Australia

A well-respected abseiling instructor has died in a climbing accident in the Margaret River region....

Emergency services were called to the scene at Bankstown Airport after reports a light plane had landed and crashed onto the tarmac about 3.45pm....

Disaster payments of up to $1000 per person are available for flood-hit northwest Queensland as the scale of the recovery slowly becomes clear....

This was a policy, albeit proposed in a crisis, that should not be repeated....

Median residential land values have soared 12.7 per cent across the Queensland capital in one year, with more than half its suburbs now above a key tax threshold....

After the failure to make their bold Fremantle Harbour proposal fly Home Fire Creative Industries have come up with what appears to be a viable plan for a movie studio in Malaga....

A recent rise in "catastrophic4; injuries to young children from ride-on mowers has prompted one expert to sound a warning....

Ticking time bombs in the banking sector are finally detonating. It may now just be a question of what is going to explode next....

The failure of the old Albert Park College was an opportunity for Steven Cook to start a new school from the ground up. Would he have so much freedom today?...

Mitchell Marsh notched 50 runs against India....

Brenda Boyd and retired detective Russell Oxford address the media after John Bowie was jailed for 24 years for murdering his wife Roxlyn Bowie in 1982. The 31-year-old disappeared from Walgett and her body has never been found....

The Good Food team has been cooking up something special and we wanted our subscribers to have a sneak peek ahead of the official launch on March 21. Good Food is being fully integrated into The Age, with a fresh look and lots of exciting new columnists a...

A Melbourne motorcyclist has said proper riding gear saved his life during a crash....

For most of his decade in power, Xi Jinping, China's leader, has usually arrived at the same conclusion for how best to deal with the country's issues: get the Communist Party more involved....

A Sydney man has been killed and two others are fighting for life after a car crash on Norfolk Island....

Footy is back, and it stirs memories that exist in a sort of magical other place, where nothing mundane may intrude....

New research reveals Australians aged 14 to 17 from wealthier suburbs consume an average of 46 more drinks over the course of a year than their peers from poorer areas....

A major fresh fish kill has occurred at a weir near Broken Hill....

From families in Fairfield to the premier's office, Kevin La has built a loyal following as Sydney Food Boy....

Concentration of market power could help explain the virtual absence of real wage growth over a decade....

Henry Patrick Belsey was profoundly mentally disturbed and repeatedly said he wanted to kill police. The trouble was, no one was listening....

Conservatives, progressives and libertarians are pointing the finger at each other over the failure of the technology industry's favourite bank....

The 72-year-old sat in court with his hand on his chin, and his daughter seated in the front row, as the judge said, "the reality is he may die in custody"....

Brian Walsh, who helped launch the careers of superstars like Kylie Minogue, has died at 68...

Former prime minister Paul Keating undercut his own case on the AUKUS submarine deal by taking his argument too far....

The man is understood to have been with a group of students abseiling in the cave....

Time magazine has named Brisbane among the world's best destinations to explore in 2023 - and left all other Australian cities off the list....

In a rural county just east of Austin, Texas, Elon Musk is assembling his very own town, with new streets, recreational facilities, and a school,...

The US's biggest banks agreed to deposit $US30 billion with First Republic Bank in an effort to stem the turmoil that has shaken the country's financial system....

Six days after the catastrophic earthquake struck south-east Turkey, Dr Rob Scott pulled the bodies of two teenage girls from the rubble that was their home....

Her institute teaches students how to use Australian court lists and property data software to seek out distressed homeowners and convince them to sell at discounted rates....

Former pro-surfer Blake Johnston had raised $215,530 for charity when he passed the 30 hour, 11 minute mark over about 525 waves and he's aiming for 40....

The week in photos from our award winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age....

Australia will purchase more than 200 longer-range missiles from the US in a deal worth more than $1 billion, pending congress approval....

NSW Greens want to regulate online gambling by banning advertising and loot boxes and introducing a federal gambling regulator....

Findings of an internal investigation into the death of a young WA mother show a raft of failures that her grief stricken family say led to her tragic death....

The ASX is set for flat start despite a rally on Wall Street, while Credit Suisse shares rebounded in Europe....

Our bedrooms aren't refuges anymore working, studying and eating in them is bad for our sleep....

A stun grenade that could injure someone if mishandled is missing in a suburban street four days after a fatal siege in north Queensland....

Inspiration for the Parramatta Powerhouse comes from world-famous landmarks the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Eiffel Tower....

The approach to take in response to gaslighting or bullying in the office will depend on the risks you are prepared to take....

The program seeks to link the state government and researchers to increase their access to federal funding grants....

Shayne Elliott says this week's bank-driven tremors on global markets have sparked questions about whether bigger problems are looming in the financial sector....

We need to look at the promises from both parties on job creation ahead of the state election, but there are wider problems....

Australian former professional surfer Blake Johnston has officially broken the record for the world's longest surf session, and will spend 40 hours in the water....

While filming in NZ, actor Geoff Morrell began sketching faces that had a strange swelling behind the eyes. Turns out, his brain was telling him something....

When it came time to sentence a transgender offender on Thursday, District Court judge Nicholas Egan wanted to know why the woman was being housed at the all-male Hakea Prison....

The fortunes of some of Russia's richest and most powerful billionaires have been hit hard by the invasion of Ukraine....

A vast area of the Brisbane and Moreton Bay region is under investigation for new road, rail and bus connections to support a growing population....

In a fast-growing corner of the city, voter concerns about infrastructure particularly schools and childcare will shape a key election battleground....