Cooler conditions have given firefighters a chance to assess the initial damage from a massive bushfire, revealing at least three homes have been lost.
Police are piecing together the details of the deaths of two sailors killed on separate boats in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race in challenging weather conditions.Â
A Greyhound bus driver has died after his vehicle collided with a truck on a highway in the early hours of the morning, leaving several passengers injured.
A major federal funding initiative is designed to bolster public-interest journalism, with support for newswire AAP, local outlets and Indigenous media.
The coalition's nuclear energy plan will hit the Australian economy by trillions, the treasurer warns, as Labor defends the action taken to lower power bills.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is set to unveil the cost of a controversial nuclear power plan should the coalition come to power at the federal election.
Humanitarian organisations and Palestinian Australians have welcomed Australia's support for a ceasefire in Gaza but the Jewish community has raised concerns.
Australia's central bank is sounding more confident it can beat inflation in welcome signs for mortgage-holders, home-buyers and the federal government.
An angry crowd has met Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as he visited a synagogue to see for himself the destruction caused by a suspected terrorist attack.
Hopes of end-of-year rates relief have been dashed as the Reserve Bank of Australia stays on hold and the board warns underlying inflation remains "too high".
Supermarket giant Woolworths is working overtime to ensure shoppers can purchase their Christmas goods after a two-week strike among warehouse workers.
Police are declaring the firebombing of a synagogue as a likely act of terrorism, searching for three suspects as counter-terror investigators take over.
Despite a failed effort to impose martial law, Aussies in South Korea don't feel unsafe and think the incident instead shows the nation is a mature democracy.
Australia's major parties are lining up to take shots at the Commonwealth Bank after account changes that will mean some customers pay $3 to access their cash.
A senior constable who fatally tasered a 95-year-old woman has been dismissed from the police force less than a week after being found guilty of manslaughter.
