While postal services branch out.

Queensland’s attorney-general lodged an appeal after the man escaped jail time, despite being convicted of inflicting abuse on his younger sister over many years.

Increased police powers don’t always improve dangerous situations. And they’re hard to unwind.

A father fell to his death riding a tandem zipline in a rainforest that had been booked as part of a “bucket list” holiday, a coroner has heard.

Concrete nearly four metres thick helps to act as a giant weight to counter water pressures around what will become the city’s busiest metro station.

The strikes on Iran have set the stage for a potential surge in already high petrol prices that will threaten household budgets and deliver fresh cost-of-living woes.

About a fifth of the world’s oil and LNG passes through the Strait of Hormuz every day. What happens when a war breaks out across it – and how does it affect petrol prices?

My suburb is only a train ride from Flinders Street, but we live among the birds and gumtrees.

A secret Liberal Party review of its disastrous election campaign last year has largely blamed Peter Dutton and his unpopular policies.

Mildura in Victoria’s north recorded almost half its usual annual rainfall total since Saturday.

Dashcam footage appears to show the car jolt forward and touch the boom gate, which swings upward before the train sends the car spinning into a fence.

There are fears are global oil prices will skyrocket with the cost flowing onto Australian bowsers.

A truck driver has been rescued in the nick of time as flood waters engulfed the vehicle south west of Broken Hill.

From the decapitation of Iran's leadership to retaliatory strikes on Gulf hubs, Political Editor Charles Croucher breaks down the escalating missile exchange.

Time is of the essence – the US and Israel are creating a power vacuum, and it’s opening a one- to two-week window.

A third of Australian students in year 3 had failed to reach numeracy standards, but the SMH School Summit has heard ideas about fixing it.

The state’s top education leaders, principals, and teachers are gathered at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth for an annual summit.

The Victorian town of Mildura was lashed with a year’s worth of rain as flash flooding inundated the region.

New figures show the difference between median dwelling prices in Sydney and Melbourne have never been bigger.

In some classrooms, teachers resorted to using personal devices to help deliver lessons as technicians worked to bring affected devices back online.