Brisbane's revised rapid transport system is both "affordable and doable", the Lord Mayor says, spruiking its cost benefit ratio of almost 2:1 and potential to increase the South East Busway's morning peak capacity by 22,000 passengers an hour.
A mother who killed three of her children and tried to kill a fourth by driving the family car into a Melbourne lake has been jailed for at least 20 years.
The Turnbull government to allow green bank to invest in clean coal technology.
The first game of the 2017 State of Origin series is just around the corner, with the Blues and Maroons set to square off this week.
Australian paedophiles will have their passports cancelled under strict new laws.
Parliamentary inquiry told youth detention centre staff are refusing to report assaults against them.
Julie Bartholomew joins art and science to comment on the environment.
There are further signs of heat coming out of the east coast housing market, with Sydney and Melbourne leading a 1.1 per cent fall in property prices across Australia.
Brad Hardie delivers his mid-season report cards for the Dockers and the Eagles.
Treasurer Scott Morrison has written into law the rate that Australia's big five banks will be charged under the $6.2 billion major banks' levy.
Bulk-billing doctors can soon apply for part of a $1 million funding pool to expand their practices.
A man who fatally struck a woman with a monkey bike outside a shopping centre and left her dying on the road has been sentenced to seven years' jail, with a judge calling his actions "morally reprehensible".
Indonesian police have named an Islamist leader who led rallies against Jakarta's then governor as a suspect in the exchange of pornographic messages and photos.
Pressure is building for the lucky country.
A new levy on property owners to fund fire and emergency services in NSW has been delayed indefinitely by the state government after a backlash.
Two trucks and a car have been involved in a massive collision on the Western Ring Road, sparking a seven-kilometre traffic jam.
The number of people charged with driving with illicit drugs in their system in NSW has risen 300 per cent following a concerted state government crackdown, according to a report from the state's crime statisticians.
Detectives have identified a body found in a Preston rubbish bin on the weekend as a 44-year-old man from Broadmeadows.
At least 13 people are reported dead and 24 injured after a car bomb exploded in Baghdad's Karrada district.
Three workers have been rushed to hospital after a cherry-picker several metres in the air collapsed on a building site in Geelong on Tuesday morning.
North Korea has revealed why it launched an older style, short-range Scud missile on Monday.
A man has been found guilty of bashing Sydney pig farmer Keith Cini to death in one of two violent home invasions a month apart in 2014.
Heartless scammers used photos of sick kids to raise more than $100,000, police say.
Cronulla Sharks chairman Damian Keogh has resigned from the Cronulla Sharks board after he was given an 18-month good behaviour bond without conviction for possessing a prohibited drug.
Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway leaders started a two-day summit in Bergen to ensure good cooperation.
Philippine authorities have seized more than 600kg of methamphetamines in the largest such bust since China launched a crackdown on drug-smuggling.
Adelaide's red-hot Brownlow fancy is set to collide with Geelong's tackle-machine in a Friday night AFL blockbuster at Simonds Stadium.
Embattled vocational education broker Acquire Learning has been slapped with a $4.5 million fine after a Federal Court judge ruled that the company's sales and recruitment tactics were "disgraceful".
A man suspected of shooting dead a police officer, triggering a 19-hour siege, has been killed.
Was Philip Parker's decision to get out of the market a principled and brave decision, a cop-out, or something else altogether?
A fire which destroyed a Cranbourne North home was caused after a girl knocked over a candle and was too afraid to tell her mother.
US senator John McCain says it's the Russians who tried to destroy the very fundamental of American democracy.
The question of whether intravenous antibiotics were given too late to a toddler who died of septicemia will be the focus of an Coroners Court inquest.
Mother of three children killed in a horror crash pens an emotional tribute.
A 40-year-old man has been shot dead, after police officer Brett Forte was shot dead west of Brisbane on Monday afternoon.
A gunman suspected of shooting dead a police officer has been shot dead.
Falls in retail and health-care stocks pull the ASX to a two-month low, extending the May selloff.
The consumer watchdog has dragged health fund NIB to court, accusing it of concealing changes to some of its policies that left members with surprise out-of-pocket costs.
Works by Carl Vine, Graeme Koehne and Matthew Hindson will be played.
West Coast coach Adam Simpson is likely to resist temptation to replace injured star scoring source Josh Kennedy with a switch of top defender Jeremy McGovern to a key forward.
The Australian government says it is not subject to the jurisdiction of a Jakarta court.
Firefighters battled a blaze that engulfed a piece of machinery in Neutral Bay.
The ACT branch of the RSPCA says it is unable to discuss reports of a growing internal rift pitting disgruntled frontline staff members against the management team.
A national recall of faulty electrical cabling has only captured 54 per cent of the total 4313 km that was installed.
Soren Schwertfeger finished his postdoctorate research on autonomous robots in Germany and seemed set to continue his work in Europe or the United States, where artificial intelligence was pioneered and established. Instead, he went to China.
Lipstick wars are gaining momentum across the country, led by French-based cosmetic giant Sephora.
The acceleration of electric vehicles could be driving Big Oil towards a crash.
Four men have pleaded guilty to their roles in the daylight shooting murder of Hedi Ayoub.
James Ashby says Queensland police are investigating whether he was illegally recorded while addressing One Nation officials.
Love or hate them, performance reviews are ubiquitous in the working world.
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