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 …

Starting July 1, 2024, independent schools that charge annual tuition fees over $8,000 might find themselves in the crosshairs of the Victorian government’s new payroll tax. The revised figure, from …

A union boss has blasted South Australia’s government after the state passed laws to ramp up fines for disruptive protests following a mammoth upper house debate. The new measures were …

The processing time for gaining Australian citizenship has been cut by 42 per cent, down to an average of seven months. This sees the backlog number from the previous government …

Taxi drivers caught refusing fares or turning off the meter could cop a $1000 on-the-spot fine under a new industry crackdown. NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen promised the state government …

Controversial new taxes in the Victorian Labor budget will be opposed by the state coalition but it has stopped short of promising to repeal all but one. As state parliament …