Interest rates have been left untouched at 4.1 per cent in September in welcome news for borrowers. The Reserve Bank of Australia has stayed on the sidelines for the third …

A jump in reports of elder abuse has prompted authorities to ask for more victims to come forward. More than 5700 reports were made to Victoria Police in the 12 …

A pay deal for NSW teachers is close to being signed after the government and the union struck an in-principle deal. The NSW Teachers Federation has been weighing up an …

A Victorian man who disappeared five years ago while on a trial over a plot to import 186kg of cocaine has been arrested at Melbourne Airport. Omer Tok has been …

Qantas CEO Alan Joyce will leave his job immediately, following a recent furore over the airline’s profits and service. Mr Joyce advised the board he was bringing forward his retirement …

Roughly a quarter of the Australian economy will be hit hard and fast by generative artificial intelligence (GAI) disruption as highlighted in a report by top economists. Finance, ICT and …

Rising prices are leaving many Australians on income support payments with no choice but to skip meals and cut back on heating to make ends meet. Nearly three-quarters of Australians …

Opposition to the Indigenous voice to parliament has now tipped over into the majority. A Newspoll, conducted for The Australian, shows ­support for constitutional change has fallen to 38 per …

Owning a home (or two) has been seared into our immigrant psyche. Homeownership shielded our poor working-class immigrant parents from political and economic vagaries. Unlike our Greek peers in Germany, …

Victoria may have held its last duck hunting season after an inquiry recommended a ban, riling shooters and some unions. An upper house committee tabled a report to state parliament …