Weak start, stronger finish tipped for property in 2025
Australia's property market is entering 2025 in a downturn and while interest rate cuts should boost demand, any home price growth rebound is tipped to be mild.
Australia's property market is entering 2025 in a downturn and while interest rate cuts should boost demand, any home price growth rebound is tipped to be mild.
The federal government has unfinished business with Medicare, signalling its ambitions to further bolster the GP workforce and boost bulk-billing.
Investigators have left the official residence of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol after a six-hour stand-off as they tried to detain him for questioning.
An independent expert has highlighted major concerns about the cost and location of a new AFL stadium but key decision-makers are maintaining their support.
Vacancy rates are edging higher and growth in advertised rents is stalling in welcome news for the nation's renters.
As the US plans a state funeral for former president Jimmy Carter, tributes continue to pour in from global organisations and his own tiny community.
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol faces detention after a court issued a warrant for his arrest.
Declassified cabinet papers show government officials raised the prospect of the prime minister ordering to shoot down commercial aircraft in a suicide attack.
Previously secret documents show concerns over a wheat scandal derailing Australia's commercial interests and plans to reshape Iraq as a free-market haven.
One of the world's first celebrations of the new year reached new heights, with most enjoying their night, but some have larger troubles than just sore heads.
Borrowers can expect cashflow relief from interest rate cuts in 2025, yet a further deterioration in the jobs market will also start to be felt.
Energy consumers are paying more than they should be and the consumer watchdog wants households to force providers to compete harder by shopping around.
US President Joe Biden has declared a national day of mourning for Jimmy Carter, whose death at 100 has sparked global tributes for his life's work.
Australians are still travelling but patterns are changing to reflect tougher financial conditions with many taking shorter trips closer to home.
A state law could pave the way for the development of a publicly accessible national sex offender register, the parents of Daniel Morcombe say.
Australians are set to ring in the New Year but revellers have been urged to party with a plan to ensure a night to remember - not one to forget.
US President-elect Donald Trump has lost his appeal of the multi-million dollar E Jean Carroll defamation verdict.
Employers who underpay staff will be committing a criminal offence in 2025, while more than a million Australians will see changes to government payments.
A court has been asked to permanently restrain Mark Latham from again uttering a defamatory and sexually explicit remark about a political rival.
Measures may not be strong enough to weed out construction sector criminality after revelations of bikie and organised crime figures infiltrating the CFMEU.
Government finances are wobbling in Australia's most populous state as stubbornly high interest rates weigh on home building and consumer spending.
One of Australia's most famous rodeos has received a lifeline after entering voluntary administration, with a state government confident it will ride again.
Drug takers are being warned they could still be arrested despite a state government waving through a pill-testing trial at music festivals over the summer.
Australia needs to get productivity growth back on track to pay for structural spending increases and avoid endless deficits, economists warn.
International student visas for tertiary education will be prioritised for a limited number of applicants before being hit with a go-slow to tame migration.
Islamophobia and anti-Semitism, racism against foreign students and Indigenous people feeling diminished are under the Human Rights Commission's spotlight.
President Volodymyr Zelensky is pleading for the joint help of the EU and the US to fight Russia amid fears Donald Trump could withdraw support for Ukraine.
Three women will headline Victoria's new cabinet in a first for Australia after Jaclyn Symes and Sonya Kilkenny were elevated to treasurer and attorney-general.
Police are telling families to be alert in the lead-up to Christmas for signs of domestic violence in the wake of a shocking new report.
Ousted Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming has declared it's "only a matter of time" before she returns to the party room after a vote split her ex-colleagues.
Paul Vanni lost six of his best mates in the devastating Bali bombing attacks and the repatriation of two people involved to Malaysia has reopened old wounds.