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Australia’s nuclear submarine program will cost up to $368 billion over the next three decades, with confirmation that the federal government will buy at least three American-manufactured nuclear submarines.

Based in California and with more than $US200 billion in assets, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was the 16th-largest in America, making it the biggest bank failure since the global financial crisis of 2008. The implications for financial markets and the global economy are big.

Australia's residential aged care system is struggling. According to some, the solution is embracing a system that values the input and experience of older Australians.

A young Australian tells Q+A she has been forced to forego her education due to the spiralling cost of living, opening the door for economist Gigi Foster to blame COVID-era government policy for rising inflation in Australia. 

Australia records its largest decline in house and unit values, according to CoreLogic data, with a drop  of 7.9 per cent in a year. 

If passed, the federal government's Safeguard Mechanism Bill will require the nation's 215 largest-polluting facilities to reduce their emissions by 4.9 per cent each year to 2030.

The cutting of Medicare-subsidised mental health sessions sparked fierce debate. But for many lower-income earners, it ignored a bigger, more important picture.

Documents show the Perth Mint potentially breached commodity regulations in 23 US states, but did not publicly reveal the scale of the concerns. 

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has offered bipartisan support to pass budget savings the Albanese government will need to fund the massive submarine program.

Australia is embarking on a world-first rollout of flexible export limits for rooftop solar to overcome the problem of network congestion. Here's how they work — and whether you might save.

Newcastle mother Sophie was put in a lunch room to wait before her stillbirth. She is one of many calling for access to bereavement rooms in all hospitals.  

World-first research being conducted in Queensland has identified a link between chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID.

Officers declared an exclusion zone around 10pm on Monday night in the town of Warwick, where they are negotiating with a man holed up inside a property.

The Northern Territory senator has denied her party is fractured over the upcoming referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, despite conflicting positions held by the rank-and-file, parliamentary party and outgoing president.

Well-known mining entrepreneur Peter Bartlett has told the trial of his former "protégé" that he was in "shock", "stunned" and "broken" when Patrick Keogh was accused of stealing gold and repeatedly "begged" him to change his statement.

Nine new cases of the varroa mite, deadly to bees, are identified across the New South Wales Central Coast and Hunter regions. 

Two men involved in a housing development north of Hobart are facing criminal charges in Canberra, with police allegedly finding drugs and firearms during a raid at one of the men's properties.

SA woman Ayla Regione says society is getting better at talking about and responding to hearing loss — but social situations can still be difficult to navigate.

Mining giant BHP has launched a "renewable diesel" trial to reduce carbon emissions at a Pilbara iron ore mine, but an environmental engineer says the company may be better off with the real thing.

When veteran miner Scott Leggett goes to work, he leaves behind his nine-year-old daughter Anika who worries he "might get badly injured" or that he won't come home at all.

The NSW premier says his "Kids Future Fund" will give every child across the state a head start, but data from the initiative that inspired it tells a different story.

King Charles III issues a call to Commonwealth leaders to act on climate change in his first Commonwealth Day address as King.

Unlike the debacle surrounding the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto kingdom FTX late last year, the sudden demise of Silicon Valley Bank last weekend has its origins at the other end of the financial spectrum.

While the White House will protect 16 million acres of Alaska from new drilling, the controversial Willow oil project is expected to go ahead at three sites. 

Italian-Australian communities are facing uncertainty over whether they'll be able to keep their annual sauce-making tradition this year due to a tomato shortage.

In a secret video recorded in his hospital room, terminally ill gambling industry whistleblower Troy Stolz speaks out against his former employer, ClubsNSW, and the harm caused by poker machines.

After nearly nine weeks of tense and traumatic drama, season one of The Last of Us has reached its climax — and the internet's reactions were nothing short of entertaining. Here's what's happening with season 2 and when we can expect it.

The Former England striker, who has hosted Match of the Day since 1999, came under fire for his social media commentary on the government's asylum seeker policy.

India takes just two Australian wickets on the final day of the fourth Test in Ahmedabad before the captains shake hands for a draw, with India winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-1. Follow all the action live.