Mortgage holders can breathe a sigh of relief following the Reserve Bank's decision to leave interest rates on hold at 4.35 per cent, as widely expected.
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Erin Patterson's case has been fast-tracked to the Supreme Court after she pleaded not guilty to murdering three people, including her former in-laws.
The debt owed by the federal government is expected to be cut in this year's federal budget, as Labor eyes delivering a back-to-back surplus.
The family of two Australian brothers who went missing on a surfing trip in Mexico has identified their bodies.
Many artists earn far less than the average wage, while the cost of producing work increases, a snapshot of Australia's artists shows.
David McBride will learn his fate after a guilty plea for leaking classified information that exposed alleged war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan.
A search for a person who went overboard from a P&O cruise ship in waters off Sydney is underway after an alarm was sounded before dawn.
Qantas will pay $20 million to customers and a fine of $100 million for selling thousands of tickets for cancelled flights.
The family of the Robinson brothers, feared killed in Mexico while on a surfing trip, have arrived in Baja California to view the men's suspected dead bodies.
A nation-first scheme will provide 10 days reproductive health leave for all Queensland public sector workers.
Corporations aligning with political causes could do better paying workers, suppliers and taxes fairly while investing in local communities, a survey says.
A knife-wielding teenager who had been involved in an anti-radicalisation program has been shot dead by police in Perth after stabbing a man at a Bunnings.
