The Federal Government has been criticised for buying a piece of western Sydney land for the city’s second airport at 10 times its market value.

Queensland police have been filmed placing a protester in a “chokehold” after he and another man allegedly trespassed at a piggery near Toowoomba.

Darling Basin will face tighter regulation over water they capture during floods after a disallowance motion secured a decisive 22-16 win over the Coalition in the upper house.

The assessment of Yaghoobifarah’s criminal liability dates back to June 23 and came too late for Interior Minister Horst Seehofer (CSU). As reported, he had already announced a criminal complaint in the “Bild-Zeitung” the day before without waiting for further legal assessments.

Key Victorian crossbenchers have signalled that they will reject Premier Daniel Andrews’s hardline new bill designed to make it easier to detain people during the pandemic, as an eminent group of retired judges and QCs called on state parliament to …

A legal tussle over four jet engines has laid bare the dirty tactics allegedly used by Virgin administrators, including how they directed staff at the airline to withhold key documentation related to the engines from its creditors.

Taking a global view, this will reduce population pressures on an environmentally challenged planet. History shows us that the more wealthy a nation becomes the lower the birth rate. This is the positive story that our planet may be able to survive.

The king of rock and roll is finally taking centre stage on the Gold Coast. Cameras will roll on Baz Luhrmann’s blockbuster musical drama, Elvis, at Village Roadshow Studios on Wednesday following a lengthy and high profile shutdown that began in March when star Tom Hanks contracted COVID-19.

The youngest daughter of former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating is dating controversial Hollywood director Rupert Sanders. Confidential can reveal Alexandra Keating and Sanders are an item, and have appeared in a double portrait that was entered in …

A budget day rate cut is more likely after RBA deputy governor Guy Debelle said the central bank stood ready to do more to support the economy through a bumpy and uneven recovery from the worst downturn since the 1930s.