The state government said importers were favouring bigger markets, meaning regional retailers – and the primary industries they served – could be hit with shortages and high prices.

Most of Queensland is on flood watch, as Wide Bay and Burnett have been heavily hit by intense rainfall.

As primary school student Sharvil Pandir gets ready to sit his first NAPLAN exam this week, the ACARA chief has issued a warning to parents.

Both Australia and the Asian Football Confederation are being tested, not just on the pitch, but on whether they will protect the basic rights of athletes who have already shown immense courage.

A woman has been arrested after allegedly firing an AR-15-style rifle at Rihanna's Beverly Hills mansion while the pop star was inside.

Oil prices are surging to a four-year high and in response, the Australian sharemarket has opened to a $100 billion wipeout.

A former Liberal MP may face a second child abuse trial after a jury cleared him of some but not all charges related to a 13-year-old boy.

Two people have been shot overnight in separate shootings across Sydney.

A burst pipe has disrupted water supply to more than 20,000 properties in Sydney's North Shore and sent murky water seeping into the harbour.

A 41-year-old man is in police custody charged with the murder of his friend at a home in Concord, in Sydney's inner-west.

The industrial smells have been drifting away from the place fondly known as WeFo. Now we’re luring the giants of the digital future.

A competitive culture is emerging around the national test, and the NAPLAN head has urged parents to refuse requests by in-demand schools to provide results when trying to enrol their children.

Four teenagers have been charged with murder and armed robbery after a man was stabbed and killed trying to defend a 14-year-old boy from being mugged.

Two Australian men will spend 16 years behind bars in Bali for the gangland-style murder of Melbourne father Zivan Radmanovic.

Tourists wanting to see one of Australia’s natural wonders, the Twelve Apostles, are set to be charged an entrance fee

Accused terrorist Naveed Akram is worried his mother and siblings are at risk of physical and mental harm due to his alleged role in the Bondi mass shooting.

WA Premier Roger Cook said there was no structural reason why outlets should be hiking up the price of fuel.

Australia is not allied with any Gulf states and we do not have to follow Israel and the US into this illegally founded fight with Iran.

Overnight, a woman was rescued from the roof of her car on the Sunshine Coast.

Thousands flocked to the annual parade in Kings Domain on Monday, capping off a long weekend of major events that Lord Mayor Nick Reece says drew about 2 million people to the city.