Torres Strait climate change plea at COP27

<p>Torres Strait traditional owners are set to urge the global community to act on climate change in a bid to save their island homes from rising sea...

E-skateboard blaze narrowly avoids tragedy

<p>A 12-year-old girl suffered serious smoke inhalation after her electric skateboard caught alight while charging in her bedroom on the NSW north coa...

Flood-ravaged Vic towns look to recovery

<p>Some Victorian towns devastated in the early weeks of recent floods have begun the long road to recovery.</p>

Suns' Thompson ends injury-plagued career

<p>Gold Coast defender Rory Thompson has retired from the AFL, saying his body has been worn down by persistent knee injuries.</p>

NAB sees 20pct decline in house prices

<p>National Australia Bank says that while some customers will face difficulties as rates rise, the at-risk cohort is just a tiny fraction of its loan...

DNA key to 1982 Gold Coast murder

<p>Police hope a $500,000 reward and genetic genealogy could provide vital clues in the cold case murder of a man on the Gold Coast in 1982. </p>

Lions star Neale sets sights on AFL flag

<p>Brisbane star Lachie Neale has declared the Lions are right in the window to end their AFL premiership drought, saying this group needs to capitali...

Ex-NSW minister awaits corruption verdict

<p>A judge hopes to deliver his verdict on corruption charges against former NSW Labor minister Ian Macdonald and ex-union boss John Maitland before C...

ASX 200 rises; NAB’s cash earnings up over 8%

Australian shares opened higher on Wednesday after Wall Street closed higher in the overnight trade

Judge's jury comments win men fresh trial

<p>Two men jailed over $12 million of cocaine imported from Mexico will face a fresh trial after the High Court found a judge gave the jury wrong dire...

Musgrave Minerals (ASX:MGV) advancing well with optimism for further...

Highlights,Musgrave Minerals’ (ASX:MGV) Cue Gold Project is located in a well-endowed region.,MGV is continuing pre-development works to deliver a Sta...

Cashless welfare card users in hasty exit

<p>People placed on the cashless debit card have left the scheme in droves after the Albanese government passed legislation to abolish it.</p>

Walters welcomes Broncos' early NRL test

<p>After a horror finish to the 2022 season, Brisbane coach Kevin Walters is relishing a season-opening trip to Penrith to get an early gauge on his s...

Plastic bag recycling program collapses

<p>Hundreds of millions of plastic bags dropped off by customers at major supermarkets are being stockpiled in warehouses instead of being recycled.</...

Data breach penalty laws pass lower house

<p>Companies could soon face bigger penalties for data breaches, after new laws passed the lower house.</p>

Fines for federal offences set to increase

<p>The value of fines imposed on people for breaking federal laws will increase from next year, under new legislation introduced to parliament.</p>

Clarity on future kept Sullivan at Dragons

<p>Jayden Sullivan has revealed how much-needed clarity around his development as a halfback prompted him to withdraw his request release at St George...

ASX 200 likely to open higher; Wall Street jumps

The Australian share market is poised to open higher on Wednesday following positive overnight closing on Wall Street.

Hastings to battle on at Wests Tigers

<p>Tim Sheens has shot down suggestions Jackson Hastings is on the outer at Wests Tigers as the coach begins pondering spine combinations for 2023.</p...

Jeff Fenech handed fourth world title

<p>Aussie boxer Jeff Fenech has been retrospectively awarded a fourth world title, 31 years after being controversially robbed of the super-featherwei...