• 14 mins ago

A young man whose knife was confiscated by police in Post Office Lane said he needed it to stab someone and if he didn't get it back he would "steal another knife".

• 21 mins ago

Biosecurity Queensland has confirmed the presence of the devastating Panama disease at a far north banana farm weeks after it was detected on the property.

• BREAKING
• 23 mins ago

The woman was walking with a young child in a pram in Sydney's northern beaches when she was struck by the truck.

• 23 mins ago

Conservationists and Tjiwarl traditional owners will continue to fight the approval for a uranium mine in central WA despite losing a Supreme Court appeal.

• 24 mins ago

In an era where people can track their iPhones and Samsung Galaxy devices in real time, the world's most-advanced transportation industry still isn't obligated to do the same for craft carrying about 4 billion passengers a year.

• 29 mins ago

The blitz which targeted dangerous driver behaviour also saw 137 infringements handed out for drivers not keeping left.

• 30 mins ago

A section of William Street in Northbridge has been closed as fire crews battle a building blaze.

• COMMENT
• 34 mins ago

Sometimes, there is no ethical, moral or financially correct answer to a problem.

• 38 mins ago

Ben Gillies allegedly blew 0.144 when pulled over by police in Newcastle last month.

• 38 mins ago

Classical music and arts magazine Limelight is calling in the liquidators after cancelling its March edition and laying off its six employees.

• 40 mins ago

A Perth mother who said she was pressured into falsely plead guilty to assaulting her baby daughter out of fear she would go to prison has had her conviction quashed.

• 44 mins ago

A police officer has denied exaggerating the behaviour of a man shown on CCTV footage being bashed in a Gold Coast station's basement car park.

• 47 mins ago

The off-contract star is targeting a return to career-best form.

• 58 mins ago

A fall in Rodamco's share price has reduced the value of the French retail giant's bid for Westfield.

• 59 mins ago

A 58-year-old man who forged a sexual relationship with a girl while she was underage has been sentenced.

• 1 hr ago

Energy companies have been warned by Premier Daniel Andrews they must make appropriate compensation payments to thousands of customers who lost power in January

• 1 hr ago

Rescuers in Taiwan searched badly damaged buildings early on Thursday, looking for scores of people missing after a powerful earthquake hit the island.

• 1 hr ago

If there's a new development around Perth and no one's there to make a complaint about it, does it still make a sound?

• Live
• 1 hr ago

The ASX lost ground in early trade but moved off its worst levels through the session and even managed to briefly trade in positive territory.

• 1 hr ago

With regulators applying the blowtorch to banks, analysts are questioning how sustainable it is for CBA's biggest division to be making so much money.

The Bald Archy Art Prize has poked its tongue at the art world, and our politicians, for 25 years

From gym selfies to lycra, Queensland's politicians are proving their fitness prowess after a lengthy break between Parliament sittings.

Many complain that in South Korea there is one set of rules for the rich and one for everyone else.

One of President Donald Trump's closest aides resigned on Wednesday after a news report that he emotionally and physically abused his ex-wives.

Jay Cerin's mother said she wasn't happy with the sentences handed down, but that no punishment would bring her son back.

A prominent WA trotting trainer has had a 12-month suspension overturned by the Racing Penalties Appeal Tribunal.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has intervened in the case of Australian filmmaker James Ricketson eight months after being jailed in Cambodia.

A group of prisoners accused of bashing two brothers pleaded not guilty to charges of assault.

A karaoke bar has been fined after an extremely violent brawl, smokes were butted out on the floor and a patron was passed out for a 'significant' period of time.

• EXCLUSIVE

High profile union leader Ged Kearney does not live in the seat she is trying to win.

Shocking footage of a man being hit with a baton by a PSO while being physically restrained by another officer at a railway station platform has emerged. 

Canberra community groups will vie for $200,000 worth of events funding ahead of the first public holiday.

Newfangled investments linked to volatility in the stock market have exploded in spectacular fashion. The shock waves have only just begun.

Staff members at a northside hotel have escaped uninjured after three men threatened them with a machete and guns before fleeing with cash, police said.

The head of the World Bank is the latest financial voice to raise questions about the legitimacy of digital currencies such as Bitcoin.

All is not what it seems with the image of Donald Trump. At least, that's what the wind has revealed of his hair.

It's the $10 million question that packed a Federal Court bankruptcy hearing in Sydney on Wednesday.

Former Cronulla halfback and Rothman's medalist Barry Russell will return to the club as its new chief executive officer.

The rail worker pay offer of 4 per cent will not impact the government's current wage policy, the Minister for Transport's office has said.

A man was forced to drive two men in his car around Perth for hours at knifepoint after he was kidnapped and robbed in Osborne Park on Wednesday evening.

Forcing a baker to provide a wedding cake for a same-sex marriage over her religious objections violates her right to free speech, a California judge has ruled.

Australia's biggest gambling company has taken a hit to its earnings since sealing its $11 billion mega-merger with its rival.

'Jobs are literally passing public servants by because they don't have a detailed profile on LinkedIn.'

Attorney-General Christian Porter says everyone has sympathy for Labor MP Susan Lamb's situation but the law is clear.

Origin Energy has slashed the value of a major coal seam gas project in Queensland by more than $500 million.

Mirvac has reported a fall in half-year profit to $465 million due to property revaluation gains and the timing of residential settlements.

• Live

Things have gotten personal at the end of the first sitting week of Parliament for 2018.

So when will the residents of Coombs have their own shopping centre?

Police uncovered 70 cannabis plants after they executed two search warrants in north Queensland.