Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe says he understands concerns about rapid house price growth, but it's helping household wealth to grow.

A Melbourne family mourns the loss of 46-year-old man Martin 'Marty' Blight, as Victoria records 445 new local infections concentrated in Melbourne's north and west.

A staff member at a public health call centre in a Sydney hotspot area says people in isolation after testing positive for COVID are being trapped at home for weeks after the standard 14-day period because of paperwork delays.

Former attorney-general Christian Porter tells federal parliament anonymous donors have covered some of the legal fees he racked up during his defamation case against the ABC, and says he has no way of finding out who they are.

Australian researchers say they've opened the path to a new generation of batteries that could allow an electric vehicle to drive from Melbourne to Sydney on a single charge.

A Federal Court judge says he is "concerned" by Federal Resources and Water Minister Keith Pitt's handling of a $21 million grant agreement with a gas company eyeing the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin.

Gladys Berejiklian's meeting with 12 mayors from Sydney's COVID hotspots becomes "a little bit heated" when the topic turns to discrimination.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says the roadmap will outline what the next few months will look like and when restrictions can ease across the state. Follow live.

Health officials say it is too early to tell if the drop in COVID-19 case numbers means NSW is over the worst of the Delta outbreak, after the state recorded 1,127 new infections.

The ACT will remain in lockdown for another four weeks amid persistent new case numbers in the community.

A girl sick with COVID-19 is flown to Adelaide for treatment, accompanied by her mother, who also has the virus.

The vaccination gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians has worsened despite recent efforts to urgently vaccinate remote indigenous communities threatened by the Delta outbreak.

The highlight of the fashion year returns with stars switching out their sweatpants for elaborate and sometimes outlandish outfits.

A genetics company secures funding to create an "elephant-mammoth hybrid", saying its technology has the potential to bring back ancient extinct species and restore damaged or lost ecosystems.

Labor hopeful Tu Le is told not to be deterred from politics, after her candidacy was derailed by senior Labor figure Kristina Keneally being parachuted into her electorate.

The fallout over the destruction of Western Australia's Juukan Gorge rock shelters is being felt at another mine in Queensland, where a group of Indigenous elders is trying to stop the proposed excavation around a sacred site.

Hopes of additional WA tickets have been dashed after the Western Bulldogs fans quickly snapped up the 12,000 AFL grand final tickets allocated to them.

Social media giants must do more to eliminate fake accounts and political parties must establish an online code of conduct, a multi-party Victorian parliamentary inquiry recommends, warning harassment of journalists represents a threat to de...

Putting up with bullying has always been a feature of political journalism, but something has changed recently which is making political bullying far more insidious and increasingly challenging to bear, writes Leigh Sales.

Two months and eight surgeries later, great white shark attack survivor Joe Hoffman is on a long road to recovery after his near-fatal encounter on the Mid North Coast. 

After years of lobbying, Medicare will soon partly fund repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to treat severe depression. But existing patients won't see a cent. 

An incident in her 20s, when she was groomed by a much older boss, still haunts her. She is now 33, but what has changed since then? And what is likely to change in the near future?

With no-one around to do the plucking on his pick-your-own farm, Anthony Sarks's crop looked bound for the back paddock. But he simply couldn't bring himself to waste the fruit.

Emma Raducanu is an instant millionaire after her stunning US Open win, but her rapid emergence, youth and background are all leading sports marketers to predict much bigger off-court earnings. 

While rising house prices are pushing home ownership out of reach for younger generations, paying down a mortgage is a growing problem for those at the other end of the property ladder. As more people retire with mortgage debt, using superan...