Hurricane Maria has strengthened into a major hurricane and is expected to intensify further as it moves through the Leeward Islands and the north-eastern Caribbean Sea, the USÂ National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday.
Melbourne-based Impact Investment Group has paid $70 million for the Byron Bay Beach Hotel, once owned by John Cornell, known as ''Strop'' in his television days on the Paul Hogan show.
Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy has been embroiled in another donations scandal, in which a false invoice for $10,000 was issued to give a developer exclusive access to the then planning minister in a private penthouse.
Some of the world's most stunning images from around the world.
Labor accuses the government of offering public land "to the highest bidder".
Vending machines should be better able to cope with the new $10 notes going into circulation this week, after last year's teething problems with the upgraded $5 note, the Reserve Bank says.
The business of loan sharking and pawnbroking appears to have been lucrative for Fadi Ibrahim and his business partner, Ben Scott.
The Turnbull government must take responsibility and invest more in frontline mental health services due to the same-sex marriage postal survey, says Bill Shorten.
There were no corflutes, no campaign materials, no local policies, no how-to-vote cards, and apart from their names on the ballot paper, seemingly no candidates anywhere to be seen.
A survey of voter attitudes in the Labor-held blue-collar strongholds has found 28 per cent of voters tag the federal Coalition with the blame for the ongoing electricity generation confusion.
Political donations and spending are to be capped in Victoria and taxpayers asked to pick up the bill.
The amendment followed 72 submissions to a draft bill.
Queensland has begun to investigate new "vertical schools" and Education Minister Kate Jones says Fortitude Valley will almost certainly get the first.
A 'devastated' father has described the loss of his eight-year-old daughter to the flu in Melbourne.
You might be what you eat, but the nation is what it drives: more value conscious, less pose oriented. Welcome to the Korean/German marque index.
The corporate regulator has launched a detailed review of the $50 billion credit card market, to assess whether banks are deliberately targeting interest-free deals at customers who are likely to end up paying much higher rates of interest.
Sydney Roosters prop Jared Waerea-Hargreaves has described Cowboys enforcer Jason Taumalolo as the best forward in the NRL, but the tricolours share a belief he has some off-the-ball deficiencies they can exploit on Saturday night.
The costs are adding up for the billionaires who pulled the pin on Network Ten, so let's hope they've got a better idea of how to run the broadcaster if their new bid succeeds.
Two confirmed cases of measles between Melbourne and Ballarat has sparked a warning to doctors and hospitals from Victoria's chief health officer.
With yellow and black coursing through his veins, calling his only son Richmond might just be the best thing John Carr ever did.
The man had boasted to a friend: "That's 12 years in jail if cops find out."
An inquest into the death of a helicopter pilot who died in Antarctica opens on Tuesday.
Canberra scientists said farewell to Cassini on Friday night after controlling its final moments
A nation-first program is helping Canberra dementia sufferers navigate banks.
The boy said the extortion ring targeting gay men through dating apps for cash and phones "seemed like fun and easy money".
Plumes of thick black smoke were visible across Mount Isa as an electrical fire continued to burn.
Families warn they'll be forced to surrender care of children if "critical" shortage of respite care is not solved soon.
Fake news about Indonesia's omnipresent bogeyman - communism - has been blamed for riots in Central Jakarta.
An eight-year-old girl has died from the flu in Melbourne.
The Andrews government's proposed reform package is welcome, but incomplete.
Josh Kelly has officially re-signed with GWS, putting an end to months of speculation over his playing future.
Ken Hinkley has received a three-year contract extension at Port Adelaide, ending speculation that he will join the Gold Coast Suns as coach.
Canberrans living in apartment blocks could soon save on their power bills by bulk-buying electricity.
​An ill Luke Keary has sent a scare through the Sydney Roosters camp but the five-eighth and winger Daniel Tupou are expected to be cleared for Saturday's NRL grand final qualifier against North Queensland.
Danny Frawley, the last man to coach Richmond in a preliminary final, believes this Tigers side can go further than the one that ran into the possibly greatest team ever.
A car has been crushed between two trucks in a horrific crash south of Perth on Monday afternoon.
The driver was at the rear of her truck, which had broken down, when the car hit her and the semi-trailer.
With Floriade celebrating its 30th birthday, I looked at my Sunday Gardener column in The Canberra Times for September 1988.
While Aung San Suu Kyi has been widely condemned for failing to stop the slaughter of Rohingya Muslims, Myanmar's military commander has been feted during official trips to Europe.
A 25-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Lanell Latta, whose body was found at a property owned by supermodel Gemma Ward at Avalon on Sydney's northern beaches.
Unprecedented changes are hitting the dairy industry in southern Australia, with a "supply chain revolution" underway that had snapped the traditional loyalty farmers had to processors.
One of the planned buyers of ANZ Bank's 20 per cent stake in Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank has been replaced by Chinese steel business Baoshan Iron & Steel, nine months after the initial deal was announced.
Out-of-contract St Kilda defender Shane Savage appears poised to remain at the Saints in 2018 after being offered a new deal by the club.
National and NSW teachers' unions and education experts have strongly criticised Australian Education Minister Simon Birmingham's plan to introduce literacy and numeracy checks for all year 1 students, and say that it involves importing a test that has failed to improve reading skills in UK primary schools.
A Dianella man accused of exposing himself to females in Perth's western suburbs over three months has been arrested by police.
A man armed with a knife threatened a female postal worker in Kingston at lunchtime on Monday.
A man has collapsed and died at Watkins Steel in Banyo.
Family violence victims will no longer be forced to pay unfair fines racked up by perpetrators using their cars, under new laws to be introduced to the Victorian Parliament.
Within 16 minutes of receiving a mystery text message, Bradley Dillon was shot and stabbed several times.
Ex-gang member wants to stand surety for his 69-year-old father, who's facing corruption charges.
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