Australia welcomed another massive cohort of migrants in the 2023-24 financial year, prompting a question that the country must address.

A judge who presided over cases in a state’s highest court has landed on the other side of the law for a second time.

Swimmers have been told to avoid one of this city’s most popular waterways after it became contaminated by a sewage leak.

A blistering heatwave will blast half the nation over the weekend and into next week, with one state anticipating its hottest December day in four years.

Tech giants will face hefty penalties if they don’t pay Australian media companies for news under a revised media bargaining code – with the Prime Minister saying they “should pay for journalism”.