Australia’s participation rate has stalled far behind its global peers, costing the national economy an insane $29bn a year.
Tia Clarkson-Pascoe
Australians may need to face more bad economic news before inflation is contained and mortgage rates fall again, but not everyone will be happy.
Samina Rakhshani
Three words from US President Donald Trump have sent oil prices tumbling to a three-month low while energy stocks dropped into the red zone on the ASX.
Samina Rakhshani and Cameron Micallef
Heroic passers-by tipped a car on its side to free one of two children who had been struck by the vehicle in their pram, but the youngsters could not be saved.
David Hannant
A woman accused of enslaving a Yazidi teenager in ISIS-controlled Syria has learnt her bail verdict in a Melbourne court, which assessed her ‘terrorism risk’.
Tia Clarkson-Pascoe and Liam Beatty
A couple’s dream wedding holiday got off to the worst start imaginable after their luggage was stolen before they could board their flights.
Two of Australia’s big four banks have found households are spending more, even as cost-of-living pressures bite hard.
Cameron Micallef
Disturbing footage of a female protester being shoved to the ground by a police officer has sparked a review.
Jack Nivison
Police have been called in to investigate a stunt staged during Pauline Hanson’s first address to the National Press Club, which Get Up! have taken credit for.
Nathan Schmidt and Ria Pandey
Workers in a critical education sector have been handed a 15 per cent wage increase just weeks before thousands were set to walk off the job.
Ria Pandey
A 23-year-old woman was allegedly kidnapped by three armed men in a terrifying home invasion in Sydney’s west.
Ike Morris
A private school student allegedly searched “Where is Peter Dutton located”, with prosecutors alleging he was planning attacks motivated by opposition to proposed nuclear power plants.
Andrew Hedgman
The ASX 200 has closed nearly flat as the RBA held interest rates at 4.35 per cent.
A streetwear brand’s T-shirt giveaway at a skatepark has descended into chaos, with police deploying pepper spray to break up a wild brawl between hundreds.
Police investigating the movements of cop killer Dezi Freeman have delivered a bombshell update, after multiple properties across NSW and Victoria were raided.
Blake Antrobus, David Hannant
The Reserve Bank of Australia warns the fight against inflation is far from over, even as the economy shows signs of cracking.
A judge has deemed a former Chinese Friends of Labor chairman an ‘unacceptable’ flight risk, seizing his passport as he faces serious charges over an alleged 2015 electoral funding scheme.
Rhiannon Lewin
Many Aussie travellers say they would take their “dream trip” tomorrow, but grim signs suggest it could soon be a thing of the past.
The company has operated for more than 80 years, with the decision to close the doors described as deeply emotional.
Harvey Constable
Australia is investigating distressing claims, including of rape and torture, by humanitarian activists against Israeli forces.
The committee tasked with examining Labor’s controversial NDIS overhaul has delayed its final report on the day it was set to be handed down.
The Australian chain has made ordering takeaway easier than changing a radio station in a move that puts the “fast” into fast food.
A former Zumba instructor found guilty of murdering a missing US citizen reacted to the verdict with three defiant words.
A big claim about the temporary fuel tax cut has been made as deliberations on extending the measure past June 30 continue.
