Commonwealth Bank’s market valuation has broken through $200 billion for the first time, as investor hopes of interest rate cuts sparked a rally in bank shares and lifted the market to a record high.
The debut novel from Sharlene Allsopp explores ideas of history, truth-telling and identity in a post-apocalyptic Australia.
FW founder and managing director Helen McCabe on International Women's Day.
King River Resources has revealed promising geochemical anomalism in assay results from phase-one drilling of its Providence target in the Northern Territory.
The owner of a popular Italian restaurant is on trial over claims including he raped one woman in a public toilet and posed as an Uber driver to assault another.
The finance minister warns businesses to do better on equality or lose government contracts, it is ten years since flight MH370 disappears and states sign up for new competition agenda on wages.
This week’s Bulls N’ Bears top ASX runner is… Macro Metals. Its share price rose more than 166 per cent to join Immuron, Sultan Resources and Dynamic Metals.
The city’s baking scene is rising across the suburbs, as chefs create ‘affordable luxuries’ for budget-conscious times.
The port would increase the amount of humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in the war-battered enclave by “hundreds of additional truckloads” per day.
Thousands of passengers loaded onto the Pacific Explorer in Adelaide, the first of nearly 30,000 guests expected across multiple cruises in the coming months.
Contractors on Melbourne’s airport rail link have been paid $67 million to delay to the project.
Sydney’s private motorway operator is offering discounts for regular users ahead of the release of interim findings from a review into the city’s toll roads.
A Melbourne accountant who stole millions from some of the biggest names in the Australian music industry has pleaded guilty.
Parts of Australia's south are bracing for a scorching weekend ahead with temperatures edging up into the 40s.
Fourteen wickets fell at Hagley Oval, but Josh Hazlewood’s precision was the difference between the two sides.
A man and a woman have been killed after their car exploded into flames after hitting a tree in Melbourne.
The name and face of accused murderer Patrick Orren Stephenson was in the public domain until a controversial court decision. It’s raised questions about Victoria’s legal system.
The son of a former AFL player has been identified as the man charged with the murder of Samantha Murphy.
As China eyes off the Pacific, those who control one of the most powerful ways of building international ties are against Papua New Guinea joining the NRL.
Matt Henry got the better of Cameron Green when he knocked him over.
Born just 12 hours shy of International Women’s Day, Amelia Ostrowsky was warmly welcomed by her doting parents and adoring big sister.
The 81-year-old US president did a convincing enough job, in a loud and lively State of the Union address that warned that basic freedoms are under attack.
The project will provide a further 835 students with a place to stay as the state’s housing crisis deepens – but not everyone is happy about it.
Francis Spufford’s alternate jazz age noir novel is a tour de force of the imagination.
Ian Johnson’s new book examines an underground historical movement that represents a genuine challenge to the Chinese Communist Party.