• 1 min ago

A man has pleaded not guilty to murdering his former de facto partner on the first day of his trial in Brisbane.

• 5 mins ago

Home sales bounced higher across the capital cities in the past seven days, but the clearance rate continues to track lower compared to a year ago.

• 5 mins ago

SES volunteers have scoured private bushland in search of a woman's lost thumb.

• 11 mins ago

The parents of missing man Jean Policarpio have made a desperate plea for their son to come home.

• 21 mins ago

A series of accidents throughout the state has resulted in five fatalities over a three day period

• 21 mins ago

There are fears traffic will come to a standstill if "grand boulevard" plans go ahead.

• 21 mins ago

​Belinda Sleeman's bid to become the first female NRL referee has been boosted by her selection to officiate at the World Cup.

• ANALYSIS
• 30 mins ago

The Productivity Commission has found that the way the GST is divided up is broken, but it has also found something more important: that it doesn't much hurt us.

• 37 mins ago

Footage emerged showing four Bendigo police officers pinning down a boy as people protested.

• 40 mins ago

Mario Ledesma has made the shock announcement he will step down as Wallabies scrum coach after the final Bledisloe Cup match in two weeks time to take a role with the Jaguares in Super Rugby in 2018.

• 42 mins ago

He wants to lay waste to the double-standards of polite society by baiting left-wingers out of their rigid identity politics.

• COMMENT
• 45 mins ago

A smart speaker showdown is brewing as Google takes centre stage in a battle with Sonos – the king of multi-room audio.

• Live
• 45 mins ago

The AFL trade period has officially opened. Stay tuned here for all the latest news on who is going where.

• 46 mins ago

After being touted as a top four hope and even possible premiership contender at the start of the season, West Coast's 2017 season was bitterly disappointing.

• 1 hr ago

Anne Masters has opened a new, tiny gallery to help support new artists.

• 1 hr ago

Dozens of taxi drivers have been fined in a police sting for refusing to take short fares at Melbourne Airport.

• UPDATED
• 1 hr ago

Police are investigating the death of a young woman whose body was found in an alleyway on Sydney's north shore early on Monday morning.

• 1 hr ago

The Bureau of Meteorology warns Queensland of a "typical Australian summer" as the state comes out of its warmest winter on record.

• 1 hr ago

A little fish tank sits unwatched in a bustling tearoom at St Vincent's Hospital.

• 1 hr ago

Shareholders have accused CBA and a host of senior executives of misleading the market in regards to investigations relating to the bank's alleged breaches of money laundering and terrorism financing laws.

• Live
• 1 hr ago

The ASX is climbing today, with banks and miners firmly higher, as the Australian market shrugs off the latest tensions over North Korea and mixed US jobs data.

• 1 hr ago

Can't bear throwing out that broken toaster or holey boots? Get them fixed for free at a repair cafe.

• BREAKING
• 1 hr ago

Police arrest man accused of burning down mum's house and allegedly stabbing two diners in St Kilda.

• 1 hr ago

The UN is warning that Bangladesh's plans to build the world's biggest refugee camp for 700,000 Rohingya refugees risks of diseases like cholera spreading.

• 1 hr ago

Looking and sounding like a coloured Fleischer animation from the 1930s, but playing more like a tough '80s run-and-gun, Cuphead is an inventive, surprising game centred on a number of boss battles that need to be studied and replayed to overcome.

• COMMENT
• 1 hr ago

I copped a hefty fine for failing to maintain "effective control" of my dog in an off-leash area.

• EXCLUSIVE
• 1 hr ago

The University of Sydney's first deputy vice-chancellor for Aboriginal services, Professor Shane Houston, is taking legal action over his dismissal from the position.

• 1 hr ago

Port Adelaide midfielder Robbie Gray has been diagnosed with testicular cancer.

• 1 hr ago

Commonwealth Games security preparations have been given a vote of confidence ahead of a week-long seminar for overseas delegates.

Was mass fish kill an act of nature or a result of mismanagement of water in the Murray-Darling basin?

Canberra police have seized guns, drugs and cash in a series of bikie-related raids over the weekend.

Chevron is finally starting production at its $45 billion Wheatstone liquefied natural gas project at its plant near Onslow in Western Australia.

French-based Accor hotel group has lobbed a $1.2 billion takeover offer for Mantra Group, Australia's second-largest hotel operator in the small to medium asset sector.

The talks to form New Zealand's next government resumed in earnest after final election results showed both main parties could form viable coalitions.

Clive Palmer's company lost its bid to avoid paying a Singapore-based exploration company for survey work in the Gulf of Papua.

It is understood the man attempted to complete a U-turn when his car was hit.

Heather decided to take her dogs for a walk in the forest area while her husband took photos, and has not been seen since.

Washington: The powerful US gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, says it would oppose an outright ban on bump-stock devices that the killer in the Las Vegas massacre of 58 people used to turn rifles into automatic weapons and strafe a crowd with bursts of sustained gunfire.

The Weinstein Company's board of directors has voted to remove Weinstein from the studio.

In an extract from his new book, Rob Andrew reveals the muddled thinking that wrecked England's hopes of a home World Cup triumph.

The trial of a convicted rapist who is accused of murdering West Australian teenager Hayley Dodd 18 years ago begins this week.

Opponents of the move have called the plan "reckless" and an "offence to the rule of law".

US vice-president Mike Pence walked out of an NFL game in his home state of Indiana on Sunday after nearly two dozen players on the visiting San Francisco 49ers knelt during the playing of the national anthem.

After a disruptive hurricane season, traders are bracing for more as the likelihood of a La Nina event triples.

Brisbane petrol prices have been labelled "highway robbery" by the Queensland government.

Persistent claims of treacherous leaks from a WA Labor MP to the opposition have been dismissed as a "beat-up" by Premier Mark McGowan, but he has also urged his colleagues to keep internal business private.

Australia's system of dividing Goods and Services Tax revenue between the states is broken "beyond comprehension by the public, and poorly understood by most within government", the Productivity Commission has declared in a landmark report.

• Theatre review

The magnificent Sondheim score gets excellent treatment in this production.

The AFL trade period begins on Monday morning, with club officials to descend on Etihad Stadium to thrash out deals.