Global warming is changing Australia’s weather for the worse and a new study shows for the first time this is the key driver of deadly bushfires.

There is a trope that Pacific nations are merely pawns in a global contest, but the Premier of Malaita has played a strong geopolitical game.

The week in photos from the award winning Sydney Morning Herald and Financial review photographers.

Hancock Prospecting Group posted one of the largest profit margins of a private company in the country with revenue up from $10.5 billion to $16.6 billion.

After Sam Kerr, Mary Fowler is close to the first name on the Matildas team sheet these days. As for where it appears ... well, that all depends.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Border restrictions mean some Western Australia-based players selected in the national draft will remain home until January to avoid the prospect of spending 14 days in quarantine.

Carlos Nuzman has been found guilty of corruption and other crimes. A former Rio governor and two other officials have also been sentenced.

The family of the man accused of murdering campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay has broken its silence to ask for privacy, saying they are “completely traumatised”.

The parents of Hoang Vinh Le took the child from Canberra and subsequently told authorities they gave him to a woman they met at a coffee shop and paid $200.

Victorian police will continue their search for the remains of missing campers after charges were laid over their disappearance as NSW moves towards the removal of masks, QR code check-ins and vaccination certificates and Australian support for stron...

From his Test debut as an 18-year-old tearaway, a Sydney first grade title in 2017, and Ashes and World Cup triumphs, Pat Cummins has hardly ever been captain, but has always been a leader.

Everything you need to know to find a winner on the 10-race Festival Stakes card.

The Reserve Bank, like all central banks, faces a tough trek back to “normal” interest rates. It won’t be a walk in the woods.

The Chief Health Officer told an inquest had he not ordered the entire St Basil’s workforce be stood down last year, there would likely have been “substantially more infections and possibly deaths of residents” at the aged care home.

It is now quite likely that Tim Paine will not play any part in Australia’s defence of the urn this season and may have worn the baggy green for the final time.

On another dramatic Friday for the game, Cricket Australia unveiled Pat Cummins as the country’s 47th male Test captain and Steve Smith’s return to an official posting.

The PM took a hammering this week when at least seven Coalition members turned against him, but he will have good reason to thank some of them if he wins the next election.

Mr Eren is the fifth senior Labor MP to announce he will not be seeking re-election in Victoria’s 2022 state election in the past 48 hours.

The Defence Minister has suggested China would not stop taking territory if it invaded Taiwan, warning acquiescence to or appeasement of aggression by Beijing could ultimately lead to the creation of a new regional order.

Filmmakers withdrew, patrons cancelled tickets and protesters massed as the BDS movement set its sights on the Melbourne Queer Film Festival.

Grant, the father of former NSW police minister Troy Grant, drank beer and wine before he ran over an acquaintance while driving from a Christmas party in 2019.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison called Liberal MP Bridget Archer into a meeting after she crossed the floor to vote for a federal corruption watchdog.

The Warwick Farm trainer has opened up about his philosophy on applying blinkers to horses before the Festival Stakes.

Cultural issues in the military have already come to the attention of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide as it pursues “accountability and compassion”.

Days after killing his girlfriend, Dennis French updated his Facebook status to “free as a f---ing bird”. Now, he’s been given a 10-year jail term for her death.

For aid workers in the Solomon Islands, the riots that have burnt down buildings and threatened to overthrow the government this week could not have come at a worse time.

The key midfielder has ruptured his ACL, and a further five Sydney players are set to miss Saturday’s A-League Men clash with Macarthur FC.

The Labor leader has denounced Scott Morrison’s ferocious attack on ICAC’s investigation into former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian.

A teenager has been arrested and charged with the alleged murder of Rene Latimore. 

Australian taxpayers will help fund the private sector to develop gas fields after the federal government warned of a looming shortfall in gas supplies.

The Californian artist brings his video, photography, sculpture, performance, and installations in nature, to Sydney.

Melbourne Storm prop Tui Kamikamica has been stood down after he was charged by Queensland Police over an alleged incident with a woman outside a Brisbane Hotel.

Alex Carey and Josh Inglis will have the chance to further press for an Ashes berth next week now that Tim Paine has taken a leave of absence.

Private and public health employees unvaccinated by December 15 cannot continue to work, due to the state government mandate.

The ruckman has always done things differently. And in leading the Demons to its first AFL flag in 57 years this September, that way of being has paid off.

Health Minister Greg Hunt said the country would not hesitate to block flights from South Africa if health experts are concerned about the new coronavirus variant.

By picking the former Test skipper as the side’s new deputy, Cricket Australia has wasted a great chance to develop another viable, long-term leader.

Heather B. Swann’s women confront their attackers in a contemporary response to Leda and the Swan.

A man who kept his deceased girlfriend’s body in their apartment room for three weeks before disposing of her in a bin has walked free after more than two years in custody.

The AFL rookie draft saw eight new players added to lists while the Adelaide Crows added a new face via the pre-season draft.

Households rushed back out to shops and restaurants in October as pandemic lockdowns came to an end and are expected to keep opening their wallets over the Christmas season.

The market says Luke McCarthy can sweep the opening night of Inter Dominion heats with King Of Swing, Expensive Ego and Spirit Of St Louis.

Champion driver Anthony Butt is ready to turn back the clock with Majestic Man in the Inter Dominion trotters heat at Menangle on Saturday night.

Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins says the findings of her review of workplace culture at Parliament House, due to go to government next week, might surprise some.

There’s no need to be embarrassed about watching this series from Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble.

With her book, My Body Keeps Your Secrets, Lucia Osborne-Crowley wants to help readers inhabit their own lives and real selves again.

Delayed by lockdown, this year’s jazz festival emphasises diversity.

Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp have cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction offerings.

The bestselling author’s new novel is full of hope for the future of humanity.