The Reserve Bank governor warns the global economic conditions that helped central banks keep inflation low and stable are reversing, making for more economically volatile times, and potentially higher interest rates ahead.

Crossbench senators have agreed to support a deal that will make some electric vehicles cheaper, and end tax benefits for plug-in hybrids from 2025.

Addictions cost the Australian economy more than $80 billion in 2021, according to a new report that argues for the nation to rethink its approach to the issue.

Magnitude-7.0 and 6.0 quakes strike Solomon Islands 30 minutes apart triggering an initial tsunami alert, but there are no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.

Stories of tragedy and survival are emerging following Monday's devastating earthquake in Indonesia's West Java that killed at least 162 people.

Australian charity The Smith Family reveals it was targeted by a hacker who attempted to steal money and may have accessed personal details of some of its donors.

The federal government confirms the first group of refugees to be resettled in New Zealand, from Australia's offshore processing centres, has landed in Auckland. 

Peter Fegan and Rebeka Powell won the 2021 Walkley Award in the Television/News Reporting category for a series of three reports entitled The Investigation of Andrew Laming.

Ukraine says it will investigate footage that Moscow alleges shows Ukrainian forces executing Russian prisoners of war.

Sydney sandwich-board activist Danny Lim is taken to hospital after being injured while being arrested by police this morning.

A leader says a deal to compensate developing countries for climate damage will not help their region, which is on the "frontline".

More than 200 search-and-rescue workers and 60 firefighters respond, working for more than three hours to bring the fire in the central Henan province under control.

Christopher Jarvis was last seen at 6am on June 13, 2006. Two hours later, his car was found on fire at a popular lookout in the state's south-west.

From protests to timekeeping issues to some 'interesting' crowd figures, the Qatar World Cup had the headline writers working overtime on day two of action. These are the five moments that stole the spotlight.

Qatar's hardline stance on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ+) issues is at the centre of the world's attention. 

Glenn Maxwell shares the graphic details of how a playful incident at a friend's birthday party left him with a leg break that will keep him out of cricket for months.

ANZ announces it will pull out of Myanmar, dealing a blow to the country's military junta and potentially ramping up pressure on other overseas banks to turn their backs on the regime.

The husband of missing Perth woman Iveta Mitchell will be among dozens of witnesses asked to give evidence at a coroner's inquest this week which will closely examine his wife's disappearance in 2010.

The former farm manager denies playing any role in Jeffrey Brooks' shooting death 1995, saying "nobody killed him" and instead accusing his co-worker of having "neglected the danger of the shotgun".

An episode of the X-Files? Maybe they're in a "death spiral"? Or could it be some sort of infection? There are plenty of theories for the behaviour of these sheep — but one likely answer.

Police say no charges will be laid, after investigating comments from independent MP Catherine Cumming, who told a Melbourne rally Premier Daniel Andrews should be turned into "red mist".

Claims about fraud in the coal export industry made by Independent MP Andrew Wilkie have rippled through the Hunter Valley coalfields.

A senior Tasmanian police officer who was part of the response to the Port Arthur massacre and the Beaconsfield Mine collapse was facing serious child exploitation allegations before his death, an inquest hears.

Addressing widespread health issues among male truck drivers will prevent billions of dollars of lost productivity and save lives, a new report suggests.

The impacts of long-term alcohol bans being lifted across the Northern Territory are laid bare in a submission by a regional council servicing remote Aboriginal communities in Central Australia.