Women ditching part-time as COVID redefines flexibility
Fewer workers are going part-time and more are working remotely or on flexible hours in a shift posing new opportunities for gender equity.
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A protesting truck convoy will disrupt morning commuters around Canberra on Tuesday between 8 and 11, police are warning.
Pet laws are ineffective at managing the biosecurity risks posed by cats, including predation and disease transmission, a new report has found.
The final report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide will be released, as commissioners identify a failure of leadership.
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Calls to address ‘unspoken cost’ of reproductive health
Australian workers should be given 12 days more leave as employees are taking time off for their reproductive health, the Health Services Union says.
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Animal shelter braces for the kitten onslaught
RSPCA ACT says kitten season has come early, and it desperately needs more neonatal foster carers to cope with the numbers.
Australia has delivered its worst medal haul at a Paralympic Games since 1980 despite some stirring performances on the track and with the bike.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has distanced himself from the strident attack his one-time boss Wayne Swan launched on the Reserve Bank, which the former treasurer accused of “putting economic dogma over rational decision-making”.
The 2026 census will include questions on sexual orientation and gender identity, following backlash against the federal government by the LGBTIQ+ community.
Col Pearse has saluted his late grandfather after he won silver on the penultimate day of the Paris Paralympics as Australia claimed 10 medals.
Independent Senator David Pocock has renewed calls for urgent legislation to ban generative AI in election material.
Tech giant Apple is expected to launch its first iPhones with generative AI within days but experts say the technology still lacks safeguards.
A stunning late try from the most unlikely of sources that capped off a thrilling 26-24 comeback over St George Illawarra has Canberra coach Ricky Stuart praying for a miracle finals berth.
Power has been restored to homes in NSW's Hunter region after its third earthquake in weeks, but seismologists warn more aftershocks are likely to follow.
A revamped Australian War Memorial will harness geothermal energy and have more interactive displays, allowing new generations to understand the burden of war.
Prime ministers, TV hosts, journalists, MPs and staffers were among the who's who of mentions and witnesses in the Linda Reynolds defamation trial, reports ARRON BUNCH from Perth.
Five ACT non-government schools will share in $3.8 million of ACT government infrastructure grant funding that includes the construction of new and expanded classrooms and the refurbishment of staff facilities.
A 24-year-old Vietnamese national is the first person to be charged with Commonwealth supply and possession of vaping goods offences in the ACT after he was arrested in his vehicle in Phillip on Friday afternoon.
