Scientists have issued a dire new warning about coral reef losses even if the world manages to limit global warming to 1.5C.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has ordered her director-general to examine allegations a public servant was pressured to mislead parliament.
Crown has argued it should be allowed to continue operating its Perth casino as a West Australian royal commission prepares to deliver its findings.
A Queensland parliamentary committee says tougher laws and penalties are needed to combat racial abuse and hate crimes in the state.
Demand for home loans grew by a stronger than expected 4.4 per cent in December, even as house prices grew at their fastest pace annually since 1989.
Queensland has recorded another 10 COVID-19 deaths and 7588 new cases as the state raises concerns about vaccination rates in aged care.
The Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe says the central bank board is prepared to remain patient before lifting interest rates.
Aged care workers will receive bonus payments as the federal government moves to shore up the sector hit hard by the ongoing wave of Omicron infections.
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has rejected calls to broaden an inquiry into the Crime and Corruption Commission, saying it's up to the commissioners to do so.
Victoria won't make a decision on expanding COVID-19 vaccine mandates until a national advisory panel declares if a third dose is needed to be fully vaccinated.
A NSW government plan to remove the presumption that COVID-positive workers in certain industries caught the virus at work will undermine workers, Labor says.
An Australian scientist has been part of a long and determined global effort to put a number on how many tree species the planet has.
A Northern Territory government minister has COVID-19 and is isolating as the region posted another 970 new infections.
There are 12,818 new COVID-19 cases in NSW and 30 people have died, as students return to school and non-urgent elective surgery is set to resume next week.
Qld ministers, the Lord Mayor and the Human Rights Commission have joined the chorus speaking out against a controversial Christian college contract.
A former PNG woman accused of raping a teenager in Brisbane has failed in her second attempt to have a GPS tracking device removed from her ankle.
Labor has changed its tune and backs building a new gas-fired plant in NSW on the condition it runs completely on green hydrogen by the decade's end.
A man has been sentenced to time behind bars for abusing children in the Philippines after communicating with them on social media from Australia.
Retailers charging excessive prices for rapid tests have been sent a warning that if they don't slim their margins they could end up in court.
Tony Fitzgerald, who led a landmark 1989 inquiry into Queensland government corruption, will lead a commission of inquiry into the corruption watchdog.
As school students return for the start of the year, a new survey has shown nearly one in three parents won't follow rapid testing requirements.
Aged care workers will receive bonus payments as the federal government moves to shore up the sector hit hard by the ongoing wave of Omicron infections.
Thousands of public school children returning to class are set to test the NSW government's COVID-19 preparations for the new school year.
Scientists are determined to discover the deep dark secrets of the east Indian Ocean and they'll be doing it with Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's money.
The federal government has been accused of proposing 'excessive red tape' that will undermine its own carbon market, farmers' projects and business plans.
A man will stand trial for the murder of a former beauty queen from the United States who disappeared in Brisbane in July 2018.
A Cairns man has been charged with murder following the death of a two-month-old boy in June last year.
Virus numbers will increase as a million Victorian school students and staff return to school and begin weekly testing, the state's health minister warns.
Parents will get access to $500 vouchers to be spent on out-of-school care, as COVID-19 fatalities fall to 27 from a record 52.
Two people from a group of five accused of involvement in the death of a Brisbane mother shot in her shipping container home have been jailed for manslaughter.
As the kids of Australia head back to school, a Sydney family is forging ahead with a sustainable solution to the mountains of tired old uniforms they produce.
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