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.

A third man, who was charged with assisting premeditated murder, was sentenced to 12 years’ jail.

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

I’ve been taunted about my ocker twang ever since Pauline Hanson emerged, but I’m getting the last laugh.

“People don’t see themselves any more being reflected in the candidates or MPs being put up by the major parties,” says Tracee Hutchison.

The country’s most sophisticated military surveillance plane could be deployed to help Gulf nations defend against Iranian missile and drone attacks.

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.

Zac Lomax is finally off to rugby. Three words in his statement have left rugby league figures – including the coach who gave him his Kangaroos debut – furious.

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.

The conflict in the Middle East is now in its second week, with strikes across the region as the US and Israel continue to attack Iran. Follow our rolling coverage.

Mojtaba Khamanei, the second son of the late ayatollah who was killed in US-Israeli strikes, has been chosen to take over from his father.

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

Widely tipped to be among the flag contenders in 2026, the Dockers open the season for a second straight year against the Cats at GMHBA Stadium.

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.

US President Donald Trump has claimed that Iran was responsible for a strike that killed 175 people, most of them children.