Victoria has passed legislation to become the third Australian jurisdiction to decriminalise sex work, ending a decades-long wait for advocates.
The protein-based vaccine Novavax will begin its rollout on Monday, one week ahead of schedule.
The conservation status of the koalas has been downgraded from vulnerable to endangered across Queensland, NSW and the ACT.
A Melbourne man charged over three drive-by-shootings had had extra charges added after conversations were captured on police listening devices.
A bill to legalise partial DNA donations to reduce the risk of mitochondrial disease was not voted on despite three days of robust and late night debates.
A man who sparked a manhunt last year has been hit with one more charge months after he was arrested hiding in the back of a truck at the Queensland-NSW border.
Sales of new detached houses were buoyant in the three months to January as the end of the Delta lockdowns returned confidence to the market.
New figures show the jobs market was slow to pick up in January compared with a year ago, which the Australian Bureau of Statistics partly blames on Omicron.
Liberal MP John Alexander and Nationals MPs Damian Drum and Ken O'Dowd said goodbye to parliament on Thursday morning in valedictory speeches.
It is highly unlikely the government's hallmark religious discrimination laws will pass the Senate before the election with only two sitting days left.
The director-general of intelligence and security has warned of the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of extremist behaviour.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has encouraged Grace Tame to tell his government which agency told her not to say anything "damning" about him.
Officials from Treasury and Transport will front a NSW parliamentary inquiry into a controversial state-owned entity following an auditor-general's report.
Adults who have received a COVID-19 booster are considered "up to date" with their vaccines under new advice from the nation's immunisation advisory group.
An Australian professor who helps compile the most important international reports on climate change says rainfall and fire threats for the nation are grave.
Researchers have discovered that underwater volcanic eruptions are much more powerful than first thought and can occur at depths of "at least" one kilometre.
An audit of NSW's finances has revealed a "budget mess", according to the chair of a committee investigating a controversial transport entity.
Former Australian of the Year Grace Tame is confident other states and territories will follow the ACT's lead and reform their child sexual abuse offences.
Labor will back the religious discrimination bill, but will move amendments in four areas to protect Australians from other forms of discrimination.
There are signs that wages growth is picking up, with economists at the nation's biggest bank predicting an annual rate of three per cent by mid-year.
Federal Tourism Minister Dan Tehan has slammed the possibility of Victoria requiring overseas tourists to have three vaccine doses to enter, rather than two.
Check-in requirements at Victorian venues that don't require proof of COVID-19 vaccination will remain in place despite Queensland ditching them.
Claims a taxpayer-funded agency ordered Grace Tame to avoid criticising Scott Morrison at the 2022 Australian of the Year Awards are being investigated.
Nurses in NSW public hospitals are to down tools in the first statewide strike in almost a decade, to call for staffing ratios and fair pay.
Foreign Minister Marise Payne has called on Russia to de-escalate its military presence alongside the Lithuanian foreign minister who's visiting Canberra.
Victorian businesses pay the highest tax in Australia, a nationwide survey of firms by the Victorian Chamber of Commerce has found.
CBA has expanded its share buyback by $2 billion after first-half profit jumped 26 per cent to $4.7 billion.
Financial giants have impressed investors with their earnings and helped stoke expectations of the Commonwealth Bank figures due on Wednesday.
A report by the CSIRO has found a reduction in grain farmers' emissions over the next decade could mean a decrease in production.
Researchers have discovered genes that appear to increase a person's risk of developing acne and confirmed a link between the skin disorder and hormonal cancer.
Macquarie and Suncorp have impressed investors with earnings and helped raise the ASX by more than one per cent.
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