States will gain the right to decide whether coal and gas will be part of a national scheme to reward power generators. The number of COVID-19 infections in Australia was likely at least twice what was reported among adults during the first major Omicron wave.
UQ researchers have developed a gel from the venom of two different snakes that is very effective at stopping bleeding, even for people on blood-thinning medication.
Prosecutors told Italian media they were investigating allegations a foreign woman found in a distressed state at an airport had been assaulted over two days.
The Lavender Bay waterfront home is to be sold, not kept, under the terms of Wendy Whiteley’s promised bequest, with Whiteley saying the home needs a family to love it after she is gone.
With no coalitions near an outright majority, the French president will have a hard time passing legislation, putting much of his second-term agenda at risk.
The government is still feeling its way around ministerial offices where former staff have only just turned off the paper shredders and the new arrivals are searching for tech support.
Three years after making findings of corrupt conduct against a former Australian of the Year Finalist, ICAC has withdrawn the brief of evidence sent to the DPP.
Australia’s former Labor foreign affairs minister writes that this is the new prime minister’s moment to tell the US president what he has already declared publicly about the Assange case: “Enough is enough.”
The nation’s former chief scientist explains the lessons of the past weeks and why, with the right plan, Australia can make big strides towards zero-emissions electricity.
Wes Maas expects $33 billion in state and federal infrastructure spending in regional areas will be a driver of growth for his construction and property company, Maas Group.
Michelle Rowland doesn’t know what the data might show, but she believes media regulators will not be able to understand the problem misinformation poses if they cannot see it.
Growing numbers of Australians requiring care for the often debilitating symptoms of long COVID are struggling to access crucial treatment or being forced to pay hefty out-of-pocket costs.
The challenge for a Labor federal government is to support expansive labour migration in a way that does not produce a race to the bottom in labour standards.
A plan to allow cosmetic surgeons to advertise via testimonials, which critics have said will see more patients lured into risky surgery, is before the Queensland Parliament.
The exodus of hundreds of doctors from the workforce means dozens of towns across the state are at risk of not having a single GP available in coming years.
Pathum Nissanka cracked a brilliant 137 while Kusal Mendis scored a half-century before getting injured as Sri Lanka beat Australia by six wickets in the third one-day international on Sunday to take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.
Swimming’s world governing body FINA voted on Sunday to restrict the participation of transgender athletes in elite women’s competitions and create a working group to establish an “open” category for them in some events as part of its new policy.
Australia’s switch to zero emissions needs a market reform that pays coal, gas and renewables to power the electricity grid, the Energy Security Board says.
NSW hospitals will make extra theatres available for elective surgeries on evenings and weekends in a bid to catch-up on a significant backlog caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Close to $50 billion worth of major infrastructure projects in NSW, including a key metro line, could be funded through private capital and Australian super, according to new analysis.
70 years ago, record flooding in the Central West prompted a Herald editorial on the price being paid for “a century of dissipation of valuable natural resources”.