Politics

A critical rail link between Brisbane and the beaches to its north is now locked in with a total of $5.5 billion secured from the state and federal governments.

The SA government announces what it says is  an "ambitious" first step to protect children from social media and its harmful impacts on their mental health, but one expert says a blanket ban is rarely the answer.

Less than four months out from the NT election, Chief Minister Eva Lawler is dropping her first budget as leader – and it's going big on cops and community safety.

The South Australian government is considering introducing laws against the "unscrupulous" practice, which involves contacting a survivor of abuse or personal injury without their permission to encourage them to make a claim for compensation.

Across Australia there's angst about youth crime, but what do the kids involved think about it? Reporter Erin Parke travelled to the desert to see first hand the hard work and emotional moments involved with trying to "divert" vulnerable kids away from bad behaviour.

A senior partner at PwC Australia took confidential tax information and misused it. The company sold schemes off the back of it and gloated about the millions it had made. But as the scandal dies down, the firm is winning new taxpayer-funded work and may be able to get more from December. 

Joe Biden's growing criticism of Israel has left Benjamin Netanyahu having to choose between Israel's strongest supporter, which bankrolls its military, and two far-right politicians.

There is something deeply troubling about a local council trying to ban books that show the diversity of families that have legal status in our country.

A spy for one of the most feared and powerful arms of China’s intelligence apparatus is revealing his identity and operations overseas, including in Australia, as part of a Four Corners investigation.