A surge in COVID-19 cases has prompted the West Australian government to reintroduce face mask rules at Perth public hospitals. Staff and patients will be ordered to wear surgical masks …

Some residents in Melbourne’s Darebin area have raised concerns over a recent council proposal to cut childcare and kindergarten leases down to two years from five and the council’s consideration …

In the face of many challenges, including a youth mental health crisis, significant teacher shortages and the introduction of curriculum reforms, educators across Australia are both enduring and innovating. Some …

Voters in Melbourne’s south-east will return to the ballot box for the third time in less than a year to elect a replacement for former Premier Daniel Andrews. The Mulgrave …

As the number of homeless individuals sleeping on sidewalks starts to rise once more, Sydney’s business community is advocating for the appointment of a commissioner to address homelessness. Paul Nicolaou …

Alexandra Mastropetros, the former lover of convicted gang rapist Mohammed Skaf, has appeared before court in Sydney. Mastropetros faced the Bankstown Local Court on Thursday, facing sentence for stalking and …

A raft of South Australian road projects are on the chopping block after the federal government scrapped its commitment to fund the upgrades, but the state’s marquee North-South Corridor tunnel …

The official jobless rate lifted 0.2 percentage points to 3.7 per cent last month, as widely anticipated. A larger-than-expected 55,000 jobs were added to the economy, based on the monthly …

Qantas will face sentencing in a criminal court after a judge found the airline breached workplace health and safety law in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. SafeWork NSW …

Australia’s rental market has gone from bad to worse as unaffordable housing woes in cities spread to the regions and rental price hikes outstrip wage growth. That’s according to the …