The Prime Minister says Anthony Albanese's push for wages to keep pace with inflation is "reckless", but Labor says the alternative is for people's pay to go backwards.

Albanese's decision yesterday to put a figure on where he'd like to see wages rise lit a fire under a debate which to date has consisted largely of empathetic generalities, writes Annabel Crabb.

Amrita Lanka died 21 hours after being admitted to Monash Children's Hospital, with her parents claiming their concerns were ignored by the hospital.

For Pacific nations, climate change is not a hypothetical future event — it's already happening, with relocations and legal measures to protect sovereignty already underway.

Without new antibiotics, the world is on track to re-enter the medical dark ages by 2050, when a simple cut could kill 10 million people a year. So why are they so hard to find?

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New Zealand will reopen its borders to tourists from all countries by July, allow back cruise ships and make it easier for skilled workers to immigrate as it looks outward to the world again following the COVID-19 pandemic.

The near three-decade partnership between FIFA and Electronic Arts, which has raked in billions of dollars in sales, is over.

Former NRL star Paul Gallen fights for the Australian and Australasian heavyweight title in Newcastle, with Harry Garside and Nikita Tszyu also in action. Follow live.

Shireen Abu Akleh from the Qatar-based network is killed during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank. Israel's Foreign Minister is proposing a joint investigation with Palestinian authorities. 

Bear Cottage was set up more than 20 years ago as a hospice for sick children. Since 2016, they have run an annual camp just for grandparents.

Large parts of Tropical North Queensland and the central coast are expecting a further drenching as a severe weather system moves toward the coast, dumping record rain.

A former elite soldier rejects accusations in court that he and war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith have "concocted a false story" to cover up the death of a detained Afghan man during a 2012 mission.

Sydney gang members have been warned "we are coming after you" after Comanchero kingpin Tarek Zahed and his brother Omar were shot multiple times at a gym last night.

Underworld enforcer Tarek Zahed's profile has been on the rise — now he's fighting for his life after ignoring repeated warnings from police there was a bounty on his head.

It's one of the most watched events in the world, seen by 183 million viewers last year. Here's everything you need to know about the song contest, including how you can watch it in Australia this week. 

You've probably heard about those '36 questions to find love'. But where did they come from and, more importantly, do they actually work?

Actor Craig McLachlan tells a Sydney court that while backstage during a 2014 theatre production he kissed an actor who has since accused him of sexual harassment.

Interest rates are rising to take money out of our hands. So why are stage 3 tax cuts still on the table? asks Peter Martin.

It's been 36 years since the Marcos family was hounded out of the country over the corrupt dealings of President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda. But in a sign that his parents' excess has been forgiven, Ferdinand Jr looks set to retur...

A study finds that children in Australia's north-west are falling behind in school, with a lack of childcare access in the federal electorate of Durack largely to blame.

Michael Gunner was 20 minutes into his final press conference as NT Chief Minister on Tuesday when a journalist's question reframed the intrigue surrounding his shock decision to suddenly quit.

The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority annual snapshot details how the 2021-22 summer led to a mass bleaching event of coral.

Héritier Lumumba defends his release of a recording of a conversation where Nathan Buckley accused him of throwing Eddie McGuire "under a bus" for criticising comments about Adam Goodes, saying he had given the former coach "ample time" to...

But Australia's border force denies that the death of a scuba diver during a suspected cocaine operation in Newcastle is due to gaps in the port security workforce.