Pat Cummins's Sunrisers Hyderabad IPL side is set to face Mitchell Starc's Kolkata Knight Riders in Tuesday's opening finals match, and whoever wins plays in next Sunday's IPL final.

Australian skateboarders Arisa Trew and Keegan Palmer take big steps towards Paris Olympic Games qualification at the Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, with BMX star Logan Martin also on the verge of qualification.

World number one Nelly Korda claims an incredible sixth LPGA Tour win of the year after edging out Australian Hannah Green by a shot at the Americas Open.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the Australian Defence Force is ready to fly to New Caledonia once the situation is safe, as France moves to quash deadly riots.

Last week's federal budget revealed a plan to force energy retailers to offer cheaper deals for customers with just a click, preventing contracts automatically rolling over to higher-cost deals. 

The Power pull off a great escape with a final-second goal to beat the Hawks, as the Eagles stun the Demons in Perth thanks to some Harley Reid brilliance. 

Australia's rental vacancy rate hit a record low recently. But what is the vacancy rate actually signifying? And could an unoccupied home tax help to solve our housing crisis?

Foreign Minister Penny Wong urges Australians in New Caledonia "to exercise a high degree of caution" and says the government is working with authorities to regain order in the island nation.

The Department of Foreign Affairs says it is providing consular assistance to an Australian in the wake of several gunmen opening fire in the city of Bamyan. 

The Sharks beat the Roosters 38-30 in a Magic Round blockbuster after Knights centre Bradman Best becomes the latest Blues player hit by the hamstring curse, unable to play the second half of Newcastle's 28-24 win over the Titans.

Penrith Panthers winger Taylan May has been arrested and charged with domestic violence offences.

Libraries and librarians are common targets for attacks because they are easy for the public to access and because they represent learning, ideas, imagination, equality, choice and barrier-free access to information for all.

More than a dozen countries, including all the members of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies apart from the United States, have signed the letter, which also says they are opposed to a full-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah.

As far as mortgage-borrowers are concerned, a huge week in business, finance, economics and politics has seen interest rate forecasts go full circle back to expecting interest rate relief within a year.

Brisbane claims a narrow, one-point win over Manly and Canberra comes from behind to beat Canterbury as Magic Round starts with a bang in Brisbane.

An artwork portraying a "prank" played on a member of the Australian Defence Force is shortlisted for the 2024 Napier Waller Prize, with the artist saying it explores the "blurry line of camaraderie and the abuse culture" in the army.

Ex-Manly head coach Des Hasler will have to wait another six months for a hearing in his court case over his sacking from the club.

Jim Chalmers has described the opposition leader's budget reply proposing migration number cuts as unhinged, risky and nasty.

Every budget week, a chorus of voices urges the opposition leader to "put some meat on the bones" of his alternative policy vision for the nation. This year is no different, writes Annabel Crabb.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has used his budget reply speech to advocate a reduction to migration numbers.

The Sky Blues blitz Maroons to secure a confidence-boosting victory in Game I of Women's State of Origin in front of a record crowd of 25,492 at Lang Park.

The Reserve Bank says there are early signs that developers are responding to rising prices and rents with plans for new housing supply, but it will take many years to solve the affordability crisis.

The 2024 federal budget has been handed down on Tuesday night and the government has begun the process of selling it to the public. We're now approaching Question Time, ahead of the opposition's budget reply. 

South Australia's energy minister has travelled to Italy to "eyeball" the firm tasked with developing a $500 million furnace for the Whyalla steelworks, as the owners of the plant reveal the project is at least a year behind schedule.

A federal Labor backbencher has broken ranks to accuse Israel of carrying out "genocide" in Gaza, calling on her party to sanction and cease trade with Israel.