Australia's sovereign wealth fund delivered a six per cent annual return in the six months to June 30, returning to growth but underperforming its target of a 10 per cent return.
'Yes' campaigners see inner city residents of a key state as crucial to winning the Indigenous voice referendum as the PM gets set to reveal the voting date.
Expert analysis claiming that false sexual assault complaints aren't common will be opposed by Bruce Lehrmann's lawyers in his cases against two broadcasters.
Three United States Marines have been killed and several more injured after their aircraft crashed off the Northern Territory coast during a training drill.
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A judge has urged for Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds' defamation cases against Brittany Higgins and David Sharaz to go to mediation amid mental health concerns.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer has been jailed 15 years for sexually abusing two Melbourne sisters when they were students between 2004 and 2007.
The federal government has launched its revamped arts funding body at the Sydney Theatre Company, where Arts Minister Tony Burke enjoyed live theatre as a youngster.
Anthony Albanese will next week announce the date for Australians to vote in the Indigenous voice referendum, with October 14 widely tipped for the poll.
Key Liberal National Party members have stood with Queensland farmers and landholders outside state parliament urging a rethink of large-scale renewables projects.
Anthony Albanese says the country needs to 'collectively plan' for an ageing demographic, as the government prepares to release the Intergenerational Report.
A man who police allege created and operated an exploitation game that allowed subscribers to mimic sex offences against children has been charged in a landmark investigation.
Maritime authorities say the female southern right whale and her calf spotted basking in shallow waters off Sydney have moved on again, after taking a few days to relax in the coast's warm shallow bays.
Ex-Seven Network personality Andrew O'Keefe will face court after being arrested in Sydney overnight for allegedly contravening an apprehended violence order.
Australia is boosting the number of High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers it plans to acquire for the defence force as part of the far-reaching defence strategic review.
The nation has marked the 50th anniversary of the end of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, which resulted in the deaths of thousands of soldiers.
According to the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, “Misinformation and disinformation pose a threat to the safety and wellbeing of Australians, as well as to our democracy, society and economy”.
