Deep in a NSW forest, a familial divide has been growing between two grand trees. Across the road from Australia’s widest spotted gum, stands its cousin – the country’s tallest …

Melbourne’s flood alert system will be overhauled after more than 500 homes and businesses were inundated without warning, with the Bureau of Meteorology taking the lead. Melbourne Water, the bureau …

Another close interest rate call is looming for the Reserve Bank amid persistent inflation and stagnant productivity growth. The RBA board is due to meet on Tuesday afternoon for the …

Victoria’s net debt will rise to $305.3 billion if the government doesn’t start to pay off its borrowings, the independent budget watchdog has warned. The Parliamentary Budget Office on Sunday …

A leading architect of the Indigenous voice proposal has accused Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of pushing a race-based argument he promised he would avoid. Prominent ‘yes’ campaigner Noel Pearson said …

A man accused of stabbing a three-year-old boy to death in a Sydney unit will remain in custody as he recovers in hospital from serious injuries. Nathan Vikatos, 45, was …

Australians’ last resting places might not be so final under a pitch to curtail a crisis in cemetery space and make the burials industry greener. Experts are pushing for grave …

Fewer Victorian private schools will lose their longstanding payroll tax exemption than originally thought, with the fee threshold to be increased. The 2023/24 state budget forecast about 110 non-government schools …

Australia is looking to regulate the growth of artificial intelligence technologies, and may consider bans in areas deemed high-risk. The technologies have the potential for breakthroughs in such things as …

A generation of higher education graduates will be saddled with student debt well into retirement if changes are not made to the way loans are indexed. More than three million …