Australia has joined a group of 22 governments and institutions calling for stronger international guardrails around advanced artificial intelligence, placing Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on one side…

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used a Climate Week appearance in New York to argue that governments can no longer avoid the economic and security costs of…

More than one in four paid parking spaces controlled by Brisbane City Council are now in app-only payment zones, prompting warnings that the shift away from physical…

Victoria has unveiled a new set of rules for data centres that will require future projects to source renewable energy, avoid drinking water and keep at least…

Victoria’s fight over the powers of its anti-corruption watchdog has widened into a second argument about public interest immunity, as the Labor government moves to expand IBAC’s…

New South Wales is preparing to change the way adult sexual assault complainants can give evidence, with the government proposing that recorded police interviews be used as…

Calls for a national royal commission into violence against women and children have intensified after several alleged domestic violence incidents in New South Wales, but Treasurer Jim…

Australia’s long-running argument over whether superannuation should help people buy a home has returned to federal politics, with Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg floating several options and…

More than 800,000 bees are now reported to have been stolen from beekeepers across Far North Queensland, expanding an investigation that first emerged after commercial hives were…