Calls to increase JobSeeker, as a growing number of Victorians approach homelessness services citing financial stress as the main reason for seeking support.

The 53-year-old Queensland resident was refused entry at the border earlier in the day.

Fully vaccinated Melburnians will be able to meet outdoors with one other household under eased restrictions from Saturday.

The Australian Turf Club wants thousands of fully vaccinated people at The Everest next month, with a proposal for an exemption to the state’s COVID-19 rules presented to the NSW crisis cabinet.

People travelling for essential work, healthcare or to attend a vaccination appointment will be allowed in the CBD, but will have to carry ID and proof of their reason for travel.

Independent experts warn the state’s transport agency failed to adequately assess the risks posed to groundwater, creeks and seawater.

Jim Betts said during a property developer forum that industry members and key stakeholders need to “lay down the inflammatory rhetoric” and focus on change.

The Tamil asylum seeker family at the centre of a protracted immigration dispute will be allowed to remain in the community in Perth for another three months while their latest legal battle plays out in court.

Plans for Australia to develop a nuclear submarine fleet will reignite an old debate over the value of a domestic nuclear power industry.

Our democracy is now relatively uninformed about the  implications of all things nuclear, including these submarines.

The decision to keep the maintenance in South Australia is a blow to the McGowan government’s three-year campaign to move the work to WA.

Two Sydney men travelled the world in luxury. Now they face potential life sentences over drugs charges with millions in property in authorities’ sights.

Tony Ditri was last seen on August 27 at a local rubbish tip before he vanished. A neighbouring farmer has since been charged with his murder.

We ask subscribers to the Greater Good newsletter to show us some of the things that have made them smile over the past week.

A suppression order over a high-profile Melbourne rape case has been revoked in court, meaning it can now be revealed another man who boasted he “tag-teamed” the victim was jailed over the sexual assault.

The city of Lismore only just emerged from stay-at-home orders but will be plunged back into lockdown and residents stopped from entering Queensland under the border bubble.

The coroner has found a balcony that collapsed, killing two women, during a Tupperware Christmas party in 2017 was poorly maintained and failed to comply with industry standards.

Internationally renowned air quality expert Lidia Morawska has been recognised in Time’s annual 100 most influential people list for her work highlighting how COVID-19 is spread.

Reaching a key vaccination milestone has prompted tweaks to the restrictions in Victoria’s capital.

It will be alleged all those involved are the members of the Brisbane Sikh Temple in nearby Eight Mile Plains.

Today on Please Explain, North America correspondent Matthew Knott joins Nathanael Cooper to look at the new alliance.

The death toll from the Delta outbreak continues to grow, with another 12 fatalities. Two regions - Lismore and Albury - are going back into lockdown from 6pm as the state recorded 1351 new COVID-19 cases.

Australia and its allies announced a major new security deal this morning to share advanced technologies including nuclear submarine technology. Thousands of NSW Health staff are yet to be vaccinated ahead of their deadline, while Victoria has eased ...

Police found the boys who were abducted two hours after triggering an amber alert.

It amounts to dramatic loss of sovereignty, writes the former Australian prime minister.

Residents at public housing estates in Waterloo and Redfern say they are anxious as COVID-19 spreads among the city’s most vulnerable.

Two men, aged 36 and 38, landed in Sydney on Wednesday night and were later charged over their alleged involvement in importing drugs with an estimated street value of $150 million.

Police were called to Richard Pusey’s address following reports of a noise complaint about 4.15am on Wednesday. 

For a start we should stop talking down to people who haven’t embraced the restrictions and weren’t first in line for the needle. Being double vaccinated makes you sensible not superior.

Time-lapse footage has detailed the operation to dismantle the much-maligned 1960s building floor-by-floor.

People identified as close contacts of COVID cases will be required to use a new check-in system to ensure they are obeying rules in home quarantine.

As nations jockey for power, the geopolitical map is being redrawn. Where does Australia fit? And who are our friends in this new world?

Once university management and former auditor of Australian universities, Dr Michael Tomlinson knows the difficulty of ‘herding’ academic opinion but sees increasing value in them.

Four student service areas are under a cloud as the university descends Times Higher Education’s latest rankings in a further sign of depleted outcomes.

Highly motivated, well organised and well funded, a group of independents pose a real risk to the future of the Morrison government.

Forget China. Former Labor senator Sam Dastyari has made it big in Singapore.

Proposed legislation would remove an exemption that allows religious organisations, including schools, to discriminate against employees on the grounds of sexuality and gender identity.

Teachers are campaigning for a wage rise of five per cent beyond the government’s cap, and say low wages are putting people off a career in classrooms.

Doctors are warning that Sydneysiders are delaying crucial screening and blood tests as the city’s lockdown keeps people away from regular checkups and medical appointments.

The alarmingly low rates have sparked concern from Australian Open organisers as the Andrews government discusses mandatory COVID-19 shots for major event workers.

Public jobs, funded by taxpayers, should not be granted by politicians but advertised and decided on merit after a fair contest between candidates.

When I nominated, I was quietly told: “They are out for blood.” The message was clear: contest this and we’ll destroy you. But Labor has a way to fix its broken preselection system.

Melbourne’s sixth coronavirus lockdown could be eased on Thursday to allow small outdoor gatherings and a slight relaxation of restrictions as the city marches towards a 70 per cent first-dose vaccination target.

Australia’s housing investment-led economic recovery is unsustainable. Australia’s current investment pattern is pear shaped.

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

University of Queensland-led researchers have discovered that some volcanoes “lie” about where their lava comes from, providing a clue on how to predict future eruptions.

Broken rail causes havoc, US tanker smashes open North-West Passage and Rudolf Hess stars in a James Bond tale.

Forty years ago, Victoria Street, Potts Point - Sydney’s Montmartre - was a sad crumbling site, being demolished by “wilful neglect”.

And don’t skip that Yakety Sax!

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton has announced public transport will be suspended for six hours on Saturday to deter people from attending an anti-lockdown rally. Meanwhile, the curfew for the 12 local government areas of concern in Sy...