NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has unveiled budget surpluses worth almost $12 billion, underpinned by stamp duty from a booming property market and asset privatisations as well as $23 billion worth of cost cuts.
Bali police were forced to hold off an investigation to ensure four prison escapees, including Australian Shaun Davidson, were not still trapped inside the escape tunnel after rain made conditions unstable.
A man held by police over the Finsbury Park Mosque attack in London has been identified as 47-year-old father of four Darren Osborne.
The man suspected of mowing down a group of worshippers outside a London mosque was known for "flipping his lid" when he drank too much.
US student Otto Warmbier, who was imprisoned in North Korea for 17 months before being returned home in a coma less than a week ago, has died in a Cincinnati hospital, his family said in a statement.
It is the most recent example of an intensifying clash of words and interests between the two powers.
The US and Iran have been able to tolerate each other in the Iraqi theatre. But what happens once Islamic State's strongholds in Raqqa and Mosul fall?
The value of Australian farm exports is forecast to reach $48 billion next financial year, thanks to surging cotton and dairy exports, and solid rises in the value of beef, wool and wine shipped overseas.
Australia is the third most popular destination for ultra-rich Chinese to invest wealth offshore, a new report shows.
Tabcorp's $11 billion punt has hit the jackpot. It was both a high stakes and risky gamble.
HAMILTON: British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland is tipping plenty of lively debate in Wednesday's Test selection meeting after his supposed second-string troops outclassed the Chiefs 34-6 in Hamilton.
If there is a clear loser from Tabcorp's successful appeal - directly to the Australian Competition Tribunal over its Tatts merger proposal - it is the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission boss, Rod Sims.
The Australian Football Hall of Fame welcomes six new inductees on Tuesday night in a gala ceremony at the Adelaide Oval.
Macquarie Group faces a major class action over allegations some of its investment advisers artificially inflated the price of a small mining company before a sudden collapse wiped out many of its investors.
Just as everything goes on the line, the niceties are over.
John Varley, 61, a director of mining giant Rio Tinto, has been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud by the UK Serious Fraud Office.
Truck bans in Yarraville to come in when the West Gate Tunnel opens in 2022 will see Brooklyn’s main arterial flooded with 7000 trucks.
Dramatic footage has captured a cyclist verbally abusing a driver he claims pulled out in front of him on Sydney Road while on her mobile phone.
The day's burning issues as seen through the eyes of The Sydney Morning Herald's editorial cartoonist.
Only one of the 11 members looks to be based in Canberra.
Some of the money allegedly raised by a $130 million tax fraud scheme was laundered through Lebanon by a north shore builder before eventually finding its way to an eastern suburbs extortionist, new documents reveal.
Yvette Berry's whirlwind trip through Singapore and Finland cost $45,000.
Amanda Andrews knows something special about Mawson Primary - and her students say the same thing.
Escapee Shaun Davidson told prisoners in Bali's Kerobokan jail he intended to do "something" before his imminent release that would extend his stay in Hotel K, as the prison is colloquially known.
Former Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale has stepped down from the boards of a string of controversial private development and property companies owned and run by Ipswich City Council.
With off-contract stars Dustin Martin, Josh Kelly and Nat Fyfe already the focus of major offers, league boss Gillon McLachlan greeted the landmark collective bargaining agreement by suggesting the extra money should reward superstar talent.
The CCC's report acknowledges that both hospitals are developing new procedures to better secure their Schedule 8 drugs, but the watchdog said until these are in place that the risk of misconduct and corruption lingers.
A study has found drivers were capable of reading complex road signs without any major impact to their driving.
The world may seem to be retreating into panic and tribalism but Australians remain pragmatic – if cautious – about the state of things.
RACV questions rules which require drivers to slow to 40km/h when passing parked emergency vehicles.
One of Australia's most senior Catholic clerics has stepped in to the war over school funding.
Rebel government backbencher George Christensen has crossed the floor and voted with Labor to protect workers penalty rates, in an embarrassing blow to the Turnbull government.
As foreshadowed by Fairfax Media, Professor Croucher will replace Gillian Triggs as head of the Australian Human Rights Commission.
The president of the Unit Owners Association of Queensland said its members had also raised concerns there were problems with inadequate fire systems in some Queensland apartment buildings.
Canberra's largely ad-free main streets could soon become versions of Parramatta Road.
Bill Pulver will remain chief executive of the Australian Rugby Union, for now, with chairman Cameron Clyne saying his position was not discussed at an emergency general meeting on Tuesday.
Shark Shield is struggling to keep up with demand for its shark deterrent device since the state government introduced a $200 rebate offer three weeks ago.
Wayne Pearce is reluctant to talk about his son. Always has been. He didn't want to do it before Origin I, and didn't want to do it in the aftermath of the comprehensive win at Suncorp Stadium three weeks ago.
Queanbeyan roads and schools will get a much-needed upgrade.
Construction union boss Dean Hall said WorkSafe ACT was "broken" and needed to be "fixed".
Labor has drawn a dramatic line in the sand on Australian citizenship, vowing to block the Turnbull government's proposed crackdown and resolutely denying any link between citizenship policy and national security.
Four West Australian uranium projects granted environmental approval will be allowed to proceed, but the state government is blocking future mining bids.
One passenger has died and up to 12 others injured after a collision between a mini bus and a taxi.
The RAAF has halted air operations over Syria amid rising tensions with Russia, after the United States shot down a Syrian regime fighter jet.
Blues coach Laurie Daley has labelled this year's NSW team better than the 2014 drought breakers but insists "we've done nothing yet".
An elderly woman has come to the aid of a sex-attack victim slapping and kicking the offender.
A Perth GP who encouraged a 10-year-old liver cancer patient to continue receiving natural therapy has been stripped of his medical licence suspended for 12 months.
A $720 million upgrade of Sydney's Prince of Wales Hospital is the jewel in the crown of the government's $23.2 billion health budget announced Tuesday.
It's a "sh*t show", say public servants. It's going great, says the department.
Victorian construction union leader John Setka has threatened to hunt down and "expose" Australian Building and Construction Commission inspectors, warning: "When we come after you, you'd better be careful."