Call to cut red tape to benefit household solar owners

Independent modelling urges regulators to plan for widespread rooftop energy systems and millions of batteries on wheels, or risk consumers being over...

Indigenous knowledge can help address climate change

Incorporating Indigenous knowledge systems and science is an effective way of addressing the impacts of climate change, and it's urgent in the Torres...

'Cruel': Asylum seeker scolds temporary visa work rules

Refugee advocates have criticised Australia's migration system as being cruel to asylum seekers, restricting their ability to work despite a skills sh...

Cash rate call on a knife edge as inflation slows

Official inflation data shows consumer prices have started to lose momentum but the cost of living remains punishingly high for Australian households....

Fight over affordable housing puts renters in focus

Greens leader Adam Bandt is calling for a rent freeze and more investment in affordable housing but the prime minister says his proposed fund goes far...

Guided weapons to be game changer for Australia: Marles

The federal government has committed more than $4 billion for long-range and precision missiles after a major review evaluated Australia's defence pla...

Budget should recognise potential of rural Australia

The federal government needs to take an aspirational approach to the future of regional Australia as it hands down its first comprehensive federal bud...

Artists in limbo as insurer QBE does policy backflip

Insurer QBE has reversed some carve-outs from a policy held by thousands of artists, but other changes mean many people could still lose their insuran...

WA teacher accused of indecently photographing students

A Perth Catholic school teacher has been charged with four counts of indecently recording four female students in his class.

Woman killed while preparing to leave violent partner

Bekkie-Rae Curren-Trinca had a plan to leave her violent relationship to protect herself and her daughter, but Paul McDonough killed her first.

Palaszczuk claims underdog status in fourth term quest

The Queensland premier says she will lead Labor in next year's election as the state opposition criticises a lack of progress on promised integrity re...

Ousted WA Labor MP faces court over DV conviction

Expelled WA Labor Party member Ben Dawkins has failed to convince a magistrate the media should be banned from his next appearance over family violenc...

Aust shares erase losses with cooling inflation data

The local share market was flat at lunchtime after recovering from a 0.5 per cent fall, after March quarter Consumer Price Index data came in as expec...

Gas price caps extended as energy costs stoke inflation

Gas price controls will be extended to help households and business afford access, but the industry warns the measures won't fix supply issues.

Inflation falls from peak ahead of cash rate call

Official inflation data shows consumer prices rising seven per cent annually in the March quarter, down from 7.8 per cent in the previous quarter.

New Zealand tax report shows ultra-wealthy paying less

A study of 311 ultra-rich families worth a combined $NZ85 billion has shed a light on inequality in New Zealand.

Sacred men's practices preserved in new digital space

Traditional owners of Central Australia will gain access to recordings of their languages, stories and ceremony in a new digital space opening in Alic...

Victoria to raise criminality age to 12 and then 14

The age of criminal responsibility in Victoria is set to be lifted to 12 and later 14 after the state government settled on its long-awaited policy po...

Historic rental vacancy lows deepen national crisis

Australia's rental crisis is deepening as two new reports shine a light on the lack of housing affordability and supply across the country.

'Reasonable doubt' of Folbigg's guilt, inquiry told

Counsel assisting an inquiry into Kathleen Folbigg's convictions have submitted there is reasonable doubt about her guilt over the deaths of her four...