Australian Secret Intelligence Service director-general Paul Symon says individuals unhappy with "the trajectory of closed societies" are increasingly willing to "speak up and take risks".

In an unusual move, Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese endorses a 5.1 per cent increase to the minimum wage as inflation skyrockets.

The death of shame allows politicians to play both sides of a street, as we're increasingly seeing in the matter of Katherine Deves, writes Brett Worthington. 

A court hears 11 women will give evidence about inappropriate encounters they had with actor Craig McLachlan during performances, filming and behind the scenes. 

Climate change is being buried this election. So we asked some of Australia's leading climate scientists for their verdict on how the major parties' policies stack up.

Businesses in the marginal Liberal seats of Bass and Braddon want help getting people to the island. They also need somewhere to live.

A former elite soldier codenamed Person 11, called as a witness by Ben Roberts-Smith in his defamation case, rejects allegations the war veteran kicked an unarmed Afghan man over a cliff during a mission in 2012.

Police say they only found "a portion" of a cocaine shipment they estimate has a street value of $120m near the body of a diver on the banks of the Hunter River.

A three-year-old girl who was found unconscious after being left on a childcare bus in Central Queensland for six hours is reunited with her entire family at home.

Scott Morrison defends his hand-picked candidate for Warringah, Katherine Deves, saying gender-affirming surgery for young people is a "troubling" issue, after Ms Deves doubles down on her comments.

One party comes out well in front, according to the first investigation to analyse gambling-related political payments across all seven state and territory databases.

Katrina Munting tells Tasmania's commission of inquiry into child sexual abuse about how she sought a meeting with the then-education minister about abuse at the hands of a teacher — only to be refused 16 times. That minister is now Tasman...

Hundreds of aged care workers in Queensland and Western Australia walk off the job in a stand for better pay and work conditions, but South Australian aged care staff remained diligently at work after the Fair Work Commission put off their...

Disgraced officer Jayden Faure admitted to forming relationships with four different women, including a 15-year-old girl, after they sought police assistance.

NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner resigns from the role after delivering the 2022 budget this morning, saying the birth of his second child made him consider his future.

The Bureau of Meteorology says May rain records have already started to tumble, with more expected to be broken in coming days as Queensland's severe weather system develops.

Joe Biden says he is worried that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not have a way out of the Ukraine war, with the US President adding he was trying to figure out what to do about that. 

Vladimir Putin makes it clear in his Victory Day speech he will not relent in his war in Ukraine. But as young Russians fear for their future, he risks losing their ongoing support.

Michael Powell is one of many Australians facing years on a waitlist for public dental care because he cannot afford to fork out thousands on out-of-pocket expenses. His experience, like so many others, is partly behind growing pressure on...

The review provided 37 recommendations, which Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said the council has accepted and will act on.

The McGowan Labor government will allocate $60 million in the state budget to accelerate the use of zero emission vehicles, which will include rebates for electric vehicle purchases, but there's a catch.

Western Australia sets a new COVID record the day after St John recorded its third highest day of ambulance ramping, with more than a quarter of ambulances left waiting outside hospitals as emergency departments burst at the seams.  ...

Officers witness a vehicle's female passenger climbing over and straddling the accused as police pursued a car travelling at 50 kilometres per hour with its tyres punctured by road spikes.

The Australian share market loses almost $25 billion as it follows Wall Street's dive on concerns about looming rate hikes causing a global economic slowdown.

Once the toast of the town, avocados in the state's far north are being dumped and left to rot.