New laws to raise Australia's emissions reduction targets have cleared their first hurdle after passing the federal parliament's lower house.

A proposal to give aged care workers a pay rise will be submitted by the federal government next week.

Mortgage holders will begin feeling the effect of the Reserve Bank's rate hike, with the big four banks passing the rise on to customers.

Australia's biggest gun Emma McKeon has fired a final golden salute at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

Coral cover has bounced back across two thirds of the Great Barrier Reef but scientists say its long-term health remains at risk from climate change.

The Albanese government has agreed to a number of changes to its climate laws, securing Greens support to get them through parliament.

The NRL will decide whether to move the grand final to Brisbane by the end of the week after Peter V'landys accused the NSW Government...

Artist Jeremy Eden has won the Archibald Prize People's Choice Award with a portrait of actor Samuel Johnson.

A Utah man has been arrested on accusations he started a wildfire while trying to burn a spider with his lighter.

A judge has found West Australian Premier Mark McGowan and billionaire Clive Palmer defamed each other, describing their trial as a waste of the Federal...