The SA government is proposing abolishing the use of good character references during sentencing for all criminal offences, a move which advocates say will make a tangible difference for victim-surviv...

Avoiding a rise in unemployment is important for the RBA – but apparently not a dealbreaker

Senator Eric Schmitt, a Republican, appeared to confuse basketball teams as he accused former special counsel Jack Smith of perjury at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday.

The government has celebrated a deficit $6 billion lower than the May forecast but warned there are tough times ahead for households.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an Open AI agent gained unauthorised accessed to the Medicare statistics reporting service portal.

Defence Minister Richard Marles says Australia is helping the US investigate how F-35 jet fighter parts were mistakenly diverted to Hong Kong, but that no technologically "sensitive" components have b...

The original policy gave the company almost unlimited powers to collect data on its Australian vehicle owners and broad discretion on how this could be disclosed.

A study of 13 years of crashes in Australia finds a link between car height and risk of pedestrian death, particularly for women and children.

The leaked plans have sparked backlash from creatives and critics across the political spectrum.

With no sign of de-escalation, there is a higher risk the expanding Iran war will push oil prices even higher than the level it reached during the global financial crisis in 2008.

A split emerges in One Nation over the video, with Barnaby Joyce offering an apology as Pauline Hanson continues to refuse to take it down

Comedian says he didn’t expect Murdoch network to be ‘as gullible and digitally illiterate as their target audience’. Plus: Karl Stefanovic falls silent

Tens of thousands of messages from hundreds of rogue OpenAI agents reveal how the self-described "collective" coordinated the attack on AI infrastructure company Hugging Face.

Independent senator Jacqui Lambie and others from across the political spectrum launch a spirited defence of Andrew Hastie after One Nation published a cartoon that repeatedly described the Liberal fr...

White House warns trading partners against ‘imposing digital services taxes, fines, and other forms of extortion’ on US tech sector

American forces were said to have hit multiple vessels in response to Iranian attempts to hit a U.S. warship.

A proposal to fundamentally change how Australians experience social media is gaining traction.

Treasury says Australia risks missing out on the economic benefits of AI unless businesses use beyond basic use and make bigger changes to how they operate.

An investigation into Zomi Frankcom's death is closed. But important questions remain unanswered.

Author Adam Johnson criticises Waverley council saying ‘reality is often upsetting’ while Palestinian group says libraries should hold ‘challenging’ books

The prime minister and NSW premier are expected to announce a bailout for the country's largest aluminium smelter tomorrow.

Deflating a property bubble takes some skill, something that has escaped almost every government or central bank that has ever attempted it.

As the harm caused by their products becomes more evident, manufacturers are resorting to denial and lawsuits to keep regulation at bay, says former Guardian special correspondent Felicity Lawrence

Following backlash, Israel's ambassador to Australia has argued: "All we did was we put forth facts for the decision-makers".

An ABC NEWS Verify investigation reveals Facebook is directly funding some controversial Australian content creators including a white nationalist and an anti-vaxxer influencer.

Thousands of households with batteries installed under the federal government's scheme are choosing not to sign up to be a so-called virtual power plant that sells stored energy back to the grid.

David Gallop was Football Australia CEO when Gianni Infantino took over the FIFA presidency from the corruption-stained run of Sepp Blatter, he says Infantino's World Cup proposal stank.

Responding to reports in The Australian Financial Review that it was working with consultancy firm Accenture on the plan dubbed “Project iQ”, a spokesperson for the Flying Kangaroo said discussions we...