The man behind the wheel of a luxury SUV that swerved onto the wrong side of the road, killing a brother and sister in a horror crash has learned his fate.
Steve Zemek
Record business failures could devastate Australia’s most critical sectors, as the oil price shock risks triggering an economic collapse similar to Covid-era lockdowns.
Cameron Micallef
An outside school hours childcare service has been fined $25,000 after a seven-year-old was left on a bus in 39C heat.
Emma Kirk
Jim Chalmers has been grilled on Australia’s fuel excise after warning inflation was tipped to worsen as the Iran war hits home.
Nathan Schmidt and Ria Pandey
Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes finished work $1bn poorer on Tuesday as Atlassian shares crashed.
Blair Jackson
A father accused of killing his fiancee and young daughter may avoid a traditional trial due to these concerns.
Kate Stephenson
Australia is unprepared for the “harsh new reality” of world war, a Liberal MP has warned in a rousing plea for “reindustrialisation”.
Nathan Schmidt
Energy Minister Chris Bowen has ruled on whether the government would consider a $40 fuel cap amid growing supply issues.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer and Nathan Schmidt
Fresh data shows Australia’s inflation rate remains stubbornly high, with further pain to come from the Iran war, raising expectations of another rate rise.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has introduced new laws to empower the ACCC to crack down on price gouging, including a tough new penalty.
Ria Pandey
An Asian ally has hinted it could help Australia as the country slides deeper into a fuel crisis.
Ria Pandey, Jack Nivison, Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Police have arrested an alleged key player in the kidnapping and murder of a grandfather, with more people in their sights.
Jack Nivison and Andrew Hedgman
The family of a young girl abused by a childcare worker said they are “devastated” to learn of his 10-month jail sentence after he was found guilty.
Euan Kennedy
Millions of Aussies are bracing for temperatures to plummet up to 12C below average in the “first real cold snap” of the year.
Former AFL player Nick Stevens always intended to complete works for customers of his pool installation business, his lawyer has argued.
Liam Beatty
Australian shares have bounced back from Monday’s carnage after Donald Trump’s “productive talks” comment calmed oil fears, but experts warn major risks remain.
Household budgets face a massive blow from Friday as mortgage rate hikes take effect, health insurance premiums surge and cost of living pressures mount.
Transport workers are protesting at airports across the country following a series of “safety blitzes” that exposed “alarming breaches”.
Jack Nivison
Australia’s under-attack meat industry has been dealt a further blow from a historic $10bn free-trade arrangement.
A group of campers were rescued after spending 16 hours in the ocean after their boat broke apart. However, one remained unaccounted for.
Rhiannon Lewin
EU members may launch an operation in the Strait of Hormuz, it’s been revealed, but only on one key condition.
The EU’s chief has declared the world “brutal, harsh and unforgiving” in a candid address to Australia’s parliament.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
A union has called for employers to let their staff work from home due to rising transport costs caused by the war in the Middle East.
Australians now feel worse about their finances than during the GFC, dot-com crash or Covid, as confidence hits rock bottom.
