Roger Cook has described the growing use of hospital corridors for overflow treatment of elderly patients as “not ideal” but normal.
Jessica Page
In a mark of respect for heritage and national identity, Australia has handed back to Mexico stolen antiquities illegally smuggled out of the country.
Tess Ikonomou
Australia is facing a ‘deep recession’ as Iran’s guerilla tactics in the Strait of Hormuz force the Federal Government to introduce fuel rationing, a superannuation strategist says.
Stephen Johnson
Home Affairs officials have revealed there are 234,000 backpackers in Australia, accounting for more than half of the nation’s high net overseas migration figure.
Caitlyn Rintoul
A government-led trial to allow women to access cheaper contraceptives and antibiotics has earned the ire of a peak GP body, who warn women’s health is becoming a dangerous “pilot project”.
Nathan Schmidt
A party led by an ex-rapper has swept Nepal's parliamentary elections in the first ballot since a youth-led revolt toppled the Himalayan nation's government.
Gopal Sharma
The Middle East war has pushed up fuel prices in Australia and driven shortages in some areas, prompting the government to step in.
Zac de Silva
An Australian town has been left in the lurch after its only service station ran out of fuel as the country feels the flow-on effects of the war in Iran.
Clareese Packer and Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Australia’s biggest provider of jet fuel has cut exports, leaving the country’s airports with an uncertain future.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
WA will receive $9.3 billion in GST payments in the coming year and lift above 75 cents for the first time since 2018, as the body that splits the money warns falling royalties are starting to hit .
Katina Curtis
Local businesses already experiencing crippling downturns are desperate for financial assistance as a crucial link road is likely to be closed for months.
Tom Wark and Luke Costin
Millions of Australians are being “shortchanged” on tax, leaders have warned, while one state booms.
Australia has now ordered all non-essential officials and their families from both Israel and the United Arab Emirates to leave the Middle East as the US-Israel-Iran war escalates.
Navigating minority government has barely troubled Chris Minns but he faces fresh problems as voters turn towards One Nation and the coalition rebuilds.
Farid Farid and Luke Costin
A senior Iranian diplomat quietly walked away from the regime while stationed in Canberra — a dramatic move only now coming to light.
Andrew Greene
Energy Minister Chris Bowen has announced millions of litres of diesel and petrol will be released from Australia’s onshore fuel stockpile to deal with concerns from the Middle East crisis.
Petrol and diesel prices were hiked dramatically almost straight after war broke out in the Middle East, the consumer watchdog has found.
The minister charged with looking after Australia’s fuel supplies has unleashed on people exploiting the fuel crunch gripping parts of the country.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer, Nathan Schmidt
US President Donald Trump says the war against Iran is all-but done, but Australia’s latest move suggests otherwise.
LIVE UPDATES: US President Donald Trump has hinted at an escalation against the Iranian regime in a new post, as Energy Minister Chris Bowen moves on Australia’s growing diesel and petrol crisis.
Chloe Maher, Tegwen Bescoby and Troy de Ruyter
Doctors are warning that complex elective surgery will be in limbo as the result of a decision to close two theatres at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital ‘essentially permanently’, according to a leaked email.
Grieving families of those killed in the Bondi terror attack are dismayed by a respected official's sudden exit from the royal commission into anti-Semitism.
The Energy Minister has lowered fuel quality standards in a bid to get an extra 100 million litres a month more petrol into the Australia market amid fears shortages could cripple transport and food supplies.
Katina Curtis and Brooke Rolfe
Retailers peddling cheap cigarettes or illegal vapes are being warned they’ll soon be shut down, after new tobacco laws passed State Parliament.
