Technology stocks soared more than 10 per cent as the ASX 200 closed at its highest level in two months, after a decisive Democrat election win rattled global markets.
Cameron Micallef
RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser had a sobering message for households as the central bank looks to get on top of Australia’s inflation woes.
Jailed for 32 years for a park execution, a former soldier now argues the jury got it wrong and he was merely there to clean up someone else’s crime.
Liam Beatty
The country’s top court will hear a years-long racism row between Pauline Hanson and Australia’s first Muslim senator.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Disturbing footage has emerged of a teenager being punched, kicked and threatened with a knife while other youths filmed and urged attackers to “strip him naked”.
Andrew Hedgman
The commanding officer of a former RAAF pilot accused of murdering his wife has claimed to know the couple had “issues”.
Kate Stephenson
A senior Coalition senator has blasted a “sham inquiry” after it put out a report calling for Australia’s nuclear submarine program to be axed.
A leading Victorian detective issued an exasperated plea to youths finding themselves amongst organised crime after the suspected firebombing of a luxury garage.
David Hannant
An elderly man has been arrested and taken to hospital under police guard, after a woman was found dead in a home on the NSW Mid North Coast.
Australian Formula 1 world champion Alan Jones has died aged 80.
Marco Monteverde
A footy champion is among those calling for Australia’s biggest super fund to dump shares in a major coal miner.
Blair Jackson
David Jones shoppers are already spotting bare shelves and disappearing luxury brands, with photos from stores across the country pointing to a retailer unravelling in real time.
Cameron Micallef, Tia Clarkson-Pascoe and Andrew Hedgman
Victorian Labor has deployed AI-generated doppelgangers of its rivals in the fight for this month’s state election – and the Premier is defending it.
Tia Clarkson-Pascoe
One of Australia’s big four banks has posted its full-year profit, with its chief executive declaring business divisions are “getting stronger” despite a challenging environment.
Tough new restrictions on nitrous oxide sales - commonly known as nangs - are now live in one state as authorities move to curb the harm linked to their misuse.
Telstra customers are claiming they were getting notifications of missed calls from dead relatives amid a glitch in the telco’s message bank system.
Andrew Hedgman and Blair Jackson
A mum has demanded answers after CCTV captured her young son falling and lying motionless on the ground for nearly two minutes before childcare staff intervened.
A disgraced swim coach who promised a court he would rehabilitate has found himself back before the courts, just weeks after he was released on parole.
Naomi Toy
A sharp Wall Street fall and sell-off in rate-sensitive stocks have dragged the ASX 200 down 52 points, reversing Tuesday’s gains across seven of 11 sectors.
Police have charged another teenager with terrorism-related offences, over an alleged mass casualty plot at an Australian school.
Emma Kirk
A once-viral clothing label with a fiercely loyal online following has been thrown into uncertainty after entering voluntary administration.
Friends and family have paid tribute to a beloved skating instructor after she died falling from a balcony pub during a Halloween party.
Alexandra Feiam
Anthony Albanese has dealt a brutal response to criticism from a former UK prime minister, whose time in office was outlasted by a lettuce.
Household budgets have so far held up to higher interest rates and rising oil prices, but economists warn Australia’s spending spree could be over.
