Power bill arrears are on the rise as families struggle with the spiralling cost of living and social services groups want action from the government.

NATO has warned Russia there will be “far-reaching consequences” if it uses chemical weapons in Ukraine, Australia’s top vaccine advisory group is expected to announce a winter coronavirus jab for people aged 65 and over today, and China wants ...

A 40-year-old Spotswood man has been arrested after two graves were disturbed and skulls were allegedly stolen from a Melbourne cemetery earlier this year.

School Strike 4 Climate protest outside the Prime Minister’s residence in Sydney.

The weather bureau warned of damaging winds and heavy rainfall on Friday. More showers were expected.

Thousands of staff from about 150 hospitals, including Royal Prince Alfred, Westmead, Royal North Shore and Bankstown, plan to strike on March 31.

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Earlier, another member of the climate activist group climbed on top of a cargo train as part of the same protest.

The former St George Illawarra player told a court he has attended yearly seminars on consent and understands that men need to be self-aware and accountable.

Tasmania Police say Shayla Phillips, 4, has been safely located in bushland near Stormlea and taken to hospital for a medical assessment.

Thunderstorm alerts have been issued for parts of Sydney, Wollongong and the Northern Rivers as two weather systems combine to bring heavy rain and flood warnings.

International travellers will no longer need to show a negative COVID-19 test before flying into Australia and a two-year ban on cruise vessels entering the country will be lifted.

The Brisbane Supreme Court is juggling more than 10 separate vaccine mandate challenges.

Organisers estimate almost 2000 people attended Sydney’s School Strike 4 Climate rally out the front of Kirribilli House on Friday, one of 36 held around the country on a global day of action.

Those hoping to suppress political expression might be advised to remember spectacular misfires by Barbra Streisand and Margaret Thatcher.

A teacher responsible for child protection at a Melbourne Christian college has been suspended after she sent private messages to a colleague who has now pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two students.

Why is the fourth dose needed for over 65s? Will all other age groups require a fourth dose? And do you still need a second booster if you’ve already had COVID-19? We ask the experts.

Some people baked bread or wrote during the pandemic lockdown. Scientist Tim Flannery cleared up the origins of some of Australia’s most iconic species.

The world is watching what’s happening in Ukraine with horror. And in many cases, the TV cameramen risking their lives to get that footage are Australian.

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath said the state recorded 9730 cases of COVID-19 on Friday but it was too early to predict exactly when the wave would peak.

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Thousands of free RATs will be distributed across regional and remote WA, as state again tops 8000 new cases and announces two more people to die with COVID.

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A visit to the ‘happiest place on earth’ with your kids can serve as a fun reminder of the times you had there as a child.

Queensland Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said the state was now well into its second Omicron wave with the number of infections increasing by 54 per cent in the past two weeks. 

The bodies of three people were found in the charred shell of a car on the side of a highway in Melbourne’s south-east.

Victoria’s Supreme Court awarded damages to the two Gippsland farmers for noise and the wind farm’s ‘high-handed’ conduct. It was a decision the duo’s lawyer says “will send shivers down the spine of corporate Australia”.

Council clean-up crews were still working their way through thousands of streets in the 129 flood-affected suburbs in Brisbane.

The explosion happened about 5.30pm on Thursday at Jacaranda Avenue in Kingston, south of Brisbane, when the man moved a bucket in the front yard of a home, police said. 

Assistant Defence Minister and former SAS captain Andrew Hastie has told the Federal Court that it was a persistent rumour among soldiers that Ben Roberts-Smith had kicked an Afghan prisoner off a cliff.

Tens of thousands of students missed school last week amid a resurgence of COVID-19 across the state, as head office staff were called in to replace sick teachers and some schools reinstated restrictions.

Despite an expensive private education and working at Rio Tinto, Schwartz found himself inside Silverwater jail charged with importing cocaine - twice.

The aftermath of Kumanjayi Walker and Zachary Rolfe’s fatal confrontation in Yuendumu raises serious questions about the justice system in Australia.

It is a nasty calculus indeed. If Ukraine stays on the defensive, its civilians will die in large numbers. If it goes on the offensive, large numbers of its soldiers will die.

Older Australians and people at the highest risk of severe disease will be able to get a fourth coronavirus vaccine ahead of winter and an expected surge in COVID-19 and flu cases.

Lachlan Griffiths’ disappearance has been linked by police to the investigation into a Coopers Plains business, where another man’s body was found encased in concrete.

The map in question was published by media outlets on Tuesday and was sent to WAtoday on Tuesday afternoon by WA Police along with larger maps of the whole Perth metro region and the south west of the state.

The male driver of the bus escaped uninjured but was taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for mandatory blood and alcohol testing.

The rise of working from home on Fridays is threatening the city’s bustling food scene, as workers fuel themselves with fridge leftovers rather than the traditional end-of-week long lunch.

The Russian program on ethnic community radio station 3ZZZ regularly espoused Putin’s disinformation as recently as last week.

Such a decision could draw Australia into a retaliatory American cyber assault on Vladimir Putin’s regime, drawing Australia directly into any confrontation.

There is no surprise Clive Palmer’s United Australian Party is the number one political carpet bomber on Facebook over the past 90 days

A Fox Sports’ reporter learnt the hard way that an employer can sack you for behaviour that damages the brand, even if it is outside work hours.

The most over-funded schools were Loreto Kirribilli, St Aloysius College and St Augustine’s College, which each got more than twice what they were due.

The Health Services Union may campaign against Labor heading into the May election if it is not convinced of the party’s preparedness to fund the aged care sector.

The crisis in regional NSW hospitals has worsened after a senior health official declared an “internal emergency” at one hospital, warning it faces closure.

Such wisdom for Ash to go while the going is good and give herself time to bask in the sun of her achievements. A pity some of her wisdom does not rub off on our pollies who are looking ever more grimaced and desperate as they look to the next electi...

Friday’s protest outside the Prime Minister’s residence is one of 36 being held across the country and more than 600 across the world.

Minister refuses to override decision, no time for tours and detective robbed by “Pussyfoot”.

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