Federal cabinet holds up the state’s 55 per cent surge in legal cigarette sales as proof that action can hit the black market.

For nearly two years, veteran Steve Johnstone was prescribed huge quantities of high-THC cannabis by doctors he had never spoken to.

Soaring LNG prices are set to reverse a forecast revenue slump, delivering an unexpected $23 billion boost to the nation’s biggest gas exporters.

As conflict far from Australia’s shores drives up fuel prices and renews inflation pressures, households are increasingly taking energy security into their own hands.

NDIS participants say serious reports of abuse, neglect and fraud are languishing as internal data reveals the regulator is grappling with a significant backlog of complaints.

Prime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach

New report predicts a heavy toll from Nigeria to the US – and comes on top of existing impacts of the climate crisis

Students are sneaking off to bet and openly discussing what they’re gambling on as researchers warn it is all too easy for underage teens to set up betting accounts.

Anthony Albanese and more than 20 other world leaders issue an urgent plea for global guardrails to ensure AI remains "under human control".

Girls and young women fleeing violent homes are finding themselves with so few housing and mental health support options they are forced to resort to “survival sex”, agencies say. But there is a solut...

Bowen says there is "a lot of work to do" to legalise plug-in solar and batteries. But experts say it's not complicated, and want regulators handed a firm deadline.

The year 2025 is being described as the worst of the century for freedom of expression, media rights, access to justice and more.

The church’s head Bruce Hales and his son Gareth are both set to be called before a parliamentary committee after this masthead revealed its links to harassment and stunts on the campaign trail.

Pensioners will be hit hard by the federal government's controversial private health insurance rebate changes, with new analysis revealing that about half of the $3 billion in forecast savings will be...

Australia is being urged to help ease cost-of-living pressures on domestic university students by making a key change to the support it already offers.

Electric vehicle sales have officially overtaken petrol-powered cars in a landmark shift for the Australian auto market.

A future Coalition government would slash the tobacco excise by 80 per cent, legalise and tax vapes and nicotine pouches, and bolster law enforcement to shut down the illicit trade.

The man who quit Keir Starmer’s government over a failure to boost defence spending appears now to have reached the same conclusion: Britain simply can’t find the money, leaving the country and its allies exposed in dangerous times.

Footage shows senator on stage at the Church and State conference responding to question about party’s director James Ashby

New analysis by Four Corners shows the scale of Canberra's revolving door, where former government officials accept lucrative jobs in lobbying or the defence industry.

Under pressure from all sides, Federal Labor agrees to put more of a buffer between its CGT reforms and foreign investors in renewables, adding another decade to the 50 per cent discount.

A digital trail of evidence and political and church insiders have revealed how the wealthy Christian sect mobilised influencers around the country to track and heckle candidates.

Many older Australians have paid for private cover for decades because being able to rely on private cover in retirement mattered to them.

Like clockwork, this latest sexual assault allegation has brought with it the “boys will be boys” defence on social media and unleashed a toxic torrent of abuse towards women who dared question it. An...

Using expert analysis, evidence revealed by bureaucrats at Senate estimates, and documents obtained under FOI, Four Corners reveals the fullest picture yet of the secretive algorithm affecting the liv...

The Labor-led committee broke with government senators involved in a separate inquiry which steamrolled pleas of the disability community to recommend the NDIS reforms pass.

Artificial Intelligence is listening to many people's medical appointments, but it is not always hearing things correctly.

Angus Taylor publicly cautions NSW senator for diverging from opposition policy in National Press Club speech as Nationals warn against any changes to working holiday visas

Commission chair won’t be involved in any AFL assessment of the case after being Cats president and on club board when deal was approved in 2024