A rally in prices for key commodities including oil, iron ore, nickel, gold and copper sent the benchmark within 33 points of its record high.
Jack Quail
If one lucky Aussie takes home this week’s entire $150m Powerball jackpot they’ll instantly become the nation’s biggest ever Lotto winner.
Emma Kirk
A skydiver was rushed to hospital with critical injuries after he crashed into a pole attempting a solo jump during a training course.
A nationwide recall has been issued for crocodile feet after metal was found in the product.
, Tileah Dobson
Multiple crews have rushed to a Gold Coast street after a tree fell onto power lines and cut the power to thousands of homes.
Lauren Ferri
A woman was standing at a bus stop outside the shopping centre when she was allegedly stabbed.
Three men have learned their fate after a man was fatally stabbed during a Gold Coast fight after a three-year trial.
Aisling Brennan
Star confirmed it had entered a trading halt after receiving multiple takeover bids, as the beleaguered casino giant continues to face scrutiny over its ability to operate a casino licence.
Blair Jackson
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has backed in his plan to overhaul Australia’s migration intake to help end the housing crisis.
Joanne Williamson
One of Queensland’s longest unsolved murders remains a mystery after a coroner handed down his findings into who killed Sharron Phillips.
A man has been charged over an alleged drunken act where he tried to open an emergency door in the middle of an international flight into Australia.
McDonald’s has introduced its “hottest ever” new burger range in Australia, even bringing back some cult food items along the way for those craving a fiery kick.
Tileah Dobson
Hundreds of Australians are stranded in New Caledonia after mass rioting broke over a constitutional change in the French Pacific territory.
Eleanor Campbell
Protesters who allegedly scaled a rooftop at a busy city university have been arrested, as demonstrators at another campus were issued a stern ultimatum.
Blair Jackson and Nathan Schmidt
From an excited girl keen to visit her mother over the school holidays to a horrific find – here is what police allege happened to nine-year-old Charlise Mutten.
Four women travelling separately were allegedly assaulted by a man while on a train bound for Adelaide on Sunday morning, police say.
Thousands of Aussies have shivered through the coldest morning of the year so far as a polar air mass which brought freezing winds to the east coast continues to linger.
The prime minister has lashed out at the opposition for failing to reveal where nuclear power plants after ‘extensive’ polling was done in potential electorates.
A police officer has been stabbed in the head while working near an inner-city park.
Jessica Wang
Energy retailers will be forced to help customers pay less for their electricity.
The Prime Minister has refused to comment on claims defence personnel tested positive for illicit drugs days before a special forces soldier’s death.
Nathan Schmidt
The horrifying rap sheet of a killer teen who stabbed a mother of two to death on Boxing Day has been revealed.
Blake Antrobus
The Treasurer said the Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s plan to slash migration would cause major damage to the Australian economy.
A sunny break has brought a welcome reprieve from wet weather, but the mercury is staying down across southeastern Australia.
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