The price of phones, laptops and game consoles are rising thanks to a global shortage of their most important part. 

The yield of the Australian government's 10-year bond has climbed to a 15-year high, in a worrying sign for Australian borrowers. 

Attorney-General Michelle Rowland has called on Senator Pauline Hanson to reflect on her own behaviour after she accused the prime minister of inciting political violence. 

A rapid hazard assessment of the Nepal-Tibet disaster says there were "pre-event indications" of the avalanche, including satellite imagery showing a change in the surface of the collapsed glacier.  

Backbencher Ed Husic returns to work after suffering a concussion and fractures as a result of the collision.

Five Sydney Swans players have begun appointing different lawyers to represent them as police investigate the allegation of sexual assault at the Pullman East Melbourne that was made last month.

A North Queensland cattle farmer accused of carrying out a family massacre insists he wasn't the man who pulled the trigger.

Posties in Adelaide’s northern suburbs have been forced to deliver mail on foot today after an Australia Post depot was gutted by fire.

Shocking new footage of a wild all-in brawl on a Melbourne street has again sparked concerns over safety in the CBD.

A 75-year-old man has been hospitalised after allegedly being assaulted with a cricket bat by a man attempting to steal from a donation bin in Melbourne’s south-east.

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The quake struck about 35km northeast of Luganville in Vanuatu.

A car was also driven at partygoers and a number of vicious assaults reported.

70-100 people could be seen gathered in groups near the scene in Mt Albert.

Police said the accident near Ōtara has blocked multiple lanes.

Police believe they have found everyone from inside the vehicle, but divers will check.

A North Queensland cattle farmer accused of carrying out a family massacre insists he wasn't the man who pulled the trigger.

Posties in Adelaide’s northern suburbs have been forced to deliver mail on foot today after an Australia Post depot was gutted by fire.

Shocking new footage of a wild all-in brawl on a Melbourne street has again sparked concerns over safety in the CBD.

A 75-year-old man has been hospitalised after allegedly being assaulted with a cricket bat by a man attempting to steal from a donation bin in Melbourne’s south-east.

A jury took just two hours to find a teenager guilty of the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Oscar Hamilton at a Melton shopping centre.

A second missing Australian has been found safe in Tibet, after almost a week unaccounted for.

Marius Borg Høiby was found guilty of rape in June and is serving his sentence under house arrest with an ankle tag while awaiting a new trial.

Lindsay Clancy's defense attorney discusses the ramifications of the case after the jury ended a third day of deliberations without reaching a verdict.

DFAT officials contacted the person, whom the government has not identified, on Tuesday to offer consular assistance and put them in touch with family members.

Dan Driscoll has handed in his notice with no replacement lined up and the armed forces under pressure from the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Bill Shorten has sparked a political storm over sudden policy moves that appeal to the Labor Left.

Progressive politics is close to killing off the worthy idea of constitutional recognition of the indigenous peoples.

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt has ordered sweeping raids to prop up the cash-strapped state’s ailing budget.

Shares fell yesterday, wiping more than $30 billion in value, as investors braced for a British vote to leave the EU.

Efforts to increase the number of people studying science and maths are wrongheaded, says Productivity Commission.

Bill Shorten has sparked a political storm over sudden policy moves that appeal to the Labor Left.

Progressive politics is close to killing off the worthy idea of constitutional recognition of the indigenous peoples.

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt has ordered sweeping raids to prop up the cash-strapped state’s ailing budget.

Shares fell yesterday, wiping more than $30 billion in value, as investors braced for a British vote to leave the EU.

Efforts to increase the number of people studying science and maths are wrongheaded, says Productivity Commission.