Blow to borrowers with about-face interest rate hike
Mortgage holders will face higher borrowing costs after the Reserve Bank raised interest rates by 0.25 percentage points in a widely-anticipated decision.
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The Nationals are weighing a reconciliation deal proposed by the Liberals to restore the coalition after weeks of damaging infighting.
Prosecutors will review a "significant" brief of evidence in the case of an alleged Chinese spy before sending it to the attorney-general's office for consent.
Jim Chalmers says the next head of Australia's financial watchdog, Sarah Court, is an experienced litigator and leader and will make a positive impact.
Police
Fibre optic cables damaged in Wanniassa
Telecommunications fibre optic cables were damaged during an early-morning incident in Wanniassa, disrupting internet services to the area.
Health
‘Blind spot’: alarm sounded on weight-loss medications
Limited research into the long-term nutritional health impacts of weight-loss medications such as Ozempic could be putting people at risk of harm.
Technology
Australia’s quantum leap: $20m boost for homegrown firm
Quantum technology that promises to outsmart artificial intelligence could be made in Australia after an investment in a Sydney company.
A children's author who admitted grooming teenage girls online used and abused his position as a ruse for his own sexual gratification, a judge has heard.
An Australian snowboarder has died in a ski lift accident at a Japanese resort after her partially strapped backpack was caught in the chair.
David Littleproud will remain leader of the Nationals after Queensland MP Colin Boyce failed to garner the support of colleagues for a spill motion.
It was disappointing that drivers continued to gamble with children’s lives by speeding in school zones, said superintendent of Road and Proactive Policing Alex Nicolson.
Dezi Freeman, who allegedly killed two officers in an ambush at a rural property, is dead according to police, amid a fresh search for his remains.
A Sydney PhD student has recreated cosmic dust in a laboratory bottle, offering new insights into how the building blocks of life may have formed billions of years before Earth existed.
A big shift in conservative politics follows the coalition's dramatic split as rivals jostle for leadership and analysts wonder how permanent the move will be.
Hundreds of millions of dollars were poured into Australia's 2025 federal poll, with major parties spending nine figures across the election year.
Home price growth picked up in January, but results were mixed across the capital cities, with Canberra leading the way on rental affordability.
The ACT Government will introduce tougher firearm laws this week, including a cap on the number of guns an individual can own, tighter controls on firearm classifications and a new offence targeting 3D-printed weapons.
Independent Kurrajong MLA Thomas Emerson has called for reforms to the ACT’s early childhood education and care sector, saying newly released government documents reveal regulatory failures that have put children at risk.
Key supporters of Sussan Ley don't expect a challenge to her leadership in the near term, but one rival has yet to break cover with his plans.
