WA sprayer operator Rob Mitchell says a growing number of drivers are mistakenly interpreting his signal to turn right as an opportunity to pass him, with dangerous consequences.

Researchers have proposed several biological mechanisms to explain Long COVID. Here's what we know.

For over a month now, people with a disability have been unable to use NDIS funding for seeking sex worker services. Lived-experience advocates say it's a step backward.

More than 20 per cent of Australian renters are living in poverty after their rent has been paid, a new study has found.

The ban won’t take effect for at least 12 months. But key details about it are still missing – including how social media platforms will actually verify users’ age.

Albanese government will rely on Coalition to pass three controversial migration bills and the under 16 social media ban

A cloudband extending 4,000 kilometres from the Top End to Tasmania will produce intense downpours during the last days of spring – threatening to bring areas of flash and river flooding to multiple states and territories, with other capital cities in the firing line.

Counsel assisting the coroner has made final submissions with scathing accusations of former NT police constable Zachary Rolfe, in the inquest into the shooting death of Aboriginal man Kumanjayi Walker.

For the first time Australia has a ‘comprehensive plan’ to tackle ‘deeply embedded’ racism, discrimination commissioner says

Yesterday, parliament heard that the major parties will come together and pass a law banning teenagers from social media, after a period of careful thought roughly commensurate with that of a 15-year-old making a Black Friday impulse buy at Shein.com.

The committee’s honourable mentions went to ‘right to disconnect’ and ‘rawdogging’

Data shows 37 babies under six months have been admitted to Queensland hospitals with whooping cough in 2024, compared to just 14 in all of 2023.

Researchers find providers stand to lose 46% of possible income if they rent to young people compared with those on higher welfare payments

Laws that would force social media companies to police misinformation and outright lies on their platform have been formally abandoned by the federal government. Laws to restrict gambling advertising will also not proceed this year.

Anxious Finns are learning how to survive in the wild in preparation for an invasion by their hostile neighbour

Peter Costello and John Howard should note that sovereign wealth funds now typically consider national policy objectives in their decisions

Woolworths and Coles are emphasising the threat of Aldi — is it really a competitive force to be reckoned with? A supermarket inquiry will determine just that, among other competition concerns.

The Australian government must effectively regulate social media instead of legislating a ban on children and young people's access.