Not even a blast of spending from Swifties in the nation’s two largest states was enough to shake off growing signs the economy is slowing.

Ever wondered why the City Loop changes direction in the middle of the day? Or what happens if you forget to tap off your myki? These are the answers to Melbourne public transport’s biggest mysteries.

Follow on for all the live action as rivals Hawthorn and Geelong go head-to-head in their annual Easter Monday showdown.

Teachers at WA’s public schools are planning to walk off the job as a pay row with the state government escalates. A deal proposed on Tuesday was labelled “laughable” by the union. Follow our live coverage.

The Cook government has revealed its beefed-up political donation laws. But while bans on property developer donations were considered, that was deemed to be “essentially a Sydney problem”.

In the past 10 years, referrals to Child Development Service paediatricians have risen by 132 per cent.

Paul Bumford told a coroner he was on his first locum shift at Wangaratta when he treated Noah Souvatzis and should have escalated his care to a more senior doctor.

Some of the best performing stables with younger horses across NSW descend on Wyong today as a new wave of debutants and impressive trial winners take their first steps towards the spring.

A select few suburbs in Melbourne recorded clearance rates approaching 90 per cent over 2023, much higher than their neighbours.

Three prominent campaigners against the Voice to parliament say Victoria is not needed to block the constitutional change, while just half of universities are supporting a Yes vote.

US President Joe Biden says he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long US push to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and in a bid to define the economic agenda of the next election, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will put a new law to federal parliament that promises...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down his third budget, defence whistleblower David McBride will find out if he will be jailed and universities face cap on international students.

Melanie Joosten’s third novel is a sure-footed story of two young suffragettes.

Two serious players in the underground sex industry are still operating in our biggest cities despite being well known to law enforcement.

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New research charts the rise of attention on “teacher quality”.

As two Nordic prime ministers met to escalate their bid for membership of the alliance, Marine Le Pen talked about closer ties with Russia.

Retired teachers have been sent text messages from the Department of Education asking them to consider applying for work again.

The Forum thundered with palpable hysteria, the crowd shaking the floor with stamping feet, hair and nail-whipping an insane reverie under the faux starry ceiling.

New figures show TikTok is a money-making machine locally, despite mounting political and regulatory pressure.