The Reserve Bank cut interest rates this week due to anaemic per capita spending rates.

Sydney Swans forward Lance Franklin has kicked a bag of five goals against West Coast at the SCG to hand the Eagles a surprise 45-point loss.

John Setka has denied he made disparaging remarks about Rosie Batty, saying the allegations were made as part of a political campaign against him and there was "no reason" for him to resign.

A dramatic daylight high-speed chase in suburban Adelaide involving two allegedly stolen cars has culminated in several arrests, with one of the suspects climbing onto the roof of a home in an effort to evade police.

The father of a missing Belgian backpacker, Theo Hayez, has called on encrypted messaging service WhatsApp to release the messages his son sent and received the night he went missing.

Players Jack Ziebell and Heath Shaw were wrestling near the boundary line at Bellerive Oval when a security guard approached the pair.

Finally, the secret's out! Former foreign correspondent Lisa Millar will be joining Michael on the couch permanently from August, replacing Virginia when she moves to ABC Radio Melbourne.

The Greek diaspora was a phenomenon that became an important part of our multicultural history and brought with it an innate understanding of what made for a first-class dining experience.

A tiny wasp enlisted to save Christmas Island's famous red crabs from extinction is showing promising results in the battle against the crustaceans' crazy ant foes.

The days of stubbing your toe on a chunk of gold may be over, but seasoned prospectors say there's still plenty to be found.

Hundreds of Indigenous people living in communities across the West Australian desert are being signed up to loans by a Gold Coast-based lender they can neither afford nor understand, advocacy groups say.

The fiance of a 27-year-old man killed in one of Australia's worst mining disasters is still heartbroken, saying the "pain is still there" on the 30th anniversary of his death.

Australia's biggest new gold mine, the $621 million Gruyere project in WA's Great Victoria Desert, pours its first gold bar as the precious metal continues to trade near record highs but the mood in the industry is not all good.

The closure of an historic brothel has provided another nail in the coffin for one of Australia's most famous red-light districts, which has operated illegally for more than a century.

American college basketballers are increasingly turning to opportunities to play in regional Australian towns, but in Kalgoorlie they have long been a part of the town's rich basketball culture.

Seven years after closing the doors of her famous Kalgoorlie brothel, madam Mary-Anne Kenworthy has listed the property for sale, marking the end of an era for the historic red-light district.

Business is booming for the gold mining industry as the price of the precious metal sets new benchmarks almost every day, but not everyone in mining towns like Kalgoorlie is taking a shine to the recent "mini gold rush".

A council in regional Western Australia is the latest to join the list of local governments around the country to allow ratepayer money to fund defamation action against members of the public.

A police investigation is underway in a quiet corner of WA's south-west, after more than 150 people brawled with baseball bats and poles near a local football club's post-grand final celebration.

A 38-year-old woman accused of murdering her newborn baby 24 years ago in the toilets of a remote WA caravan park is allowed to return home to Victoria to await the outcome of the case.

Hidden in outback scrubland lies a once legendary racetrack, where speed records were broken, sometimes even in the nude.

It is not every day that the rise and fall of an obscure Adelaide mining company mirrors the plot of a deeply trashy 1970s disaster movie but, happily, for this story, the comparison works.

A 24-year-old Kalgoorlie woman who crashed into an old courthouse building and fled the scene has avoided jail for reckless driving, telling a Magistrate she had "poor recollection" of the incident after hitting her head.

A cold case investigation into the death of a baby in a caravan park in WA's Goldfields 24 years ago takes another twist, with a 55-year-old Queensland man charged with historic child sex offences.

The body camera of one of the officers killed in Wednesday's Melbourne freeway truck crash captured Richard Pusey telling Leading Senior Constable Lynette Taylor, "you've f***ed my f***ing car" as she was dying, a court has been told.

Victorian health authorities are investigating a coronavirus outbreak at a private psychiatric facility which has resulted in at least 14 confirmed cases of the virus so far.

In Australia, Muslims from different backgrounds are preparing for a fasting month of loneliness without social gatherings.

There's growing consensus among weather forecasting models that Australia could be in for a wet winter. But what do farmers think?

Todd Robinson speaks out about his partner, Constable Glen Humphris — one of the four police officers killed in a fatal crash — saying he was "so proud" to have joined Victoria Police.

The Victorian County Court criticises Gippsland Grammar for not sacking a 21-year-old tutor months before he had sex with an underage student.

Constable Glen Humphris and three other officers were hit by a truck while standing in the emergency lane of the Eastern Freeway in Melbourne.

Anzac Day is marked with a dawn service in Melbourne, with the For the Fallen and the Last Post performed at the war memorial.

Only a few weeks ago Karon Baker was in tears when her local Anzac Day service was called off, but by 6:30am this morning, she couldn't wipe a proud smile off her face.