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There are grave fears for the occupant of a vehicle that struck a pole north of Brisbane on Tuesday night. The single-vehicle ...

Members of the Queensland Police Union have launched a petition seeking support for a vote of no confidence in the union’s ...

St Ignatius’ College has banned access to digital devices for students up to year 3 level and their use will be heavily restricted for their peers up to year 9 in a nation-leading tech-smart ...

After eight years of dating, soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo and model Georgina Rodriguez are engaged. Rodriguez shared the news to her Instagram account on Monday with a shot of her enormous ...

Anthony Albanese’s decision to back a Palestinian state shows Australia has totally lost its moral compass. The Prime Minister’s weakness will be felt for years to come. So, Australia is going to join ...

At the start of Anthony Albanese’s first term of office, the newly elected prime minister got a rush of blood to the head and announced a Voice to Parliament referendum, telling Australians ad nauseam ...

Interest rates are likely to fall in November and could be reduced even further next year as the RBA moves to deliver a “Goldilocks outcome” in which inflation and unemployment are both low.

At least eight candidates vying for a spot on the Darwin City Council have accused it of being “undemocratic”, as they demand the Northern Territory Electoral Commission to postpone the election until ...

Better late than never. One meeting after everyone expected, the RBA on Tuesday cut its benchmark interest rate for the third time this year. So where to from here?

Anthony Albanese is now among a growing list of Western leaders vowing to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September.

A black hole in the federal government’s coffers is set to worsen as new analysis reveals how spending on legal tobacco has almost halved in just three and a half years.