Quarantine will be an essential tool to keep Australians safe after the border fully reopens. So our decision-makers need to start putting in longer-term plans to deal with increased numbers of international arrivals.

Daniel Taylor, the son of Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim, is suing The Sunday Telegraph for defamation over a series of stories titled “Inside the House of Ibrahim”.

The youngest daughter of a Tamil family detained on Christmas Island has been medically evacuated to a Perth hospital, supporters of the family say.

A NSW Liberal MP is breaking ranks with the state government over its plans for the Sydney Harbour Bridge cycleway by siding with residents who say new designs are a rehash of those rejected in the past.

Mr Roberts-Smith’s barrister indicated that he will seek the largest aggravated damages payout in Australian history.

Canberra and parts of NSW that don’t see snow every year could experience falls this week as a polar blast moves north.

A pilot program relaxing outdoor drinking and dining rules for the state’s hospitality businesses to help drive them out of the COVID-19 slump is set to become permanent later this year.

The prime minister has urged Victoria to end its lockdown as soon as possible after nine new cases were detected. Follow our live coronavirus coverage.

After a stroll in 2020 lockdown with a pregnant friend, Levita D’Souza has been studying how dads have bonded with babies whose heartbeats they never got to hear.

Labor and national security experts have called for swift action to plug holes at Australia’s borders following “disturbing” revelations about Qantas.

While accepting that we have a lot of work to do to halt this outbreak, we needn’t despair over what has occurred in Victoria.

The death of convicted killer Garry Dubois, who was expected to appear at the new inquest into the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub fire bombing where 15 people died, will not delay the inquest start on Monday.

An analysis is under way to determine if the measure is necessary after a man who had the virus but tested negative before leaving quarantine later returned strong PCR results.

Peter Severin, Commissioner of the state’s prison system since 2012, will step down at the end of July.

The boyfriend of a Queensland mother-of-four probably choked her during a fight, which led to fatal swelling on her brain, Queensland’s deputy coroner has concluded.

The Victorian Ombudsman is probing the Andrews government amid allegations it is failing to alleviate worsening truck traffic in Melbourne’s inner-west caused by a new toll road, the $6.7 billion West Gate Tunnel.

Half a billion dollars of state and federal cash has been allocated to the construction of a new bridge over the Hawkesbury River in Richmond.

Today on Please Explain, senior economics writer Jessica Irvine joins Nathanael Cooper to help navigate the complexities of tax deductions.

Despite the 51-year-old saying last month her plan to travel to Tokyo could mean the Pfizer vaccination would be recommended, her jab on Monday raised some eyebrows.

Gladys Berejiklian has suggested states should receive doses of the COVID-19 vaccine based on their population sizes.

Bitter defamation battle between warring exes over claims of sex addiction delayed for several months after Victoria’s lockdown causes trial to be adjourned.

Victorian authorities say the spread of the highly-infectious Delta coronavirus strain could extend the state’s stay-at-home orders, Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith is set to have his day in court and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have ...

An empty shop, a sore tooth and cooking traditions renewed on chilly days.

The barrister for the former special forces soldier has opened the defamation case in the Federal Court in Sydney saying his client was a victim of “tall poppy syndrome”.

The 74-year-old was also due to testify at next week’s inquest into Brisbane’s 1973 Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub firebombing.

Blackburne’s latest luxury development in Claremont features several penthouses, a golf simulator, poolside private dining, and a rooftop cocktail bar with panoramic views.

Temperatures will suddenly plummet in Queensland’s south-eastern corner and central parts of the state.

A conversation about what risk the nation is prepared to live with is coming but can this government do it with the honesty and complexity required?

Incidents last year included one in which an abusive stranger entered an online Google Classroom session and attempted to engage in what was described as concerning sexual behaviour.

Victoria’s top public health advisers will over the next few days make a crucial judgement call on whether it is likely that the Delta variant is spreading undetected in the state.

Tensions between the ABC and the government have once again boiled over, despite Scott Morrison’s intentions to steer well clear of the ABC controversies his predecessors delighted in stoking.

The consumer watchdog says Australians lost a record $851 million due to scams last year, up 34 per cent on 2019. They fear the real total is much higher.

Motorway giant Transurban has signalled it is open to working with the NSW government to reform Sydney’s huge toll road system.

Australia needs to revise its legislation around research into early human life, to reflect new international recommendations and allow crucial breakthroughs to happen.

A top silk has warned that two Sydney councillors under investigation by the corruption watchdog could plunge their council into administration.

Members of the Coalition’s two parties trade barbs about strategy of purchasing website domains bearing the names of political opponents.

The complete and utter failure of the privatised, deregulation, free-market approach to aged care has again been highlighted.

Australian human rights barrister Jennifer Robinson is helping an Australian citizen seek UN intervention to discover the fate of his brothers.

The wife of the Treasurer is celebrating a major work promotion.

Trivia buffs: test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz and target.

Construction was far from complete when Darlinghurst Gaol took in its first prisoners, 180 years ago.

Navy helicopters have lifted four survivors of a light plane crash to safety.

Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond has paid $5.3 million for Paddington’s Savill Galleries.

Touching on his own father’s “painful and difficult” experience, Logan MP Linus Power asked party members at Labor’s state conference not to pressure MPs ahead of a vote on voluntary assisted dying laws.

Lights out for evicted predators.

Follow along on our free live blog as Melbourne enters the second week of the latest COVID-19 lockdown.