Businesses are deciding whether to absorb card payment fees or pass the costs on as a ban on surcharges starts, but one government agency has another solution.
The company behind a rogue AI agent will launch an Australian task force to ward off future attacks, as it apologises for the breach of a Medicare website.
Australia's deficit for the past financial year is smaller than expected, but rising interest rates and stubborn inflation give little cause to celebrate.
Mia Lay had only been on the force for 16 months but had showed exceptional promise before she died in a crash while in a police car pursuing a stolen vehicle.
Anthony Albanese has revealed an OpenAI agent hacked into a Medicare statistics website and flagged other government systems may have also been affected.
Anthony Albanese will tell a UN panel why AI's expansion must be curtailed, contrasting with the US president who has rebuffed concerns on the technology.
As Australia's food crisis deepens, the country is throwing away the equivalent of 29 million meals every day while 3.5 million households struggle with food insecurity.
The opposition is declaring the government's digital duty-of-care laws the "Big Brother bill", doubling down on its stance to block the reforms in parliament.
One Nation has committed to drastically cut current temporary visa holders under its net-negative migration policy, prompting swift criticism from the major parties.
International students would face the brunt of the cuts after...
Pauline Hanson's labelling of Andrew Hastie as a traitor has drawn a fierce rebuke from an unlikely band of politicians demanding she remove a cartoon video.
The White House has bristled over the government's planned crackdown on social media algorithms as the prime minister's trip to the United States looms.
The partner of an Australian man missing in Nepal after devastating floods has called on Canberra to send troops to the area, as the total number of Australians unaccounted for rises to...
Nepali officials say 340 foreign tourists are missing, including 34 from Australia, after a fatal flash flood struck the border region of Nepal and China.
Contentious gambling reforms are finally within sight of the winning post for the government as its brushes off criticism from the cross bench and advocates.
Multiple contentious Labor policies might pass the parliament pending a deal, as Labor goes on the attack against One Nation and the coalition amid new polling.
US President Donald Trump will consider the case to remove tariffs on Australian exports, Anthony Albanese says, following a phone call between the leaders.
The prime minister insists his comments and hand gestures about the Japanese prime minister gifting him two melons have been incorrectly characterised.
