Workers to get real wage lift ahead of schedule

Wages have been lagging well behind price rises but workers can expect pay increases to start outpacing inflation by early 2024.

Indigenous women's voices will be elevated at summit

More than 800 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women will converge on Canberra this week for the Wiyi Yani U Thangani (women's voices) summit.

Pandemic leaves medicos with burnout pains of their own

More pain specialists are experiencing burnout as the pandemic and disgruntled patients take their toll, with warnings the condition could compromise...

Life sentence for mother who murdered, burned kids

Margaret Hawke has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum non-parole period of 25 years, for murdering her three children and burning their...

Wife supported husband in his pursuit of murder

Biannca Edmunds was not the driving force behind the murder of her former boyfriend that also resulted in her husband being fatally stabbed, her lawye...

Hatchet attacker jailed as ex tells of lifelong scars

Cameron Turgay Bardak has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for attempted murder after attacking his ex-girlfriend with a hatchet and choking her in...

Man charged over stabbing at customer service centre

A 54-year-old public servant at NSW's customer service agency remains in intensive care after being stabbed repeatedly while at work in the centre of...

Life in prison for mum who murdered, burned kids

Margaret Hawke has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum non-parole period of 25 years, for murdering her three children and burning their...

Man jailed 14 years for hatchet attack on ex-girlfriend

Cameron Turgay Bardak has been sentenced to 14 years in jail for attempted murder after attacking his ex-girlfriend with a hatchet and choking her in...

Short-term budget bounce but long-term pressures remain

A temporary boost to the budget bottom line will be welcome but fast-growing spending is likely to keep pressure on federal government finances.

Candidates put hands up for Victorian treaty assembly

Relatives and allies of outspoken senator Lidia Thorpe are among dozens of candidates vying for election to Victoria's Indigenous treaty negotiation a...

WA creates national park and reserve bigger than Bali

A national park and nature reserve have been created in the remote Goldfields, adding more than 800,000 hectares to Western Australia's conservation e...

How Archibald winner stitches her intimate portraits

The winner of the 2023 Archibald Prize, Julia Gutman, works with donated textiles to make monumental yet intimate scenes of the people in her life.

Stabbed NSW customer service staffer in intensive care

A 55-year-old public servant at NSW's customer service agency has been stabbed in the lower back, chest and shoulder in the centre of Sydney.

Unprovoked violence, paranoia behind prison killing

A Queensland prisoner whose fatal blow killed accused body-in-a-barrel killer Zlatko Sikorsky has had more than a decade added to his sentence.

Large appetite for solar subsidy as energy bills rise

Permanent energy bill relief from access to rooftop solar is a priority most households want to see in the federal budget, including those who don't o...

Budget and data to shed light on economic slowdown

New Treasury growth forecasts, to be included in the federal budget, and other data due this week are likely to indicate how resilient the economy is.

Woman convicted of murder after ex and husband killed

Biannca Edmunds was not the driving force behind the murder of her former boyfriend that also resulted in her husband being fatally stabbed, her lawye...

Hidden risk behind decriminalising public drunkenness

Victoria's attorney-general warns decriminalising public drunkenness could have unintended consequences, but says preventative safeguards will be put...

Charges laid after primary school student drowning

A Port Fairy pool operator and the education department has been charged by WorkSafe over a school boy's drowning in regional Victoria.