One state has issued a sombre apology after a Special Commission of Inquiry delivered its horrific final report into unsolved historic suspected hate crime deaths.

An alarming number of Australians don’t prepare their homes for extreme weather, something they may regret given this forecast.

A massive cash injection will be pumped into the building sector in a bid to deliver a government promise of constructing another 40,000 affordable homes.

Australia’s worst car crash hotspots have been revealed, along with the age group considered most dangerous behind the wheel.

Two Australian hotels have been ranked in the top 50 best hotels in the world – beating some of the globe’s most luxury locations in cities like New York, Los Angeles, Bangkok and London.