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

A free Victorian service that helps home owners facing mortgage stress has been forced to temporarily close its books, as interest rate rises and inflation bite.

For decades, successive governments have kept unemployment payments in Australia below all accepted measures of adequacy - JobSeeker now sits at just 41% of the minimum wage, and Youth Allowance is ev...

Special envoy for men’s health Dan Repacholi on talking about your feelings, dial up internet, and no longer being Labor’s tallest MP.

Influenza cases are peaking unusually late in the year in Australia, so if you haven't had your flu jab this season, it's actually not too late.

It has been devastating to read that Australian students have recorded their worst maths and reading scores on record in the latest Programme for International Student Assessment … This ought to be a serious issue, but it seemingly slipped into the ether.

Senator Lidia Thorpe has introduced a bill to prohibit the practice in Australian prisons that advocates say violates the human rights of both mother and child

Salmon companies operating in Tasmanian marine areas deployed almost 1,800 explosives in first half of 2026, government figures reveal

About one in six NSW, QLD and Vic residents think foxes are native animals and a third believe quolls are introduced, survey shows

The former prime minister said everybody, irrespective of their ethnic background, should feel they are a part of Australia.

P&I is reaching more readers, attracting younger voices and becoming an increasingly important part of Australia’s democratic conversation. But as John Menadue writes, our independence still depends entirely on reader support.

The bulky massif of the Baw Baw plateau is a serene bookend to the view as you look north from the Latrobe Valley. It is ringed by tall forests of Alpine Ash, Shining and Tingaringy Gum, Mountain A…

It comes hot on the heels of the party’s plan to slash Australia’s temporary migrant population by 750,000.

Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives

Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives

Leaked messages reveal the full story of how the Exclusive Brethren secretly recruited far-right agitators and neo-Nazi associates to harass MPs at the election.

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.

The Northern Territory’s soaring imprisonment rates, punitive youth justice policies and rejection of expert advice reveal a system failing Indigenous communities and strengthening the case for urgent...