Western Australian Treasurer Rita Saffioti will hand down her first state budget on Thursday, which is expected to keep the resource rich state in the black for the seventh consecutive year.

Under a controversial proposal to divide up the GST take between the states, NSW, Victoria and Queensland could be left billions of dollars worse off.

The Albanese government’s proposed mandatory climate-related financial disclosure laws may be in trouble.

The man who was stabbed in the back by a radicalised teenager has spoken for the first time about his ordeal.

New technology is helping supermarkets catch shoplifters, with a rise in meat theft causing headaches for many stores.

The Salvation Army says it is seeing an unprecedented number of people seeking help, with one mother describing her heartbreak over the housing crisis.

With rents forecast to rise 10 per cent in the next 12 months, the Greens have put a number on how much that would cost renters as they plead for a rental freeze.

An AI revolution is sweeping through the Australian workplace and one of the world’s biggest tech companies says hiring is going to change forever.

A father has been arrested in Bali after police allegedly raided a luxury villa and found methamphetamine on the tourist.

Police are still searching for the alleged attacker who stabbed a woman multiple times in the head, neck and back outside a Sydney gym.

A man has died after a serious stabbing south of Perth. It’s the second fatal incident involving a knife in the last week.

The driver of a bus that crashed and killed 10 people and injured 25 in the Hunter Valley has reached a plea deal to have charges dropped.

Police have released fresh images of people they wish to speak to about a chaotic riot outside a Sydney church, sparked by the stabbing of a bishop.

Bruce Lehrmann has been forced to reveal a mysterious detail that has hung over his defamation case – whether or not he had a secret financial backer.

The lawyer for a man accused of the brutal murder of a beloved children’s doctor has told a court he is still in the dark about the evidence against his client.